The purpose of physiotherapy is to alleviate pain and improve mobility, function and strength to individuals of all ages with injuries or debilitating diseases, whether chronic or acute. Physiotherapists help patients manage their symptoms and improve their quality of life through manual therapy, exercise, education, therapeutic modalities and other techniques.
A physiotherapist can provide a wide range of treatments for injuries, illness and disease that affect the body’s bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, and fascia. Using diverse techniques, such as massage, joint mobilization and manipulation, soft tissue treatment, electrical stimulation, heat or cold therapy, relaxation exercises, breathing techniques, movement pattern analysis and patient education, physiotherapists are able to treat many different conditions.
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Physiotherapy Services can also be valuable during pregnancy and postpartum, as it addresses the muscle and joint changes that occur with pregnancy. It can also help with pelvic floor weakness and dysfunction, constipation, low back pain, pubic bone or sacrum and tailbone pain, carpal tunnel syndrome and more.
Sports physiotherapy is an excellent treatment option for athletes to help them recover from injury, prevent future injuries, and unlock their peak performance potential. A physiotherapist can create specific recovery and prevention programs to help reduce the risk of injury and recurrence and also teach proper technique to decrease the likelihood of injury. They can also educate athletes on proper warm-up and cool down routines to minimize their risk of injury. They may even use different types of exercise and stretch techniques to help increase flexibility, strengthen the core and enhance balance and stability.