What is Physiotherapy?

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

Physiotherapy can be useful in the diagnosis and management of a wide range of injuries, disease processes, and other conditions, including:

back and neck pain postural problems occupational injuries arthritis amputee rehabilitation spinal cord injuries chronic airways disease rehabilitation following cardiac surgery stroke rehabilitation

asthma management developmental and paediatric problems neurological conditions impaired mobility women's health incontinence geriatric problems specific children's conditions sports injuries