I want to introduce a little thing about my studying lesson to bloggers...

What is physiotherapy?

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.

And as a healthcare profession, physiotherapy's science foundation covers a broad and varied range of work which involves working with people to promote their own health and well being.

What physiotherapists do

Physiotherapists ("physios") work in a wide variety of health settings such as:

• intensive care
• mental illness
• stroke recovery
• occupational health
• care of the elderly

They combine their knowledge, skills and approach to improve a broad range of physical problems associated with different 'systems' of the body. In particular they treat:

• neuromuscular (brain and nervous system)
• musculoskeletal (soft tissues, joints and bones)
• cardiovascular and
• respiratory systems (heart and lungs and associated physiology).

Have a look at some conditions which physiotherapists often treat within these systems.

Seeing a physio

People are often referred for physiotherapy by doctors or other health and social care professionals. Increasingly, as a result of changes in health care, people are referring themselves directly to physiotherapists without previously seeing any other health care professional.
Physiotherapists work autonomously, most often as a member of a team with other health or social care professionals. They may be employed or self-employed and can work alone. Physiotherapy practice is characterised by reflective behaviour and systematic clinical reasoning, both contributing to and underpinning a problem-solving approach to patient-centred care.

Being a physio

Both becoming and being a physiotherapist is hard work but there is a rich and rewarding varienty of work available to qualified physiotherapists and the opportunities within the profession, both in the UK and internationally are considerable.

So, don't regret if you're a physiotherapist, because it is a rare job in the healthy world...
be success...