Physiotherapy or Physical therapy is treatment that helps you improve how your body performs physical movements. physiotherapist provide services that develop, maintain and restore people’s maximum movement and functional ability. Some countries have their own version of the word physiotherapist, such as kinesiologist,but they are also the part of same profession.
Physiotherapy can be a part of a generalized pain management plan or a specific treatment for an injury or health condition. It’s common to need physical therapy after many types of surgeries too, you might also need physical therapy to help prevent injuries before they happen. They help people to maximise their quality of life, looking at physical, psychological, emotional and social wellbeing.
They work in health spheres of promition, preventing, treatment / interventions and rehabilitation.Physiotherapists are qualified and professionally required to :
- Evaluate the findings from the examination / assessment to make clinical judgement regarding patients / clients.
- Undertake a comprehensive Examination / assessment to make clinical judgements regarding patients / clients.
- Formulate a diagnosis, prognosis & plan.
- Provide consultation within their exerpertise and determine when patients / clients needs to be referred to another healthcare professional.
- Implement a physiotherapist intervention / treatment programme.
- Determine the outcome of any interventions / treatment programmes.
- Make recommendations for self management.
