• Improve walking abilities including endurance and quality. 
• Decrease the need for assistance.
• Increase balance while sitting, standing or moving.
• Increase ability to move from sitting to standing or other positions.
• Assess frequent falls and teach techniques/treat problems
  to prevent falls.
  
• Assess the need for a cane, walker, crutches or alternate device.
  
• Teach safety awareness regarding the surrounding environment.
  
• Correct/decrease tightness in body joints.
  
• Increase the range of available movement in the arms, legs or trunk.
  
• Increase healing of complicated bedsores, severe burns or wounds.
  
• Improve the positioning, comfort and function of a wheelchair or
  bed-bound person.
  
• Decrease pain. 
• Decrease swelling.
  
• Increase muscle strength. 
• Decrease frailty.
  
• Teach patients to use artificial limbs and other devices.
  
• Teach back care and prevention of back pain/injury.
• Teach family caregivers safe lifting techniques, car transfers and other.