What is Physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy is the conservative treatment of injuries that focus on non-invasive strategies to increase mobility and help you recover from injury, reduce pain and stiffness.
What is it that physiotherapists do?
Physio’s have a wide scope of practice and can specialise in multiple different departments. Therapists focus on treating the root cause of the symptoms, reducing acute and chronic pain. There’s a big emphasis on education in your recovery to help patients understand and empower you to take control of your injury if it presents again.
Pain is often the cause of individuals booking to see the physiotherapist, it can prohibit you from partaking in activities that you love and everyday tasks. Various treatment techniques and a discussed rehabilitation strategy to get you back to full function. Physiotherapists work with all levels including elite athletes and individuals with serious disabilities.
A physiotherapist can play a role in all stages of life from newborns motor skill development to pelvic floor function and presence of injuries in the elderly.
Not just exercises and massage.
Although Physio’s are known to massage and prescribe exercises they have many other roles and forms of treatments, from self-management strategies, stretches, manual therapies, dry needling, exercises and massage.
Understanding the root cause of your pain can help you find the best way to manage the issue. Instead of creating reliance on the physio, we aim to promote independence so patients feel empowered to take charge of their health.
The primary goal of the physio is to promote quality of life and remove any barriers to full participation, whether these barriers are due to pain, weakness or stiffness.
None of the information in this article is a replacement for proper medical advice.
Always see a medical professional for advice on your condition.