Overview

Physiotherapy treatments are often used to help restore a person’s range of movement after injury or illness. Physiotherapists frequently treat problems that affect: muscles, joints, heart, blood circulation and lungs.

By using a number of different approaches and techniques, a physiotherapist can help a person overcome injury or short-term health problems, or manage long-term disability.

Physiotherapists use a wide range of techniques and approaches, including: massage and manipulation, using the hands to relieve muscle pain and stiffness and encourage blood flow to an injured part of the body to help recovery heat, cold, electric current, light and water remedial exercise (exercise that takes into account a person’s current level of health and any specific requirements they may have) providing support to help patients manage chronic conditions

Almost all people who have an injury or a physical disability can benefit from physiotherapy, including children and elderly people. A variety of other holistic treatments can be associated with Physiotherapy – please refer to our Physiotherapists’ specialties by clicking on the names, below.