Whois & Analysis for selectmedical.com

Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialty that, by using mechanical force and movements, remediates impairments and promotes mobility, function, and quality of life through examination, diagnosis, prognosis, and physical intervention.

It is performed by physical therapists (known as physiotherapists in many countries).

A specialty (or speciality) in medicine is a branch of medical practice.

After completing medical school, physicians or surgeons usually further their medical education in a specific specialty of medicine by completing a multiple year residency to become a medical specialist.

Select Medical is a healthcare company with approximately 42,000 employees throughout the United States.

It owns long term acute care and inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, as well as occupational health and physical therapy clinics.

The company is based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and was co-founded in 1996 by Rocco Ortenzio and Robert Ortenzio.

Its parent company is Select Medical Holdings, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery.

In medical terms, care for acute health conditions is the opposite from chronic care, or longer term care.

Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), also known as physiatry or rehabilitation medicine, or physical and rehabilitation medicine (PRM) outside of the United States, is a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to those with physical impairments or disabilities.

A physician having completed training in this field is referred to as a physiatrist.

Physiatrists specialize in restoring optimal function to people with injuries to the muscles, bones, ligaments, or nervous system.