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Most of what makes up modern physical therapy was used back in ancient times, acknowledged by researchers to date back as early as 3,000 BC. Various methods of physical therapy were used by the ancient [[Chinese]], [[Persians]], [[Egyptians]], and [[Greeks]]. In [[Greece]], [[Hippocrates]] stated that [[hydrotherapy]] and massage was practiced as early as 460 BC.[http://ezinearticles.com/?Since-When-Did-You-Care?-%E2%80%93-The-History-of-Physical-Therapy&id=345783] The practice of physical therapy used in modern times was first established in [[Britain]] in the late 19th century. Not long after, American orthopedic surgeons began training young female graduates from physical education colleges to work in doctors' offices and hospitals. In 1916, when an intense epidemic of poliomyelitis hit [[New York]] and [[New England]], those women treated thousands of infected patients. | Most of what makes up modern physical therapy was used back in ancient times, acknowledged by researchers to date back as early as 3,000 BC. Various methods of physical therapy were used by the ancient [[Chinese]], [[Persians]], [[Egyptians]], and [[Greeks]]. In [[Greece]], [[Hippocrates]] stated that [[hydrotherapy]] and massage was practiced as early as 460 BC.[http://ezinearticles.com/?Since-When-Did-You-Care?-%E2%80%93-The-History-of-Physical-Therapy&id=345783] The practice of physical therapy used in modern times was first established in [[Britain]] in the late 19th century. Not long after, American orthopedic surgeons began training young female graduates from physical education colleges to work in doctors' offices and hospitals. In 1916, when an intense epidemic of poliomyelitis hit [[New York]] and [[New England]], those women treated thousands of infected patients. | ||
[http://www.catalogs.com/info/b2b/the-history-of-physical-therapy.html] | [http://www.catalogs.com/info/b2b/the-history-of-physical-therapy.html] | ||
