This industry comprises establishments of independent health practitioners primarily engaged in one of the following: (1) providing physical therapy services to patients who have impairments, functional limitations, disabilities, or changes in physical functions and health status resulting from injury, disease or other causes, or who require prevention, wellness or fitness services; (2) planning and administering educational, recreational, and social activities designed to help patients or individuals with disabilities regain physical or mental functioning or adapt to their disabilities; and (3) diagnosing and treating speech, language, or hearing problems. These practitioners operate private or group practices in their own offices (e.g., centers, clinics) or in the facilities of others, such as hospitals or HMO medical centers. Illustrative Examples: Audiologists' offices Recreational (e.g., art, dance, music) therapists' offices Industrial therapists' offices Speech pathologists' offices Occupational therapists' offices Physical therapists' offices

Including:

• Art therapists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
• Audiologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
• Dance therapists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
• Equestrian physical therapists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
• Exercise physiologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
• Hearing testing services by offices of audiologists
• Industrial therapists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
• Music therapists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
• Occupational therapists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
• Pathologists', speech or voice, offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
• Physical therapists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
• Physical therapy offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
• Physical-integration practitioners' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
• Physiotherapists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
• Recreational (e.g., art, dance, music) therapists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
• Speech clinicians' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
• Speech defect clinics
• Speech pathologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
• Speech therapists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
• Sports physical therapists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
• Voice pathologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)