How to Use physical therapy in a Sentence

physical therapy

noun

• That often means physical therapy, which can help strengthen muscles that support the spine, pelvis, and lower body, as well as help with balance.
  — Colleen Stinchcombe, Health.com, 24 Jan. 2022
• Doctors put a titanium rod in his leg, and Acuña threw himself into physical therapy.
  — New York Times, 24 Jan. 2022
• Michael took charge of coordinating his father’s physical therapy, convincing him to leave his bed and walk first up and down the driveway and then around a nearby lake.
  — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 9 Jan. 2022
• Months of physical therapy and anti-inflammatory drugs didn't help.
  — Lauren Sausser, CBS News, 25 Sep. 2024
• Overall, a carpal tunnel brace can provide wrist support and stabilization in between physical therapy and visits to the doctor.
  — Kayla Hui, Health.com, 12 Jan. 2022
• Pelvic floor physical therapy: Training the pelvic floor muscles with exercises strengthens them and stops stool leakage or sharting.
  — Cristina Mutchler, Health, 6 Oct. 2024
• Oftentimes, this can be alleviated with rest and a little bit of physical therapy, Dr. Wang says.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 24 Jan. 2022
• The homes must also be able to provide at least half of the nursing care required by the patients, as well as all of the related services, including physical therapy, social work, and food.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2022
• Kealani was an 18-year-old freshman at Georgia State University and planned to study physical therapy.
  — Matt Bruce, ajc, 14 Jan. 2022
• In eight months of physical therapy, Eliana went from a wheelchair to a walker to a cane, her mom says.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 14 Jan. 2023
• The current plan, James said, is to do physical therapy for three or four months.
  — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 May 2022
• Evans, who will be a senior at Pascagoula High School in the fall, wants to study physical therapy or sports medicine in college.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 11 July 2022
• But sitting there and doing all that [physical therapy] is — that’s got to be just boring at the very least, let alone hard.
  — Sam Farmerstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2022
• The star said that after his surgery, he was put into a back brace and started physical therapy.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2022
• Judd spent months in intense physical therapy in order to be able to walk again.
  — Ashley Hume, Fox News, 13 Aug. 2023
• The mother also said her son will also need physical therapy to use one of his arms again.
  — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 11 Feb. 2022
• Surgery meant being in the Intensive Care Unit and months of physical therapy.
  — Sarah Lapidus, AZCentral.com, 19 Mar. 2023
• The latter might score you points on your running outfit, but the former will save you weeks of physical therapy.
  — Sammi Tapper, Vogue, 9 July 2024
• After David Jones, 71, had a stroke, he was sent to a Virginia nursing home for a few weeks of physical therapy to regain use of his leg.
  — USA Today, 1 Dec. 2022
• When Meg Daly broke both of her arms in 2013, the Miami resident was forced to take the Metrorail to physical therapy.
  — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2022
• Ann Faucette said that after the surgery, her husband was able to play cards and do physical therapy on an exercise bike.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 30 Aug. 2024
• Robinson, a doctor of physical therapy, is a part of the nearly 50% of Black women in the United States who suffer from hair loss at some point in their lives.
  — Chanté Griffin, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2023
• Being able to walk was something the 17-year-old had been working toward in physical therapy in the months following the crash.
  — Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
• Most patients would stay for a week, faces cycling in and out, nobody going through Gomez’s same months-long process of physical therapy.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022
• After being released the same day, Dr. Jain was in physical therapy for five months.
  — Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• Tuesday morning, the Michigan commit went to physical therapy when the doctor finally gave him the green light to swing the bat.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2022
• After the surgery, the study participants received one or two hours of physical therapy four times a week.
  — Tasnim Ahmed, CNN, 7 Feb. 2022
• Ladle soup into a bowl, float the toast, and eat something marvelous before the next round of physical therapy begins.
  — Emily Butler, Bon Appétit, 30 Sep. 2022
• He’s been going to physical therapy three times a week for his shoulder injury.
  — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 26 May 2024
• In addition to physical therapy sessions and extensive pregame treatments, pain-killers will be part of Freeman’s daily regimen for the rest of the postseason.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024