Chest physical therapy can be used with newborns, infants, children, and adults.

chest physical therapy, also called chest physiotherapy

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Chest physical therapy can be performed in a variety of settings including critical care units, hospitals, nursing homes, outpatient clinics, and at the patient's home.

Chest physical therapy should not be performed on people with: bleeding from the lungs, neck or head injuries, fractured ribs, collapsed lungs, damaged chest walls, tuberculosis, acute asthma, recent heart attack, pulmonary embolism.