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r/physicaltherapy is a subreddit with 82k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is large in size, and has high activity.
If you are not a licensed PT, PTA, student counterpart or other healthcare professional please do not post here. This is a sub for practicing physical therapists to discuss cases, research, old and new tricks, or other therapy-relevant topics.
Requests for advice or education regarding your personal health issues will be removed and you may be banned. These questions should be discussed directly with your physical therapist.
Popular Themes in r/physicaltherapy
#1
Advice Requests
: "Patient unable to maintain upright posture, do you know which insurance would cover this assistive device?"
28 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Exhausted by the State of PT and Lack of Advocacy"
19 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "I don’t need 100 features. I just want notes, billing and scheduling that work. looking for EMR recommendations."
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "What would you want to see in an ideal outpatient clinic?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/physicaltherapy
#1
Pt
: "my Pt and Sports Med Doc disagree on treatment"
68 posts
#2
Career
: "Career options- PTA vs DPT"
17 posts
#3
Physical Therapy
: "Should I bring my MRI results to my first Physical Therapy appointment?"
17 posts
#4
Job
: "Is it ok to not like my Job after the 3rd day."
13 posts
#5
Injury
: "Does a PT session for ITBS sound like this?"
7 posts
#6
School
: "I’m done being a PTA"
7 posts
#7
Pain
: "What is the best way to explain to a patient why when they've been sitting for a while it hurts to get back up whereas if they've been moving it doesn't?"
7 posts
#8
Home Health
: "Home Health is great - final update"
7 posts
#9
Clinic
: "Female PTs what do you wear in Clinic?"
6 posts
#10
Surgery
: "Does physical therapy help maintain muscles post Surgery?"
5 posts
Member Growth in r/physicaltherapy
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+14k members(20.5%)
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