physical therapist
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈfɪzɪkəl ˈθɛrəpɪst/
- Specialized
:
fisioterapeuta
- My physical therapist showed me exercises to strengthen my injured ankle.
- occupational physical therapist
- physician and physical therapist
- physical therapist and speech
Oh, I showed your book the back mechanic to my physical therapist and they flew into a rage.
- Oh, I showed your book the back mechanic to my physical therapist and they flew into a rage.
- So I go and get a series of X-rays and Mris and see a physical therapist, see a psychiatrist as well.
- If I do, I'll go to a physical therapist or I will go to a licensed massage therapist.
- So I went to PT physical therapy and the physical therapist gave me some things to do and they're, they're helping a bit, but you know, it's still pain.
- So the expertise of a physical therapist needs to be what is the movement that's either causing or exacerbating that problem?
- I go to the therapist, physical therapist.
Examples
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I worked with the multidisciplinary team that included a physical therapist, an occupational therapist, and a classroom teacher.
Academic text (2000) -
One occupational therapist and one physical therapist, each with 10 years of experience, administered therapy.
Academic text (2001) -
But we'll still need to send a physical therapist to you at home.
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I can arrange to have a physical therapist come here.
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So I've started seeing a physical therapist that got me doing body weight stuff.
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However, active interventions, such as exercise and advice, are most commonly used by physical therapists to treat these patients.
Academic text (2017) -
During one of their two visits, patients are evaluated by a physical therapist.
Academic text (2008) -
After a brief period of rest, he would recommend an excellent physical therapist, a specialist from Rutland.
Fiction book (1993) -
Regina's spine healed, and her physical therapist taught her to channel all her rage into sports.
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Our team is made up of an otolaryngologist, an audiologist, an internist, and a physical therapist.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
3
4.9
A person who helps people regain movement and strength using exercise and hands-on treatment
2
6.9
A person who helps injured people get better using exercises and physical treatment
How Experienced
- Specialized
27
3.4
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'physical' restricts 'therapist' to treatment of the body, so a learner who knows both words can infer a healthcare professional who treats bodily injury or dysfunction. This pattern is common cross-linguistically (e.g. Spanish 'fisioterapeuta', French 'kinésithérapeute') and follows standard adjective+noun composition, making it transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Physical therapist breaks into physical (body) and therapist (someone who helps). Picture a person using hands and simple exercises to make a weak or injured body move better, so the term means 'a health worker who helps people recover movement and strength'.