What is Physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy's focus is to develop, maintain and/or restore a person's maximum physical movement and functional ability throughout their lifespan.
Physiotherapists are highly trained professionals specializing in the analysis of human movement. They can help you achieve and maintain optimal health and well being. They understand how the body works, and encourage their clients to improve their physical condition and increase control over their lives.
A Physiotherapist can help relieve your pain by assessing your physical condition, diagnosing the problem, and then working with you to develop a goal directed strategy for change. They provide valuable health care for people throughout their lives, from birth to old age.
A Physiotherapist can:
- Alleviate pain, and facilitate healing with the aid of Electro Therapy techniques (Ultrasound, IFC, TENS, ETPS)
- Prevent and treat sports and orthopedic injuries
- Restore and increase movement in joints
- Improve balance and re-train co-ordination following injury
- Educate clients in the safe use of walking aids
- Provide advice, prescribe, supervise and modify exercises to strengthen muscles and improve endurance
- Restore mobility and facilitate normal motor control in clients with neurological dysfunctions.
- Provide manual therapy adjustments for spinal and peripheral joints.
- Facilitate soft tissue massage and myofascial trigger point release
- Educate about dynamic muscle balance and core stability exercises
- Perform a wide range of tests to help locate the source of the problem and implement an appropriate treatment.
- Treat a wide variety of injuries and problems using many different techniques
