Physiotherapy: injury & rehab
Focusing on a sport of your choice, use contemporary theory to critically discuss how a sports therapist could contribute towards the education, injury prevention and rehabilitation of the sport(s) participants. Provide examples of practice to support your theoretical argument.Kinesiology is essentially the study of human movement. The question ．How a man moves・ is an important question for a physiotherapist. Therefore, as a physiotherapist, it is not enough to just register that a movement has occurred, but as Galley and Forster (1982) suggest, ．rather how the movement was produced, if it was normal, and if not, what was the cause of the abnormality and what must be done to correct or improve it・. It is only with this analysis that a physiotherapist can plan an appropriate program to help restore normal function, prevent deterioration and to use to advantage what remaining movement the patient has, so that all possible independence is gained. ．A physiotherapist is actively involved in the evaluation, treatment, and prevention of sports injuries.・ (Taylor and Tayl
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Approximate Pages = 11 (250 words per page double spaced)
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