During this decade Physical Therapy has become quite a complicated process, much more so than times past.
In the 1950′s the therapists were beginning to learn about the Masco skeleton processes and rules for dealing with spinal issues and joints. Then in 1974 the International Homogeneousness of Orthopedic Manipulative Therapy was formed. This organization has then and is now playing a much bigger role in the advancement and improvement of physical therapy.
Modern medicine, with its drugs and advanced surgical methods, has not found the answer to all the disabilities that afflict man. Medical professionals often have to resort to massage, exercise, and other methods of physical manipulation to treat certain diseases and conditions. Also known as physiotherapy, physical therapy can trace its origins to England in the late nineteenth century, when The Society of Trained Masseuses was formed by nurses and midwives hoping to give official recognition to their massage practices.
Physical therapists deal with musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, and neurological conditions. Patients who require physical therapy include those with permanent disabilities, those who have lost the function of their limbs due to an accident, or those with disabling conditions such as arthritis, heart disease, head injuries, cerebral palsy, and low back pain.
