Physiotherapy is a healthcare profession with a science foundation. The range of work is very broad and varied and involves working with people to promote their own health and well being.
Physiotherapy helps restore movement and function to as near normal as possible when someone is affected by injury, illness or by developmental or other disability.
Physiotherapists work in a wide variety of health settings such as intensive care, mental illness, stroke recovery, occupational health and care of the elderly. It uses physical approaches to promote, maintain and restore physical, psychological and social well being.
Physiotherapy is a health profession concerned with and the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disability through physical means. It is based upon principles of medical science and generally held to be within the sphere of conventional medicine.
Physiotherapy is a healthcare profession concerned with human function and movement and maximizing potential. It uses physical approaches to promoted, maintain and restore physical, psychological and social well being. Taking account of variations in health status. It is science-based, committed to extending, applying, evaluating and reviewing the evidence that underpins and informs its practice and delivery. The exercise of clinical judgement and informed interpretation is at its care.
"Role of Physiotherapist"
The Physiotherapist is recognized as a health professional to whom other health professionals will refer patients for assessment and advice. The physiotherapist will decide on whether treatment is required and if so what treatment, how it should be altered and progressed, and when it should be terminated. Physiotherapy includes assessing the patient, planning and implementing the treatment programme, evaluating and then altering the treatment as the result of evaluation.
(Department of Health and Society Security, HC 77(33) - Relationships between the medical and Remedial Professions)
Definition of the Term "Physiotherapy"
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