Description

Physiotherapists treat patients withphysicaldifficulties resulting from illness, injury, disability orageing.They treat people of all ages including children, theelderly,stroke patients and people with sports injuries.

Physiotherapists work with patients to identify and improvetheirmovement and function. They help promote their patients'health andwellbeing, and assist the rehabilitation process bydeveloping andrestoring body systems, in particular theneuromuscular,musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and respiratorysystems. They deviseand review treatment programmes, comprisingmanual therapy,movement, therapeutic exercise and the applicationof technologicalequipment, e.g. ultrasound. Physiotherapists alsoprovide advice onhow to avoid injury.