Pain, injury and illness will affect most of us in our lifetimes. Physical therapy is a popular choice for rehabilitation from injuries suffered in car accidents, accidents at the work place, pain due to surgery or due to overuse and disuse, for obesity and weight loss management and also to treat serious medical ailments of old age. Physical therapy can often be used as an alternative to knee surgery and other osteoarthritic conditions. With an aging population, geriatric diseases become more common, many of these ailments can be treated or their severity alleviated with the help of a trained physical therapist. Among the medical treatments covered by insurance, physical therapy may also be financed by your policy. Study your policy before consulting a physical therapist. A doctor’s referral is not always necessary for making an appointment with a therapist at the rehabilitation center. Physical Medicine and rehabilitation are services that can help people regain body functions that they lost due to medical conditions or injury and restore the quality of life of the patient. Therapy may include the restoration of many body functions, including resolving bowel and bladder problems, chewing and swallowing, and cognitive problems relating to thinking, reasoning, speech and language as well as mobility and movement. Children and adults may need rehab facilities. Children need rehab services for any of the following: Down’s syndrome and other genetic disordersMental retardationNeuromuscular disorders like Muscular DystrophyAutism, Developmental disorders and Sensory deprivation disordersSpeech disorders and language problems Autism affects millions of children every year in the US. It appears in the first three years of life and is more prevalent among male children. Growing awareness of this condition among parents and in society is enabling doctors to diagnose this disorder early on and proper medical and...