Physiotherapy Clinic In Singapore

What's Physiotherapy?

Physiotherapy can be defined as the practice of treating injury, disease or other deformities using manual techniques like joint manipulation and massage. A physiotherapist is a professional who helps individuals with injury, sickness, or disabilities by offering education and training, as well manual therapy.

One key element of physiotherapy is that it takes a holistic approach to wellbeing and treatment, focusing on the whole person, including general lifestyle and health.

Physiotherapy aims to make individuals as independent and involved as possible in the society.

Common Physiotherapy Treatments

Most physiotherapy techniques are hand-on and designed to mobilize and manipulate the tissue in the body. This allows for the relief of pain and stiffness as well as increased blood circulation. injuries promotes movement and relaxation. These are just a few of the techniques:

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  Massage for stimulation of the soft tissues
  


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  Techniques for soft tissue like myofascial release and stretching
  


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  Joint mobilization, or manipulation uses the movement and function of the joints to enhance motion and control.
  


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  Physiotherapy instrument mobilization (PIM) uses handcrafted instruments
  


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  Minimal energy techniques (METs) which uses the muscle's own energy to relax the muscles through autogenic or reciprocal inhibition and lengthening the muscle
  


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  Osteopathy, acupuncture, and kinesiology