Physiotherapy Recap

Physiotherapists use physical practices and exercises to help individuals optimise their functional ability and potential. Physiotherapy treatment allows individuals to promote, maintain and restore their physical, psychological and social well-being. Physiotherapists manage conditions at all stages by providing advice, treatment and rehabilitation as well as promoting self-treatment and lifestyle changes. 

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Think like a Physiotherapist: Test your knowledge

Understanding the anatomy of the body is essential for physiotherapist to diagnose and treat patients. Knowing where muscles are located makes up a large part of a physiotherapist's knowledge base. 

This is the kind of knowledge you learn on a physiotherapy degree but why not test out your anatomy knowledge now?

In each set of three there is one muscle located in the arms/shoulders, one muscle located in the legs and one muscle located in the torso.

Can you correctly match the muscle name to the part of the body?