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What is Physiotherapy?

Physiotherapy, a science-based profession, is a medical treatment to repair and sustain mobility and body functions of someone who underwent any injury. It is a mix of injury prevention, healing, overall fitness, and long-term cure and takes a ‘whole person’ approach to health and wellbeing.

If you went through injury or surgery and have been given a treatment plan which includes physiotherapy, you can schedule an appointment with one of our highly skilled physiotherapists on DocGenie.

What physiotherapists do

Physiotherapists treat a wide range of conditions and help you address your back pain or sudden injury, and also to deal with long-term health issues like asthma, or in making preparations for childbirth or sporting competitions.

Physiotherapists are known for being involved in a wide range of specialisations in healthcare. Moreover, many of them are into education, research and service management.

Why do you need physiotherapists?

Physiotherapists are needed when you are recovering from any serious injury or surgery including physical trauma like sprains, fractures, invasive surgery, or muscle disorders. In such a situation you go through a course of treatment to alleviate the pain that thwarts your mobility and strength. A number of factors can make you seek a physiotherapist which include - muscle spasms, wrong posture, muscle strains, or external factors leading to severe injury.

You can consult highly experienced physiotherapists on DocGenie for –

• Serious injuries
• Posture issues like lower and upper back pain, stiff neck, shoulder tightness, poor muscle tone and lack of balance in muscles
• Address muscle pains and spasms – example joint pain like poorly aligned joints, arthritis, age-related joint pain, bursitis
• Issues regarding muscle stretching and flexibility
• Expediting healing process after surgery – For example recovery from surgery like knee replacement, tendon surgery, lymph node replacement, spinal cord injury surgery
• Bruising or Inflammation like any blunt force trauma that is caused by a sports injury, contusions, muscle swelling or lymphatic congestion
• Additional problems for which you will require physiotherapy are frozen shoulder, slip disc, stroke, pregnancy-related pain in muscles and joints or Cerebral Palsy
• Enhancing body balance