| Who came up with the idea to help people with | | | | Physiotherapy and various education programs sprung |
| physical problems? The story of physical therapy | | | | up, the story of physical therapy would change |
| begins during the year 460 B.C. with two men, | | | | forever. As soon as people began to become |
| massage, and a large vat of water. | | | | interested in this profession, many scientists found |
| If a time machine were ever invented, you may find it | | | | themselves seeking answers to various therapy |
| interesting to travel back to the year 460 B.C in order | | | | related questions. Thus, research into the field was |
| to search for a man named Hippocrates and another | | | | begun, and the very first type of research relating to |
| man named Hector. The two could be found going | | | | this profession was published in the United States in |
| about their daily activities in Ancient Greece - though | | | | March 1921 - this was also the first edition of The PT |
| those activities may astound you. Hippocrates always | | | | Review. |
| felt that massage was the way to ease the pain of | | | | Once the first journal related to this type of therapy |
| those that suffered, while Hector always considered | | | | was published, Mary McMillan began the Physical |
| the use of hydrotherapy rather helpful. However, in | | | | Therapy Association (APTA). Soon enough, this |
| order to find the first documented story of physical | | | | profession gained legitimacy all over the world, and |
| therapy, you may have to set that time machine for | | | | many began to take great interest in this field. As you |
| the year 1894. | | | | can see, this type of therapy has come a long way |
| The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy began in | | | | from its ancient beginnings. |
| England during 1894, and this group of healers was | | | | The story of physical therapy is vast and it contains |
| formed by many nurses wishing to start formal | | | | many struggles. However, this background also |
| therapy training programs. Once the rest of the world | | | | contains many triumphs - the biggest one being that |
| heard about these nurses and their society, various | | | | this practice (and some of the original publications |
| other physical therapy groups began to pop up all over | | | | about this practice) still exists today. Those that have |
| the world. Eventually, many schools across the globe | | | | taken the oath to become a part of this field are both |
| were founded, and this sort of healing took on a whole | | | | well educated and highly qualified - in short, these |
| new meaning. | | | | therapists know how to help a person move again ... |
| From the moment the Chartered Society of | | | | and that is no small feat. |