An Iowa man who is steeped in a rich family history of U.S. military service has contributed to the cause by helping injured veterans bounce back with his physical therapy skills, according to a published report.
Army Reserve physical therapist Craig Murphy joined the service after completing a master's degree in physical therapy and before completing work for a doctorate, The Hawkeye reports. The son and grandson of veterans entered the military service as a second lieutenant and he noted that the experience exposed him to a lot.
"My function is to rehab our war-wounded soldiers. Not to be political, but there is no shortage of them." Murphy said, also noting that he earned an Army Medical Specialist Corps Award of Excellence earlier this spring. "That was humbling."
Soldiers who are injured in the theaters of war are brought back to military hospitals in the U.S. within three days after suffering the injuries, and then people holding physical therapy jobs immediately get to work on them, he said.
Physical therapists are required by U.S. states to be licensed and typically require a doctorate degree, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.