‘Physiotherapy helps restore movement and function to as near normal as possible when someone is affected by injury, illness or by developmental or other disability.’
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, www.csp.org.uk
Our Lifestyles, the activities we undertake, the jobs that we do and our diet all affect our physical health and wellbeing. We all make different demands of our bodies and our bodies respond in different ways. When something goes wrong and we experience pain or discomfort - sometimes we need help from a healthcare professional to help to restore our bodies to their optimum.
A Chartered Physiotherapist can help you find the best way to do this, and, through various techniques can help you improve your body’s function and movement. These techniques might include manual therapy, therapeutic exercise or the application of electro-physical modalities.
Chartered Physiotherapists use their knowledge and experience to identify an individual patient's condition and aim to improve a range of physical problems associated with different systems of the body,
The following conditions often respond well to Physiotherapy:
Physiotherapists are not only there to solve problems - they are also there to help prevent them from arising in the first place.
