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What is Physiotherapy?

Physiotherapy helps restore movement and function when someone is affected by injury, illness or disability.

Who is a Physiotherapist?

Physiotherapists help people affected by injury, illness or disability through movement and exercise, manual therapy, education and advice.

They maintain health for people of all ages, helping patients to manage pain and prevent disease.

The profession helps to encourage development and facilitate recovery, enabling people to stay in work while helping them to remain independent for as long as possible.

What physiotherapists do?

Physiotherapists use their knowledge and skills to improve, reverse and unlock capabilities in a range of conditions associated with different systems of the body, such as:

• Neurological (stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury)
• Neuro-musculoskeletal (back pain, whiplash associated disorder, sports injuries, arthritis)
• Cardiovascular (chronic heart disease, rehabilitation after heart attack)
• Respiratory (asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis).

Physiotherapists help people affected by injury, illness or disability through movement and exercise, manual therapy, education and advice.

They maintain health for people of all ages, helping patients to manage pain and prevent disease.

The profession helps to encourage development and facilitate recovery, enabling people to stay in work while helping them to remain independent for as long as possible.