Robert Chase undergoes physiotherapy after being temporarily paralyzed in Nobody's Fault. Physical therapy at Wikipedia. House Wiki Explore. About Staff Forum. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Edit source History Talk 0. Do you like this video? Play Sound. The picture shows the psychologist of the Hellenic Society of Pain Management and Palliative Care — one of our institutional members - talking to a young patient during one of the palliative care team visits.
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We have over 30K visitors to our website each month. Please consider donating to help our work and to keep this website running for you and thousands like you around the world. Also called physical therapy, physiotherapy is a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialty that remediates impairments and promotes mobility, function, and quality of life through examination, diagnosis, prognosis, and physical intervention therapy using mechanical force and movements.
It is carried out by physical therapists , known as physiotherapists in most countries. Physical therapy involves the illnesses or injuries that limit a person's abilities to move and perform functional activities as well as they would like in their daily lives. Physiotherapists use an individual's history and a physical examination to arrive at a diagnosis and establish a management plan and, when necessary, incorporate the results of laboratory and imaging studies such as X-rays, CT-scan, or MRI findings.
Electrodiagnostic testing e. Management commonly includes prescription of, or assistance with: - specific exercises - manual therapy and manipulation - mechanical devices, such as traction - education - physical agents including heat, cold, electricity, sound waves, radiation - the prescription of assistive devices, prostheses, orthoses, and other interventions In addition, physiotherapists work with individuals to prevent the loss of mobility before it occurs by developing fitness and wellness-oriented programs for healthier and more active lifestyles; and providing services to individuals and populations to develop, maintain, and restore maximum movement and functional ability throughout the lifespan.
This includes providing therapeutic treatment in circumstances where movement and function are threatened by aging, injury, disease, or environmental factors. Physiotherapy, or PT, is a health profession that uses evidence-based kinesiology, electrotherapy, shockwave modality, exercise prescription, joint mobilization and health education to treat conditions such as chronic or acute pain, soft tissue injuries, cartilage damage, arthritis, gait disorders, and physical impairments usually of musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, neurological, and endocrinological origins.
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