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What is Physiotherapy?

Physiotherapy is a HealthCare profession concerned with the assessment, maintenance, and restoration of the physical function and performance of the body.
It is a unique form of care which can be performed both in isolation and in conjunction with other types of medical management.
Physiotherapy can complement other medical or surgical techniques to help provide a speedy and complication-free return to normal activity.

How Physiotherapy could help:
1-Assess the cause of Pain /Dysfunction

2-Identifying the causes and predisposing factors.

3-Prevent /Treat different conditions e.g.:
.Soft tissue injuries (Muscles –Ligaments –Tendons)
·Disabilities resulting from Paralysis, bone deformities and Neurological deficits.

4-Providing rehabilitation and exercise before and after surgery.

5-Providing advices on general exercise programs.
If you want to be fit and stay healthy, Regular exercises could help you to be physically. Physiotherapist can help you to find the proper type and intensity of exercises that is appropriate for your current level of fitness and consequently decrease the risk of injury.

These are examples of the areas physiotherapists work in:
  • Outpatients - treating spinal and joint problems, accidents and sports injuries.
  • Intensive Care Units - keeping limbs mobile and chests clear.
  • Women's Health - ante- and post-natal care advice, exercise and posture, managing continence and post-gynaecological operations.
  • Care of Elderly - maintaining mobility and independence, rehabilitation after falls, treatment of arthritis, Parkinson's disease, chest conditions.
  • Neurology - helping people restore normal movement and function in stroke, multiple sclerosis and other conditions.
  • Orthopaedics and Trauma - restoring mobility after hip and knee replacements and spinal operations, treating patients after accidents.
  • Mental Illness - taking classes in relaxation and body awareness, improving confidence and self-esteem through exercise.
  • People with Learning Difficulties - using sport and recreation to develop people, assessing and providing specialist footwear, seating and equipment.
  • Occupational Health - treating employees in small to large organisations and companies, looking at work habits to prevent physical problems such as repetitive strain injury.
  • Terminally Ill (Palliative Care) - working in the community or in hospices, treating patients with cancer and AIDS.
  • Paediatrics - treating sick and injured children, those with severe mental and physical handicaps, and conditions like cerebral palsy and spina bifida
  • Community - treating a wide variety of patients at home and giving advice to carers.
  • Private Sector - working independently in private practice, clinics, hospitals, and GP surgeries, treating a wide range of conditions.
  • Education and Health Promotion - teaching people about many conditions and lifestyle choices. This may include back care, ergonomics, taking exercise classes and cardiac rehabilitation groups.
  • Sports clinics - treating injuries in sportsmen and women, advising on recovering fitness and avoiding repeated injury.
  • Voluntary Organizations - advising and consulting for organisations supporting and caring for people with multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease.

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