Acupuncturist physical therapist - Salary and Career
Physical Therapists

Acupuncturist physical therapist - Career description, activities, functions and salary

They apply physiotherapeutic techniques for prevention, rehabilitation and recovery of patients and clients. They attend and evaluate the functional conditions of patients and clients using protocols and specific procedures of physiotherapy and its specialties. They work in the area of health education through lectures, distribution of educational materials and guidelines for a better quality of life. They develop and implement prevention programs in general and occupational health. They manage health services by guiding and supervising human resources. They carry out technical-scientific activities through research, specific works, organization and participation in scientific events.

How much does an Acupuncturist physical therapist earn

A Acupuncturist physical therapist earns between $1.435 and $4.973 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.276 and a median salary of $1.924 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 24 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Acupuncturist physical therapist

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 2.276 27.310 569 15
1º Quartile 1.435 17.214 359 10
Median Salary 1.924 23.088 481 13
3º Quartile 3.793 45.513 948 26
Higher Salary 4.973 59.678 1.243 34


Professional job categories

  • Science and arts professionals
    • professionals of biological sciences, health
      • medical professionals, health
        • physical therapists

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Main workplaces

Physical Therapists they work in the areas of health, education and social services, on a liberal basis and/or with an employment relationship or in the provision of outsourced services, individually or in multidisciplinary teams. They work in offices, hospitals, outpatient clinics, schools, homes, clubs, communities, schools and industries, indoors or outdoors, day and night. May remain in uncomfortable positions for long periods or be exposed to biopathogenic elements.


What does it take to work in the field of Physical Therapists

For the exercise of these occupations, a higher education course in the field of physiotherapy is required, with registration with the relevant professional council.


Functions and activities of Acupuncturist physical therapist

Physical Therapists must:

  • educating in health;
  • serve clients and patients;
  • service clients and patients;
  • implement intervention actions;
  • evaluate clients and patients;
  • establish physiotherapeutic diagnosis;
  • manage health services;
  • educate in health;
  • communicate;
  • exercer technical-scientific activities;
  • demonstrate personal skills;
  • perform technical-scientific activities;
  • work safely;
  • apply physiotherapeutic technological assessment;
  • establish physiotherapy diagnosis;
  • educar em sa�de;
  • applying physiotherapeutic technological assessment;
  • serving clients and patients;
  • exercise technical-scientific activities;
  • plan intervention strategies;
  • educar em sa�de;
  • attending clients and patients;

  • Activities

    • identify potential of clients and patients;
    • deliver lectures and courses;
    • apply labor gymnastics;
    • overcoming adverse situations;
    • select horse for therapy;
    • applying osteopathic techniques;
    • demonstrate initiative;
    • apply eligibility criteria;
    • elaborate selection processes;
    • work as a team;
    • organize task rotation;
    • establish a traumatic-orthopedic causal link;
    • evaluate quality of life at work;
    • re-adapting clients and patients in the avd (activities of daily living) in the avde (activities of daily living/sports);
    • evaluate kinetic-functional functions;
    • discard contaminated materials;
    • participate in the elaboration of public health policies;
    • transmit security;
    • interpret complementary exams;
    • supervise teams;
    • analyze costs;
    • demonstrate observation skills;
    • stimulate adherence and continuity of treatment;
    • stipulate equipment and materials for standard use;
    • coordinate study groups;
    • apply traditional chinese medicine techniques and acupuncture;
    • teaching working procedures;
    • request material replacement;
    • evaluate cardiac functions;
    • establish a nexus of osteopathic cause;
    • evaluate ergonomic conditions;
    • applying uro-obstetra-gynecological physiotherapeutic techniques;
    • select acupuncture points;
    • prescribe therapy;
    • evaluate neurovegetative functions;
    • reorienting therapeutic conduct;
    • identify functional energetic changes;
    • issue technical-functional report;
    • minimize risk;
    • recondition high performance athlete;
    • record procedures and evolution of clients and patients;
    • adapting facilitation instruments;
    • discard sharps;
    • define strategies;
    • demonstrate perseverance;
    • enabling clients and patients to use orthotics, prostheses and adaptations;
    • provide consultancy;
    • demonstrate horse handling skill;
    • developing skills of clients and patients;
    • reorienting therapeutic conduct;
    • present technical-scientific works;
    • evaluate selection processes;
    • select equipment and materials;
    • reeducar gait;
    • evaluate joint and visceral functions;
    • issue technical opinions;
    • evaluate integumentary functions;
    • perform practical research;
    • establish discharge parameters;
    • testing equipment;
    • demonstrate communication skills;
    • establish a dermato-functional cause nexus;
    • issue technical-administrative opinions;
    • specify care capacity;
    • coordinate teams;
    • perform instrument disinfection;
    • re-adapting clients and patients in the avd (activities of daily living) in the avde (activities of daily life/sports);
    • assemble equipment;
    • apply non-invasive ventilation;
    • restoring neuro-sensory-cognitive-motor functions;
    • evaluate functional tests of the patient on the horse;
    • prescribing orthoses, prostheses and adaptations;
    • establish a nexus of respiratory cause;
    • demonstrate dynamism;
    • promote morpho-functional performance improvement;
    • evaluate physical and typological constitution;
    • issue labor claims nexus reports;
    • demonstrate creativity;
    • develop educational material;
    • teaching techniques for functional independence;
    • establish nexus of ergonomic functional kinesiological cause;
    • discharge clients and patients;
    • supervise internships;
    • restoring joint and visceral function;
    • manage mechanical ventilation;
    • applying physiotherapeutic techniques for vascular disorders;
    • establish a nexus of visceral functional kinesiological cause;
    • define conduct and procedures;
    • guide work team professionals;
    • determine sports performance conditions;
    • establish acupuncture causal nexus;
    • define frequency and time of intervention;
    • operate equipment, materials and devices;
    • applying physiotherapeutic techniques for neurofunctional disorders;
    • reeducating posture;
    • deal with the public;
    • evaluate subluxation complexes;
    • implementing ergonomic culture;
    • re-adapt clients and patients in the avd (activities of daily living) in the avde (activities of daily living/sports);
    • participate in technical-scientific events;
    • implement awareness, correction and design actions;
    • report;
    • reintegrate worker to work;
    • adjust the job;
    • reeducating respiratory function;
    • applying physiotherapeutic techniques for cardiac disorders;
    • encourage adherence and continuity of treatment;
    • request equipment maintenance;
    • request additional tests;
    • use epi;
    • collect data from clients and patients (anamnesis);
    • define objectives;
    • perform cardiorespiratory reconditioning;
    • re-adapt clients and patients in the avd (activities of daily living) in the avde (activities of daily life/sports);
    • correct the work operating mode;
    • interpret epidemiological indicators and accident and incident rates;
    • define epidemiological indicators and accident and incident rates;
    • evaluate quality of life;
    • demonstrate hand skill;
    • creating facilitation tools;
    • minimize risks;
    • budget services, equipment and materials;
    • monitoring clinical evolution;
    • present technical-scientific work;
    • develop eligibility criteria;
    • establish a nexus of cardiological and vascular causes;
    • establish a nexus of energetic functional kinesiological cause;
    • reevaluate intervention strategies;
    • delivering lectures and courses;
    • evaluate orthoses, prostheses and adaptations;
    • applying chiropractic techniques;
    • applying physiotherapeutic techniques for respiratory disorders;
    • applying physiotherapeutic techniques for musculoskeletal disorders;
    • give lectures and courses;
    • schedule compensatory breaks;
    • organize technical-scientific events;
    • develop projects;
    • re-educating posture;
    • analyze workflow;
    • applying physiotherapeutic techniques for neonatology;
    • adapt working conditions to the worker's abilities;
    • demonstrate perception ability;
    • select microsystems;
    • identify performance indicators;
    • evaluate respiratory functions;
    • enabling clients and patients to use orthoses, prostheses and adaptations;
    • evaluate material conformity;
    • adapt workflow;
    • demonstrate emotional balance;
    • propose changes in life habits;
    • stipulate standard use equipment and materials;
    • evaluate micro movement dysfunctions and instabilities;
    • detect babies at risk of neuropsychomotor development in neonatal intensive care;
    • identify risk situations;
    • adapt work environment;
    • participate in the implementation of public health policies;
    • adapt structures to patients and clients;
    • develop preventive and health promotion programs;
    • evaluate musculoskeletal functions;
    • participate in the development of quality of life programs;
    • guiding clients, patients, family members and caregivers;
    • establish a neuro-functional causal nexus;
    • perform acupuncture evaluation;
    • redirecting therapeutic conduct;
    • demonstrate communication skills;
    • mediate clinical meetings;
    • issue certificates;
    • order acupuncture points;
    • establish chiropractic causal link;
    • perform ventilatory weaning and extubation;
    • re-educating gait;
    • provide advice;
    • refer clients and patients to other professionals;
    • register procedures and evolution of clients and patients;
    • applying dermato-functional physiotherapeutic techniques;
    • establish prognosis;
    • adapt facilitation instruments;
    • teach procedures for independent and semi-dependent mobility;
    • evaluate neuro-sensory-cognitive-motor functions;
    • organize education groups;
    • adapt environment to treatment;
    • monitor clinical evolution;
    • rehabilitate clients and patients in the avd (activities of daily living) in the avde (activities of daily life/sports);
    • prepare functional physical activity programs;
    • participate in interdisciplinary technical discussion;
    • develop evaluation and treatment protocol;
    • demonstrate fine motor skills;
    • evaluate sensory-perceptive and pain functions;


    Sectors that hire Acupuncturist physical therapist the most in the job market

    • physical therapy activities
    • welfare services without accommodation
    • aesthetic activities and other beauty care services
    • outpatient medical activity restricted to consultations
    • activities of associations for the defense of social rights
    • higher education - undergraduate
    • outpatient medical activity with resources for performing surgical procedures
    • professional and management development training




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