• What do physiotherapists do?
• Prevention/maintaining a healthy lifestyle
• Managing your condition
• Rehabilitation
• Treatment descriptions
• Research

Rehabilitation

Anytime your mobility and health are compromised your physiotherapist can help maximize your return to independent functioning. Prompt attention to injuries or conditions will speed healing, recovery, and return to your normal activities. Treatment may include use of physiotherapy modalities, manual therapy, exercise prescription, gait assessment and prescription of walking aids, and education (of what to expect and how to modify aggravating activities while you are healing).

• after surgery
• burns
• cardio-respiratory conditions (e.g. post-heart attack, COPD, pneumonia, etc.)
• motor vehicle accidents
• neurological conditions (e.g. brain injury)
• changes due to aging (e.g. falls)
• musculoskeletal problems (e.g. pain, sports injury, etc.)
• worksite health problems (e.g. proper ergonomics)
• cancer
• incontinence/urinary issues for more information (link to CPA info sheet)
• pre and post natal