Abstract
Orthopedic physical therapy is aimed at prompting patients to recover from injuries or disorders of bones, muscles, joints, and ligaments. Orthopedic physical therapists, on the basis of their knowledge and specialized skills, diagnose and treat musculoskeletal injury and illness, maximize patients' potential to compensate for the damaged tissue, help patients return to work soon, help patients live as normally as possible, and educate people to protect themselves from injury or musculoskeletal illness. The therapeutic modalities include cold therapy, heat therapy, hydrotherapy, electrotherapy, light therapy, shock wave, phonophoresis, manual therapy, therapeutic exercise, and bracing/taping/orthotics. The key success factors include proprioception, customization, evidence-based muscle training program, integrated strategy and planning, delicate prognostication, and are based on technology. In conclusion, therapists should continue refreshing themselves with advancing knowledge and experience in order to follow the path of contemporary medicine to actualize every attainable goal of each clinical situation.
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