How to Use physical therapist in a Sentence

physical therapist

noun
  • Then, of course, there’s the weight training, the push-ups and crunches at practice’s end, the visits to the physical therapist and the masseuse.
    Maya Singer, Vogue, 9 July 2024
  • This year, the physical therapist set a new women’s record with 36 laps.
    Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Now, one of her children is a nurse and another is a physical therapist.
    Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 3 May 2024
  • Here’s the thing: The butt wink is a bit of a divisive topic—not only on the internet, but among trainers and physical therapists too.
    Christa Sgobba, SELF, 22 Feb. 2024
  • After bouncing around to a few different doctors, a physical therapist had Imes run up and down the stairs.
    Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Aug. 2023
  • In the scene, Dion’s physical therapist lays her down on a massage table and gives her a benzodiazepine nasal spray.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 26 June 2024
  • Gina Newell, a 45-year-old physical therapist in Santa Barbara, Calif., saw the end of something.
    Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • In the intensive-care unit, a physical therapist might assist a patient into a sitting position at the edge of the bed.
    Christine Henneberg, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2023
  • If needed, you may be referred to a physical therapist.
    Stuart Hershman, Verywell Health, 27 June 2023
  • That’s a different question — and the answer is affecting the supply of physical therapists across the nation: The cost of getting trained is out of proportion to the pay.
    Mark Kreidler, Fortune Well, 28 Nov. 2023
  • That's a different question – and the answer is affecting the supply of physical therapists across the nation: The cost of getting trained is out of proportion to the pay.
    Mark Kreidler | Kaiser Health News, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Her physical therapist, Lisa Saladino, brought out a full-length mirror and told Amber to sit with her legs straddling it.
    William Wan, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
  • The couple, both physical therapists in the Southern California area, struggled to even go back to work.
    Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 20 Jan. 2024
  • The Bar Method was founded in 2001 in San Francisco with input from physical therapists.
    By Chloe Herring, Brooke Henderson and Samantha J. Gross, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • When her five-day-a-week weightlifting routine at the gym got derailed circa 2020 (been there, felt that…), physical therapist Kristi Barker headed to her living room like the rest of us.
    Caitlin Carlson, Women's Health, 15 May 2023
  • Our hiking columnist asked a physical therapist how to avoid aches and pains on your next downhill adventure.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 9 July 2024
  • Keep scrolling for the nine best sciatica stretches that do just that according to a physical therapist.
    Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Instead, your doctor can refer you to a pain specialist for non-medicine options, such as a physical therapist.
    Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Allen worked as an office manager for a physical therapist, and Perry worked on a resort on another part of the island.
    Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
  • This may include wearing supportive footwear or working with a physical therapist to help restore function in your leg and reduce the effect calf pain has on your day-to-day life.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 7 July 2024
  • Back support belts or braces Remember the advice to get exercise, seek out physical therapists, and invest in self-care?
    Ali Finney, SELF, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Elliot is now working as a physical therapist and Hisle is working in a local government job.
    Deborah Kim, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Then, last October, one of Broad’s physical therapists urged him to attend a local wheelchair football game.
    Matt Higgins Jalen Wright, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Sue Falsone is a physical therapist, athletic trainer and strength coach who has spent 23 years working to bridge the gap between rehab and performance.
    Dina Gachman, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2024
  • Back in the gym, Hughes, a physical therapist who works with long covid patients, came up with a careful rehab plan after the treadmill test exposed erratic jumps in Camilleri's heart rate.
    Lauran Neergaard The Associated Pres, Arkansas Online, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Your podiatrist or physical therapist will give you a list of stretches that reduce tension on the plantar fascia and help with healing.
    Stephanie Kvas, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2023
  • Wright has worked with Royals physical therapist Jeff Blum during the recovery.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2024
  • Over the past decade, Schwarzenegger has been dating physical therapist Heather Milligan.
    Andrea Mandell, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
  • In the first glimpse of Faucette provided since the Sept. 20 transplant, hospital video shows physical therapist Chris Wells urging him to push through a pedaling exercise to regain his strength.
    TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The physical therapist, who specializes in treatment, diagnoses and biomechanics in gymnastics, has watched Biles train for years.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 24 July 2024

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