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What
is a physiotherapist?
Medical
conditions
Preventing pain at work
Injury
prevention
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Medical Conditions
Physiotherapists are involved in many areas
of medicine. They treat patients who have difficulty moving their
body due musculoskeletal disorders or neurological disorders.
Physiotherapists work with infants, children and adults. See how
they treat each condition below.
Specialty areas are:
- Orthopedics
(neck pain, low back pain, tendonitis, bursitis, strain, sprain,
fractures and post-surgical rehabilitation)
- Neurology (stroke, spinal cord injury,
brain tumour, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, spina bifida)
- Geriatrics (elderly with orthopedic
and/or neurology problems)
- Chest & Cardiac (Asthma, Bronchitis,
Emphysema, Pneumonia, Heart attack, Coronary Bypass)
- Urinary incontinence
- Cancer Rehab (lymphedema, breast cancer,
brain tumour)
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