UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 14, 2010 (June 14, 2010)

U.S. PHYSICAL THERAPY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 297-7000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01  Other Events.

On June 14, 2010, U. S. Physical Therapy, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it has been named to the Houston Chronicle’s annual survey of the top 100 publicly traded companies in Houston. The Chronicle 100 list, prepared for the newspaper by Standard & Poor's Capital IQ division, ranks Houston’s top publicly traded companies by a score based on four measures of financial performance in 2009 including total revenue, annual revenue growth, annual earnings-per-share growth and one-year total return to shareholders.

Pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the information contained in this report shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and will not be incorporated by reference into any filings by the Company under such Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

*Furnished herewith.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.