A History of Physiotherapy - 2 views
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date back to Per Henrik Ling, “Father of Swedish Gymnastics,” who founded the Royal Central Institute of Gymnastics (RCIG) in 1813 for massage, manipulation, and exercise
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Swedish
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The earliest documented origins of physiotherapy
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as a professional group
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word for physiotherapist
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is “sjukgymnast” = “sick-gymnast.” In 1887, physiotherapist’s
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were given official registration by Sweden’s National Board of Health and Welfare
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In 1894 four nurses in Great Britain formed the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. The School of Physiotherapy at the University of Otago in New Zealand in 1913, and the United States’ 1914
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Modern physiotherapy
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was established in Britain
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end of the 19th
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century
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Soon following American orthopedic surgeons began treating children with disabilities and began employing women trained in physical education, massage, and remedial exercise
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These treatments were applied and promoted further during the Polio outbreak of 1916
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The first physical therapy research was published in the United States in March 1921 in “The PT Review
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In 1924, the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation promoted the field by touting physical therapy as a treatment for polio.
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The American Physical Therapy Association defines physical therapy as: “clinical applications in the restoration, maintenance, and promotion of optimal physical function
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In 1921 in the physiotherapist’s
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within the United States formed the first professional association called the American Women’s Physical Therapeutic Association
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This gave birth to what is known today as the American Physical Therapy Association
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and currently represents approximately 76,000 members throughout the United States
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Specialization for physiotherapy
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specializing in orthopaedics
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In the same year, the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists was formed, which has ever since played an important role in advancing manual therapy worldwide
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in the U.S. occurred in 1974, with the Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association being formed for those physiotherapist’s
