Physical Therapy (band)

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Physical Therapy
Image from their first album
Origin	St. Louis, Missouri
Years active	1992 – 1997
Genres	Jazz fusion
Labels	Sweatshop Records
Members	Terry Coleman Michael Fitzgerald Kevin James Ben Monroe Brian White

Physical Therapy is a jazz fusion band from St. Louis, Missouri active in the 1990s. They produced two albums under the Sweatshop Records label, the first being the eponymous Physical Therapy (1992), and the second work being a theme album called Casino (1997).

The band used a variety of instruments and synthesizers and recorded digitally to maintain a high production standard. Priding the band on the use of real musicians, they boasted on their first album that no drum machines or music sequencers were used in its production.^[1] Later, on Casino, the band solicited guest help from a number of local musicians who contributed to over half the album.^[2] Interestingly, the second album did contain sparse sequencing. Both albums were recorded locally in St. Louis, with the first being produced at K Audio Inc., and the second at "The Chapel" studios. Terry Coleman and Ben Monroe produced each album, with Monroe doing engineering and sound mixing. Additionally, both albums contain writeups on the back of the CD tray that string together the track titles in a humorous paragraph related to the general theme of the album.

In 1998, their work was featured on the The Weather Channel as part of its Local on the 8's local forecast program.^[3] The band does not have a website, and other information about the band is difficult to come by; Physical Therapy is not listed at MusicBrainz, and only one album is listed at All Music Guide.^[4] It is unknown what became of the band.