Physical therapists work in private practice, outpatient rehabilitation centers, schools, hospitals, home health care services and nursing care facilities.
Employment of physical therapists is expected to grow by 30 percent from 2008 to 2018, much faster than the average for all occupations, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The increasing elderly population will drive growth, as will changes to restrictions on the reimbursement of physical therapy services. Recent changes to health care and insurance regulations are expected to generate millions of new patients seeking physical therapy.
U.S.News & World Report identified physical therapy as one of the "Best Careers" of 2009, and studies by both the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago and the Wall Street Journal's Career Journal show physical therapists achieve some of the highest levels of job satisfaction in the country.
Physical therapists report the second highest levels of job satisfaction in the country, according to the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center.
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