Physical therapy can be very beneficial in the treatment of a variety of musculoskeletal disorders. Unfortunately it can also cause further injury or a delay in healing when the therapy is applied to according to a preconceived protocol rather than taking the patient’s individual circumstances into consideration. While this may seem obvious that different patients may have different treatment needs, experience has shown that some physical therapy clinics utilize a “one-size-fits-all” approach to therapy. This approach appears to be especially common in larger physical therapy facilities in which a large part of the treatment is administered by assistants rather than by actual physical therapists. Read more... ...