物理治疗师的职责

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Duties of a physical therapist

The Physical Therapist assists the patient in the movement restoration.His tasks include the following:

• Muscle strength evaluation and quantification.
• Exercises to maintain and increase joint range of motion.
• Evaluate and train sitting and standing balance.
• Exercises to increase strength,endurance and coordination for other specific muscle groups or the entire body.
• Use various physical therapy modalities such as both superficial and deep heat and cold as well as hydrotherapy techniques,electrical stimulation, traction,and massage for pain relief.
• Aid in home evaluation to make the environment barrier free and accessible.
• Assess the patient's wheelchair needs,including maintenance and assist with individualized wheelchair prescriptions.
• Progressive gait training with or without ambulatory aids.
• Exercises to reduce spasticity.
  

Physiotherapy treatment can improve the ability to use parts of the body that have been affected by disease or injury. For example, arthritis is a long-term condition that causes painful and stiff joints. Physical therapy treatment can help to keep the joints mobile (able to move) and strengthen the surrounding muscles.

Physiotherapists may work in hospitals, private practices or with the social services. Working with the social services, for example, they provide care in the community for elderly people. Of late, people are increasingly resorting to physical therapy treatment as a holistic healing method to achieve a healthier life.

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