Physiotherapy is the use of physical approaches in
the prevention and treatment of disease and disability.
Physiotherapists are highly trained medical professionals who will have had
experience of all areas of medical specialities during their extensive training
- from intensive care to sports injury clinics.
Whilst commonly associated with joint and muscle problems physiotherapists
may equally well be found working with children, stroke and road traffic victims
or respiratory disease.
A key element of the physiotherapeutic approach, apart from rehabilitation of
an injury, is prevention of further damage or recurrence. Physiotherapists treat
injury by speeding up the body’s natural healing process. They also help to
reduce pain, improve mobility and minimise the immediate effects of an injury,
thus preventing an ongoing chronic condition developing.
