physical therapist

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Recent Examples of physical therapist Romantic comedy about a physical therapist and her professional-football-player patient. Vulture Staff, Vulture, 15 July 2025 Bayern’s physical therapist, rehab coach and doctors discussed the recovery timeline, and she was expected to be out for around four months. Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 12 July 2025 Chasse spent the last five years with the Boston Celtics — the same franchise Charlotte plucked Lee from a year ago — and most recently held the title of head athletic trainer/physical therapist. Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2025 During their fact-finding mission, King and physical therapist Scott Hacker discovered that nerve injuries like King’s primarily occur among athletes who participate in softball, volleyball, tennis and swimming. Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for physical therapist
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Noun
  • At the vet’s office, a nurse (Maria Ru-djen, in a wild performance) who’s prone to major oversharing tangents helps guide the owner and dogs through a gauntlet of feelings and risks in the course of a real-time visit that leaves everyone in the clinic changed.
    Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 30 July 2025
  • The nurse, who works in the delivery unit at Dell Children's and has worked in post-surgery recovery units there, is well-conditioned to care for a child after surgery, but trying to keep her own active 2-year-old immobile following surgery felt overwhelming.
    Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • His physiotherapist, Javier Barrio, revealed that his training surprisingly began devoid of any basketball workouts.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 28 July 2025
  • These patients were split into two groups: one followed a structured exercise program supervised by a physiotherapist or kinesiologist, and the other received educational materials promoting physical activity and healthy eating, according to a press statement.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • At the beginning of the year, Slaton — who underwent bariatric surgery in July 2022 — traveled to Pittsburgh for her skin removal with plastic surgeon Dr. J. Peter Rubin at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
    Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 21 July 2025
  • Huda Mustafa, 24, who is currently in the Villa coupled up with Chris Seeley, had also gone under the knife before traveling to Fiji, according to her plastic surgeon Dr. Muhammet Dilber, who confirmed that the gym influencer got a rhinoplasty (or a nose job) earlier this year.
    Michelle Lee, People.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Research by the Tax Foundation shows that high-tax states tend to lose residents to other states, while low-tax states tend to gain them.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 14 July 2025
  • Videos from the scene posted to social media showed dozens of firefighters and other emergency service personnel at the scene, entering the building and removing residents from the immediate danger.
    Shane Croucher John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Taylor, an aspiring nurse who had been working as an EMT, was in her apartment with her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, when the officers busted into the home without warning.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 22 July 2025
  • So did Funke’s boss from his other part-time job, as an EMT.
    Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • Officials called 911, and paramedics arrived to take over life-saving measures, Marquez said.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2025
  • And so, most EMTs, paramedics, and medical directors have not learned that there are extremely effective treatments—buprenorphine, methadone, and naloxone—for treating opioid addiction and preventing fatal overdoses.
    Melody Glenn July 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • He was then treated by a trauma surgeon at St. Mary’s Medical Center.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2025
  • The surgeon opens your skull and the area of your brain where the aneurysm is.
    Ruth Jessen Hickman, Health, 23 July 2025

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“Physical therapist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physical%20therapist. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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