What Is Physical Therapy (physiotherapy)? What Does A Physical Therapist (physiotherapist) Do?
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What Is Physical Therapy (physiotherapy)? What Does A Physical Therapist (physiotherapist) Do?
What Is Physical Therapy (physiotherapy)? What Does A Physical Therapist (physiotherapist) Do?
Physical therapists or physiotherapists(UK/Ireland/Australia) work with patients whose movements may be undermined by aging, disease, environmental factors, or sporting hazards.
Physical therapy also means the treatment of any pain, disease, or injury by physical means.
According to Medilexicon's medical dictionary, physical therapy is:
- 1. The treatment of pain, disease, or injury by physical means.
2. The profession concerned with promotion of health, with prevention of physical disabilities, with evaluation and rehabilitation of persons disabled by pain, disease, or injury, and with treatment by physical therapeutic measures as opposed to medical, surgical, or radiologic measures.
Habilitation means making somebody fit or capable of doing something.
Rehabilitation means making somebody fit or capable of doing something they can no longer do properly or at all, but used to be able to - i.e. restoring an ability or abilities.
Promotion means the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health.
Physical therapy is a clinical health science
Physical therapy is not alternative therapy. It is a clinical health science. Physical therapists study medical science subjects, including anatomy, neuroscience and physiology in order to acquire the health education needed for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, etc., of patients with physical problems.The physical therapist works in hospitals, GP (general practice, primary care medicine) practices, and the community. In the vast majority of countries a physical therapist must be fully qualified and registered by law. In order to become registered the physical therapist must have graduated with a university degree in physical therapy or a health science university degree that included a physical therapy course.
A qualified physical therapist is an expert in the examination and treatment of people with cardiothoracic, musculoskeletal and neuromuscular diseases; focusing on conditions and problems that undermine patients' abilities to move and function effectively.
Physical therapy is based on science
Stem Cells-Cerebral Palsy - Patients will get obvious improvement within 4 weeks
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