insideKENT Magazine Issue 37 - April 2015 | Page 92

HEALTH+WELLNESS

THE BENEFITS OF

Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy is a branch of healthcare that deals
with disease and disability through physical
means; it could be muscle manipulation,
exercises, or special techniques that allow those
in need to increase their mobility and reduce the
pain that they are feeling. Specially trained
physiotherapists can move and influence the
body in order to help it recover from injury,
stiffness, and movement issues, and to control
it in order to eliminate (as far as possible) tightness
in the muscles and joints. BY LISAMARIE LAMB

Physiotherapists have many years of training,
and they use their skills and knowledge of the
human body to assess their patient’s condition,
offer a diagnosis, and work to reduce or eradicate
the problems that this injury has caused.
Often, they will
create a specific
exercise
programme in a
bid to strengthen
weakened
muscles and give
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