Physical therapy and rehabilitation

Physiotherapy and rehabilitation Specialist; It is the name given to the professional group that treats patients with physical difficulties caused by disability, injury, disease and aging. It is a medical specialty with a low stress factor as it is not life-threatening for sick people.

Duties and responsibilities can be grouped under the following headings;

• Developing and reviewing treatment programs that promote exercise and movement through a range of techniques
• Adhering to patient privacy
• To diagnose, evaluate and treat the problem by performing a musculoskeletal examination of the patients
• Educating patients and their caregivers on how to improve the living conditions of sick or disabled people
• Writing patient case notes and reports and collecting statistics

Its main areas are;

• Geriatric (elderly) rehabilitation
• Orthopedic Diseases and injuries
• Neurological and neuromuscular diseases and injuries
• Congenital or acquired joint and bone disorders
• Rehabilitation after burn
• sports injuries
• Preventive treatment approaches
• Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation (heart-lung rehabilitation)
• Rehabilitation after burn
• Metabolic diseases (diabetes, osteoporosis, etc.)