What does "physical therapy" mean?

Any of various therapeutic exercises and other activities to treat injury or dysfunction, or such exercises and activities collectively.

Physical therapy

Common synonyms include: physiotherapy, movement rehabilitation research, occupational therapy, physiatrics, physical therapies, physical treatment.

noun

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Noun

1
Any of various therapeutic exercises and other activities to treat injury or dysfunction, or such exercises and activities collectively. US, countable, uncountable
2
therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities wordnet
3
The medical discipline dealing with such. US, uncountable