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Outline What is Physiotherapy? What do they do? Where are they? Modalities Education Statistics Summary Reference www.lung.ca

What is Physiotherapy?

What do they do?

Where are they?

Modalities

Education

Statistics

Summary

Reference

What is Physiotherapy? Aka Physical Therapy or Rehabilitation Medicine A profession that manages and prevents various physical complications caused by illness, disease, sport and work related injury, and long periods of inactivity. www.spjmarketing.co.uk www.constance-lethbridge.qc.ca

Aka Physical Therapy or Rehabilitation Medicine

A profession that manages and prevents various physical complications caused by illness, disease, sport and work related injury, and long periods of inactivity.

What do they do? teach and support the patient to actively improve along with hands-on facilitation of mobility and functionality improve, restore and maintain functional independence and physical performance prevent and manage pain, impairments, disabilities and limits to participation promote fitness, health and wellness www.simplyrunning.biz

teach and support the patient to actively improve along with hands-on facilitation of mobility and functionality

improve, restore and maintain functional independence and physical performance

prevent and manage pain, impairments, disabilities and limits to participation

promote fitness, health and wellness

Where are they? Long-Term Care Community Centres University Facilities Research Facilities Public Out-patient Clinics Physiotherapists work in a variety of locations: Rehabilitation Centres Sports Facilities Home-Care Schools Hospitals Private Clinics Neurological Neck and Face Animal Pediatrics Chronic illness Geriatrics Physiotherapists can specialize in… Sport Incontinence Orthopaedic Cardio Respiratory Hand Paediatrics www.jupiterimages.com

Long-Term Care Community Centres

University Facilities

Research Facilities

Public Out-patient Clinics

Physiotherapists work in a variety of locations:

Rehabilitation Centres

Sports Facilities

Home-Care

Schools

Hospitals

Private Clinics

Neurological

Neck and Face

Animal

Pediatrics

Chronic illness

Geriatrics

Physiotherapists can specialize in…

Sport

Incontinence

Orthopaedic

Cardio Respiratory

Hand

Paediatrics

Modalities Common techniques are Manual Therapy Spinal Manipulation Interferential Current IntraMuscular Stimulation Sport Injury Prevention Post Surgical Rehabilitation Cybex Ultrasound Acupuncture www.physiocheshire.co.uk genial.en.alibaba.com

Common techniques are

Manual Therapy

Spinal Manipulation

Interferential Current

IntraMuscular Stimulation

Sport Injury Prevention

Post Surgical Rehabilitation

Cybex

Ultrasound

Acupuncture

Education Bachelors (~4 years) U of Ottawa Dalhousie U U of Saskatchewan McGill U *by 2010 all programs will convert to a Master’s Degree* Masters (undergrad + ~2.5 years) U of Toronto McMaster U U of Montreal Laval U Dalhousie U U of British Columbia U of Alberta U of Manitoba U of Western Ontario

Bachelors (~4 years)

U of Ottawa

Dalhousie U

U of Saskatchewan

McGill U

*by 2010 all programs will convert to a Master’s Degree*

Masters (undergrad + ~2.5 years)

U of Toronto

McMaster U

U of Montreal

Laval U

Dalhousie U

U of British Columbia

U of Alberta

U of Manitoba

U of Western Ontario

Statistics *Average age for a Physiotherapist in Canada is ~39 years*

Summary Client-centered positive rehabilitation Variety of modalities to improve, restore and/or maintain functional independence and physical performance Found almost anywhere, many specialties Education standard of Masters by 2010 Growing rapidly, average is Female age 39

Client-centered positive rehabilitation

Variety of modalities to improve, restore and/or maintain functional independence and physical performance

Found almost anywhere, many specialties

Education standard of Masters by 2010

Growing rapidly, average is Female age 39

Reference Canadian Physiotherapy Association www.physiotherapy.ca Physiotherapy Association of BC www.bcphysio.org Alberta Physiotherapy Association www.albertaphysio.org The College of Physical Therapists of British Columbia www.cptbc.org

Canadian Physiotherapy Association

www.physiotherapy.ca

Physiotherapy Association of BC

www.bcphysio.org

Alberta Physiotherapy Association

www.albertaphysio.org

The College of Physical Therapists of British Columbia

www.cptbc.org