What Life Care Planners Need to Know About the Professional Discipline of Physical Therapy

The profession of physical therapy began during WWI with “reconstruction aides”. Since then, the profession has grown to a doctoral entry level degree with many diverse specialties. The licensure requirements vary some from state to state and between the USA and Canada. The universal goal of physical therapy is, in collaboration with other health care team members, to restore functional mobility and quality of life. Many of the core components of a life care plan fall under the professional education, scope of practice, professional experience and domain of the physical therapist. Physical therapists are well prepared to make valuable contributions to the life care planning profession