Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy can be defined as a treatment method that focuses on the science of movement and helps people to restore, maintain and maximize their physical strength, function, motion and overall well-being by addressing the underlying physical issues.

Physical therapy improves strength, balance, mobility, and overall fitness as well as injury prevention and treatment. Physical therapists help you restore and improve motion to achieve long-term quality of life.

It helps in restoring normal body function and preventing disability arising from disease, trauma or injury. PTs utilize an individual's history and physical examination to arrive at a diagnosis and establish a management plan, and when necessary, incorporate the results of laboratory and imaging studies. Physical therapy has many specialities including cardiopulmonary, geriatrics, neurological, sports, manual, orthopaedic and paediatrics to name some of the more common areas.

Physiotherapy tasks include the following:

• Muscle strength evaluation and quantification.
• Physiotherapy exercises to maintain and increase joint range of motion.
• Evaluate and train sitting and standing balance.
• Physical therapy exercises to increase strength, endurance and coordination for other specific muscle groups or the entire body.

Muscle strength evaluation and quantification.