What is Physiotherapy?

“Physiotherapists are primary health care professionals with a significant role in health promotion and treatment of injury and disease. They combine their in-depth knowledge of the body and how it works with specialized hands-on clinical skills to assess, diagnose and treat symptoms of illness, injury or disability.”

Physiotherapist are movement specialist who treat movement and functional dysfunction in the joints and the muscles. They optimize movement into meaningful function in order to relieving pain.

How a physiotherapist assess:

A physiotherapist will assess you by taking a detailed history as well as using specific physical tests and measurements, such as flexibility or range of motion. They will then analyze the assessment findings and use clinical reasoning to establish a diagnosis. Together, you will explore your current abilities and functional needs so the physiotherapist can establish a treatment plan that will reflect your goals, general health status and which will incorporate approaches and techniques supported by the best evidence available.

How physiotherapists treat:

Physiotherapy treatments can include the following:
• Personalized exercise programs designed to improve your strength, range of motion, and function
• Soft issue manipulation
• Joint mobilization and manipulation to reduce pain and stiffness
• Modalities to relieve pain, reduce swelling, speed up the healing process, improve movement and function
• Airway clearance methods to assist people with breathing difficulties
• Functional activity and tolerance testing and training
• Work and occupational re-training and return to work planning
• Environmental change, focusing on removing barriers to function

Conditions that physiotherapist’s can treat:

• Ligament sprains and osteoarthritis of the knee
• Rotator cuff issues with the shoulder
• Achilles tendinopathy
• Tennis elbow
• Golfers elbow
• Head aches
• Cervicogenic dizziness
• Neck pain
• Radiating pain down arm with numbness tingling
• Back pain sciatica
• Degenerative disc disease
• Meniscal injuries
• ACL Tears
• Ankle sprains
• Sport injuries
• Post surgical rehabilitation
• Post fracture rehabilitation
• Chronic pain management
• Foot pain