Frequently Asked Questions

"Acadiana's Only Comprehensive Sports Medicine Provider"

1. What is Physical Therapy?

Instructional support and treatment of physical disabilities provided

by a trained physical therapist, under a doctor's prescription, that helps

a person improve the use of bones, muscles, joints, and nerves. It includes

the use of massage, exercise, stretching, water, light, heat, and certain

forms of electricity, all of which are mechanical rather than medical in

nature. Physical therapy assists in maximizing a person's general fitness,

sensorimotor development, neurobehavioral organization, neuroskeletal

muscular function, and cardiopulmonary status.

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2. What is a Physical Therapist (PT)?

A rehabilitation professional who utilizes various therapies to assist individuals

in maximizing mobility, and restoring strength and body movement following

an illness, injury (e.g., stroke, fall, back injury, etc).

3. What is Sports Medicine?

The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of injuries or

illness resulting from athletic activities

http://www.train.tcu.edu/sptsmed.htm

4. What is a Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC)?

The Certified Athletic Trainer is a highly educated and skilled professional

specializing in athletic health care. In cooperation with physicians and

other allied health personnel, the athletic trainer functions as an integral

member of the athletic health care team in secondary schools, colleges

and universities, sports medicine clinics, professional sports programs

and other athletic health care settings.

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