DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and improve or correct disabling conditions resulting from disease or injury.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to Third Quarter, 2012

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	3,220	180	$35.32/hr	$0.39/hr	$27.20/hr	$31.37/hr	$35.04/hr	$39.88/hr	$45.05/hr
U S	185,440	1,854	$39.21/hr	$0.12/hr	$26.87/hr	$32.35/hr	$38.45/hr	$45.10/hr	$54.36/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Other Regional Data For Physical Therapists Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change  -  EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 1,720 $35.13/hr N/A EDR 10 - Southeast 340 $36.93/hr N/A EDR 3 - Arrowhead 210 $33.36/hr N/A EDR 7W- Central 200 $36.26/hr N/A EDR 4 - West Central 100 $32.23/hr N/A EDR 9 - South Central 90 $35.30/hr N/A EDR 5 - North Central 90 $35.54/hr N/A EDR 7E- East Central 60 $34.20/hr N/A EDR 6E- Southwest Central 50 $37.02/hr N/A EDR 8 - Southwest 50 $34.91/hr N/A EDR 1 - Northwest 50 $34.03/hr N/A EDR 2 - Headwaters 30 $34.32/hr N/A EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley 20 $33.58/hr N/A

• Administers manual exercises to improve and maintain function.
• Administers massage, applying knowledge of massage techniques and body physiology.
• Instructs, motivates, and assists patient to perform various physical activities and use supportive devices, such as crutches, canes, and prostheses.
• Administers traction to relieve pain, using traction equipment.
• Records treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enters information into computer.
• Confers with medical practitioners to obtain additional information, suggest revisions in treatment, and integrate physical therapy into patient's care.
• Evaluates, fits, and adjusts prosthetic and orthotic devices and recommends modification to orthotist.
• Instructs patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.
• Plans and prepares written treatment program based on evaluation of patient data.
• Reviews physician's referral and patient's condition and medical records to determine physical therapy treatment required.
• Tests and measures patient's strength, motor development, sensory perception, functional capacity, and respiratory and circulatory efficiency and records data.
• Evaluates effects of treatment at various stages and adjusts treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
• Administers treatment involving application of physical agents, using equipment, moist packs, ultraviolet and infrared lamps, and ultrasound machines.