Physiotherapy helps to restore movement and function when someone is affected by injury, illness or disability.

It takes a holistic approach that involves the patient directly in their own care.

Physiotherapy helps to treat physical problems linked to a number of the body's systems, including:

• musculoskeletal - bones, joints and soft tissues
• neuromuscular - the brain and nervous system
• cardiovascular - the heart and blood circulation
• respiratory - the organs that help you breathe, such as the windpipe (trachea), voicebox (larynx) and lungs

Some of the approaches for the physiotherapy treatments we use include:

• movement and exercise - taking into account a person's current level of health and their specific requirements
• manual therapy techniques - where the physiotherapist helps recovery by using their hands to relieve muscle pain and stiffness, and encourage blood flow to an injured part of the body
• aquatic therapy - a type of physiotherapy carried out in water
• other techniques - such as heat, cold and acupuncture to help ease pain