Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation

Physiotherapy provides services to develop maintain and restore maximum movement and functional ability throughout the lifespan. This includes providing services in circumstances where movement and function are threatened by ageing, injury, diseases, disorders, conditions or environmental factors. Functional movement is central to what it means to be healthy.

Physiotherapy is concerned with identifying and maximizing quality of life and movement potential within the spheres of promotion, prevention, treatment/intervention, habilitation and rehabilitation. This encompasses physical, psychological, emotional and social wellbeing.

Physical therapy involves the interaction between physical therapist, patients/clients, other health professionals, families, caregivers and communities in a process where movement potential is assessed and goals are agreed upon, using knowledge and skills unique to physical therapists.

Physiotherapists can help patient in following process

Undertake a comprehensive examination/assessment of the patient/client or needs of a client group
Evaluate the findings from the examination/assessment to make clinical judgments regarding patients/clients
Formulate a diagnosis, prognosis and plan
Provide consultation within their expertise and determine when patients/clients need to be referred to another healthcare professional
Implement a physical therapist intervention/treatment programme
Determine the outcomes of any interventions/treatments
Make recommendations for self-management

Common Physiotherapy Treatments Physiotherapy is quite effective to speed up the healing process for patients with

amputations
strains in the spine
arthritis
who underwent any sort of medical operation.

Some of the common treatments involved in physiotherapy include:

Electrotherapy
Range of Motion Exercises
Cryotherapy and Heat Therapy
Soft Tissue Mobilisation
Kinesio Taping
Therapeutic Ultrasound