Day in the Life of a Phyical Therapist

The typical day in the life of a physical therapist goes something like this:

• Examine patients’ medical histories for the appointments that day.
• Test the measure of each patients strength, range of motion, balance, coordination, posture, muscle performance, respiration, etc.
• Determine the patient’s ability to be independent again. This meaning determining when the patient can go back to his normal routine, or back to participating in the normal activities that he or she is involved in.
• Do a small workout, or show examples of how to do the workouts that you are going to prescribe. Along with the workouts prescribed the physical therapist should communicate the strategy used to come up with those workouts, its purpose, and the anticipated outcome from them.


A small thing that is not too well known about a Physical Therapist is how much they have to do, and research, but along with how much they make. In 2008, there was a median annual salary of $72,790. If you are curious how much PT’s are making in the your city, or the city you would like to become a physical therapist in click Salary Wizard here and find out in seconds!