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The use of therapeutic agents (also referred to as modalities or [bio]physical agents) to influence a patient’s performance during a physical therapy appointment is nothing new. Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants have been using heat, cold, electricity, and traction to improve a patient’s pain or increase a patient’s range of motion for decades. As such, it is important that a therapist understand how the agent works and what its effects are on the patient’s body. One may find in their practice, for example, that some therapeutic agents are administered by therapy aides or technicians. However, owing to the importance of knowing how the modality works, why it is being used, why it should not be used, and what it is actually doing to the tissues, aides or techs are not appropriate to administer these interventions. Physical therapist assistants are skilled clinicians with the knowledge and experience to carry out a physical therapist’s plan of care, including the administration of therapeutic modalities.