Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy bases its treatment on the patient’s symptoms and functional or activity limitations, which are identified through clinical assessment.
It primarily utilises the therapist’s manual skills, supplemented where necessary by natural physical stimuli (e.g. heat, cold, pressure, radiation, electricity), and promotes the patient’s own activity (coordinated muscle activity and conscious awareness).
The treatment is tailored to the patient’s anatomical, physiological, motivational and cognitive circumstances. It aims, on the one hand, to elicit natural, physiological responses from the body (e.g. muscle development and stimulation of the metabolism) and, on the other hand, to foster a better understanding of how the body functions (dysfunctions/resources) and to encourage the patient to take responsibility for their own body. The aim is to restore, maintain or promote health, and very often to reduce pain.