Physical therapy provides services to people with the aim of developing, maintaining and restoring maximum functional mobility and functional ability at every stage of life. Physiotherapy is concerned with identifying and maximising movement potential within the spheres of promotion, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.
Physical therapy includes:
- electrotherapy
- infrared lamps
- ultrasound
- Bioptron light therapy
Physiotherapy, or physical therapy, is a service provided, directed or supervised by a physiotherapist. It consists of assessment, determining the functional status (the physiotherapy diagnosis), planning, intervention and evaluation.
Physiotherapy involves interaction between the physiotherapist, the patient or client, and their family or carers.
The physiotherapy process begins with an assessment that pays particular attention to posture, that is, how the body is held, including cardiorespiratory, neural and muscular potential as well as the capacity for movement itself. This assessment is central to identifying the real problem and the strategy for intervention, and it remains consistent whatever the circumstances in which it is carried out. Those circumstances vary depending on whether physiotherapy is concerned with health promotion, prevention, treatment or rehabilitation.