Imagine the inability to physically walk or do so without pain, or to sit, or to do any type of daily routine without any sort of constant complications. Whether a person was injured, born with a disability, or a disability is due to aging, there is a way to help treat many complications. Participating in a physical therapy rehabilitation program can help heal an injury through proper and safe exercises to strengthen and prevent further injuries or by learning to change mechanics, which in turn will create a better way to manage routines daily safely and proactively. Physiotherapy can also help prevent or reduce impairments such as the developmental effects of many genetic diseases, congenital disabilities or disabilities due to aging. Physical therapy is a rehabilitation program whose purpose is to aid recovery from surgeries and injuries, and to promote good mechanics and motor functions; relieve pain and restore and maintain physical mobility, strength and quality of life. Physical therapy provides services to individuals and populations to develop, maintain and restore maximum movement and functional abilities throughout life. This includes providing services in circumstances where movement and function are threatened by aging, injury, disease, disorder, condition or environmental factors. Functional movement is at the heart of what it means to be healthy (Bates). Physical therapy as a profession began in the late 1800s and early 1900s as a way to facilitate the rehabilitation of patients with polio, which first affected children in the United States in 1894. Then Women were recruited during World War I to work and restore function and mobility...... middle of paper ......activities with proper mechanics, safely to prevent further injury . It's mainly about educating people on how to modify their movements and posture. This proves my thesis by stating a specific technique used to help improve the way one performs their daily routines. National Institutes of Health. “Sports Injuries.” NIAMS.com. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. Internet. April 21, 2012. This is a brochure that cites many sports-related injuries and describes many causes of many injuries, as well as proper ways to treat and then prevent future injuries. This helps prove my thesis by giving a lot of information on many injuries inflicted on athletes and then describing how physical therapy can help with recovery through strength, flexibility, etc...