How to Use physical therapy in a Sentence

physical therapy

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  • 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
  • Four to six weeks of crutches followed by three to six months of physical therapy.
    — New York Times, 19 July 2021
  • 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
  • Most people do well with three to six weeks of physical therapy.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Judd spent months in intense physical therapy in order to be able to walk again.
    — Ashley Hume, Fox News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Sells is still going to physical therapy to build back his strength and stamina.
    — Nadia Kounang, CNN, 5 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • Atkins said Watkins proved to be a good fit for the physical therapy board, rising to become vice president.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • Hughes required months of physical therapy to regain his voice and motion in his neck and arm.
    — NBC News, 10 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • Good physical therapy that boosts muscle strength can help avoid that.
    — Mary Jacobs, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • The feeling in his feet returned within days, and after three months of diligent physical therapy, the rest of him returned to normal, too.
    — Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2024
  • The doctors also said that Hamlin did not suffer any brain damage and has made good progress with his physical therapy.
    — Mark Osborne, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2023
  • And then, throw in an increasingly rigorous physical therapy schedule over the course of many months—pain, pain, and more pain.
    — Maya Gandara, StyleCaster, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Kurtz came back for his sophomore season, and the only ill effect was sitting out a handful of games and going to physical therapy due to an inflamed muscle related to the injury.
    — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2024

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