Physiotherapy is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or treatment of problems related to the musculoskeletal, neurological or visceral system.Doctors often refer to physical therapy as physical therapy or FKT for short. Physiotherapy is nothing but exercise rehabilitation physiotherapy. If the Greek word physio means nature, then kinesi means movement. 

From the start of their professional life, it is essential to know that physiotherapists choose to focus on the treatment of orthopedic diseases of the musculoskeletal system or the nervous system. It is rare for a physical therapist to deal with both during their career.

Why physiotherapists?

Physiotherapists' primary aim is to prevent and treat movement disorders as a result of trauma and other causes (physiological and postural).Preventive work can be done when inappropriate habits, often postural habits, are identified. This may become obsessive in the future. For athletes, however, prevention consists of body stimulation training and muscle strengthening to prevent injuries.In practice, very few people go to a physioburleigh for prevention. Unfortunately, many people resort to it (or to it) after the onset of acute or prolonged pain and, therefore, after the onset of the disease. To treat medical conditions, physiotherapist gold coast practices various techniques (manual or instrumental) or works in rehabilitation rooms to reduce pain and help patients regain their motor skills. The physical therapist will determine the most appropriate treatment based on the cause of the limitation and follow the patient throughout the recovery process.

 What the physiotherapist treats?

The first distinction must be made between the musculoskeletal system's orthopaedic pathologies and those of neurological origin. There are traumas and injuries, chronic and degenerative diseases, and posture defects within the first area. All these pathologies have in common is the occurrence of pain with a consequent limitation in performing daily activities.

 Here is what the physiotherapist treats and when to contact him:

• Back pain or low back pain ;


• Sciatica or lumbosciatica;


• neck pain;


• Cervicobrachialgia;


• bone fractures;


• Contusions, sprains or dislocations;


• Joint inflammation;


• Scoliosis, curved back, hyperlordosis;


• Injuries of the ligaments;


• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ;


• Arthrosis;


• Arthritis;


• Muscle strengthening.

The physiotherapist specializes in neurological rehabilitation and instead follows patients with mobility problems related to the nervous system.

 The therapies performed by the physiotherapist

Of all physiotherapy therapies, the best known (and perhaps appreciated) is manual therapy. It is often defined (improperly) as massage therapy or massage, even if technically massage has no curative but aesthetic or wellness purposes.There are a great many techniques and schools of manual therapy. They all have in common that the physiotherapist performs the therapy without tools other than his own hands. The goal of manual treatment is typically to reduce pain and increase the range of motion. The technique used naturally varies according to the pathology.These physical therapies from medical clinic gold coast help reduce pain and inflammation and speed tissue healing. Each therapy is more or less indicated according to the pathology and the phase (acute or sub-acute). However, not all physical therapy machines are the same: the more sophisticated and avant-garde they are, the more effective the therapy will be, and it will take just a few sessions.