Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation is a medical specialty focused on the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal system diseases. It also treats and rehabilitates individuals with physiological or anatomical impairments caused by congenital or acquired diseases affecting other body systems.
This specialty deals with the primary or supportive treatment of conditions that may lead to:
Pain
Loss of function
Decreased quality of life
Disability
such as rheumatologic, neurological, orthopedic/traumatologic, cardiopulmonary diseases, and others.