Physiotherapy
The word physiotherapy etymologically comes from two Greek words: physis (nature) and therapeia (treatment). Therefore, physiotherapy means "treatment by Nature "or " treatment by means of physical agents" .Physiotherapy main tool is manual therapy; it uses 'hands on' treatment techniques, but it also uses advances technology (electrotherapy, thermotherapy, vibrotherapy and magnet therapy ) and the use of therapeutic exercises to help restore or maintain the health of patients suffering from various disorders or diseases that affect their health in order to improve their quality of life.
There are many specialties within physiotherapy:
- Trauma and orthopaedic physiotherapy
- Neurological physiotherapy
- Rheumatology Physiotherapy
- Respiratory Physiotherapy
- Pediatric Physiotherapy
- Ergonomics
- Sports Physiotherapy