What is Physiotherapy?
October 8, 2008 by Dr. Yoo
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What is Physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy is a health profession concerned with maximising mobility and quality of life by using clinical reasoning to select and apply the appropriate treatment.
Physiotherapy practice has a long history and modern clinical practice is heavily reliant on research evidence.
Physiotherapy extends from health promotion to:
Injury prevention;
Acute care;
Rehabilitation;
Maintenance of functional mobility;
Maintenance of the best achievable health in people with chronic illness;
Patient and carer education;
Occupational health.
Popularity: 34% [?]
yes, I would agree with all of the above. However, I would also add that many physiotherapists use an evidence based approach to treatment, and also include other modalities such as acupuncture, manual therapy, massage therapy. Many physiotherapists tend to gravitate towards various aspects of the physiotherapy field, such as sports injury rehab, long term care or older adult rehab, traumatic brain injury, orthopedics among other areas.