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Physical Therapy
About Physical Therapy:
Physical Therapy involves the examination and treatment of problems that affect the ability to move and function.
All of our physical therapists are licensed to practice by the state of Massachusetts. They are skilled and trained to address problems with all of the major body systems which may require therapy:
muscles and bones brain and nerves controlling our muscles heart, arteries, veins, and lungs skin
Physical Therapy can help many different kinds of needs. Commonly treated are patients...
with knee and hip replacements with broken bones who have had heart, brain, or spine surgeries after strokes after spinal cord injury with chronic lung problems, such as COPD with chronic pain with repetitive use injuries (carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, etc.) who are amputees
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Services
Physical therapy is available at the following locations:
| West Roxbury campus: |
inpatient and outpatient |
| Jamaica Plain campus: |
outpatient only |
| Brockton campus: |
outpatient only |
| Worcester CBOC: |
outpatient only |
| Lowell CBOC: |
outpatient only |
A referral from a primary care provider is needed for a veteran to receive physical therapy services.
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