Physiotherapy (Physical therapy) is concerned with identifying and maximizing quality of life and movement potential within the spheres of promotion, prevention, treatment/intervention and rehabilitation. This encompasses physical, psychological, emotional, and social wellbeing.
PT’s utilize an individual’s history and physical examination to arrive at a diagnosis to establish a management plan to help and prevent a person from having physical problems. Physiotherapy can make a difference in an individual’s ability to live an active, healthy lifestyle. For many seniors, disabled or chronically ill people, physiotherapy is the key to restoring and maintaining a level of physical function that permits independent living. Physiotherapy is one way to successfully push physical limitations, feel subtle in your joints and to secure maximum range of motion.
Physiotherapy benefits include decreasing any physical pain, improving joint mobility, increasing strength and improved cardiorespiratory function. Everyone can benefit from physiotherapy whether you are living with a chronic illness, recovering from a work injury or suffering after a weekend soccer game.
Physiotherapy increases your independence and gives you the freedom to function in your home, workplace or your favorite leisure activity. The treatment offers a range of specialized services of benefit to patients with heart and lung disease, traumatic, workplace and athletic injuries and never damage. Physiotherapy, in combination with exercise may be one of the best solutions to decreasing any concerns you might have with your body. It may also be used as a preventative to other injuries or to decrease overall stiffness.
A physiotherapist assists in :
- Assessing, diagnosing and treating people with pain and movement problems.
- Treating and preventing physical problems caused by illness, disease, sport and work related injury, ageing, and long periods of inactivity.
- Helping people gain as much movement and physical independence as possible so they can resume their normal daily duties and lifestyle.
- Devising and reviewing treatment programs, comprising movement and exercise.
- Offering people advice on how to avoid injury and how to promote their own future health and wellbeing.
What problems are treated ?
- Spinal problems, such as neck, mid back and lower back problems, headaches, scoliosis, whiplash, muscular imbalances, biomechanical deficiencies.
- Joint problems, such as arthritis, frozen shoulder, instability.
- Muscle and tendon problems, such as tennis and golfers elbow, repetitive strain injury, sprains, impingement-syndrome, imbalance.
- Sports - rehab after injuries and provide advice on prevention and recurrence.
- Education and Health Promotion - teaching people about many conditions and lifestyle choices. This may include back care, ergonomics and taking exercise classes.
- Rehabilitation - restoring mobility and strength after hip, knee and shoulder replacements, spinal operations, accidents, arthroscopy, menisectomy, cruciate ligament problems, etc.
- Neurology - maximize your mobility and function if you have a neurological disorder such as a stroke, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis or Parkinson’s disease.
- Elderly Care - maintaining mobility and independence, rehabilitation after falls and operations, treatment of arthritis.
