The paradigm for physical therapist management of nervous system disorder needs to shift from traditional or “packaged” approaches to a more focused and proactive approach of promoting activity through more intense active training protocols, lifestyle modifications, and mobility-enhancing devices. Increased motor activity has been shown to lead to better physical and mental health, in addition, to augment other aspects of functioning, such as cognitive performance, and more recently has been shown to promote neural and functional recovery in people with damaged nervous systems. Although the benefits of fairly intense physical exercise programs such as strength training are becoming increasingly well recognized, few studies on the positive effects of generalized activity programs have been conducted in individuals with nervous system disorder. But in physical therapy, more research is needed and it is currently under way to design and test the more efficacies of activity-based strategies in nervous system disorder.Yu PM, He CQ, Xiong EF, Yang L. From exercise to sport: Tendency of walking training in physical therapy.Zhongguo Zuzhi Gongcheng Yanjiu yu Linchuang Kangfu. 2009;13(7): 1364–1366(China) [http://www.crter.cn http://en.zglckf.com]