Ø Physiotherapists
are primary health care practitioners who consult and collaborate with clients
and others to provide quality client-centered services. Physiotherapists
contribute to keeping people productive throughout their lives by maximizing
function and improving quality of life. Through evidence-informed practice,
physiotherapists prevent, assess, and treat the impact that injury, pain,
disease and/or disorders have on clients’ movement, function and health status.
Physiotherapists practice both independently and as part of inter professional
teams along the health system continuum from primary to tertiary care.
Ø Physiotherapists
provide professional services to patients of all ages spanning from pediatric
to seniors care. While services are most often offered to individual clients,
services are also offered to community groups, employers, government agencies
and others. When delivering services physiotherapists take into account many
associated factors such as culture, occupational demands, and socio-economic
factors.