A Physiotherapist is a health care professional who helps patients maintain, maximize or restore their muscle strength, mechanical body functions, and overall quality of life. They help regain movement and physical functions after the loss of physical ability due to illness, injury, or aging.
A 4-year degree [BPT], recognized by the General Association is the basic requirement for an individual to become a Physiotherapist. Additionally, the following are the specialties or extra qualifications required to be a Physiotherapist:
Some of the most common conditions that Physiotherapists treat are:
Physiotherapists help patients build muscle strength and endurance, regain their range of motion, improve their coordination, decrease pain, swelling, and inflammation of joints, and allow the patients to enhance their quality of life. An Orthopedic surgeon will diagnose and provide treatment when the muscles are injured to an extent where the injured areas can be put back together only with orthopedic surgery. For serious fractures, surgery is required to set the bones together and allow proper healing.
Physiotherapists help patients build muscle strength and endurance, regain their range of motion, improve their coordination, decrease pain, swelling, and inflammation of joints, and allow the patients to enhance their quality of life. Chiropractors treat mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system through the manual adjustment or manipulation of the spinal vertebrae. Chiropractic treatment is primarily used as an alternative pain relief for muscles, bones, joints, and connective tissues such as tendons, ligaments, and cartilage.