What is a physiotherapist?
A physiotherapist helps people of all ages to improve the mobility of their bodies, to cope with rheumatisms, or he/she reeducates the body after muscular wounds or bone fractures. Physical therapy or physiotherapy helps people to develop, maintain and restore maximum movement and functional ability throughout their lives, in circumstances where movement and function are threatened by aging, injury, disease or environmental factors. Functional movement is central to what it means to be healthy. Physiotherapy sessions are usually prescribed by a doctor.
History of physiotherapy
- Physicians like Hippocrates and later Galenus are believed to have been the first practitioners of physical therapy, advocating massage, manual therapy techniques and hydrotherapy to treat people as far back as the 5th century B.C.
- Per Henrik Ling, the “Father of Swedish Gymnastics”, who founded the Royal Central Institute of Gymnastics (RCIG) in 1813 for massage, manipulation, and exercise.
- In 1894 four nurses in Great Britain formed the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
- The first physical therapy research was published in the United States in March 1921 in The PT Review. In the same year, Mary McMillan organized the Physical Therapy Association.
- Treatment through the 1940s primarily consisted of exercise, massage, and traction.
- Specialization in physical therapy dates from 1974 in the U.S. before being recognized in the rest of the world.
- Osteopathy or osteopathic medicine is an approach to healthcare that emphasizes the role of the musculoskeletal system. The practice of osteopathy began in the United States in 1874 with Andrew Taylor Still, who reasoned that “the bone, osteon, is the starting point from which we are to ascertain the cause of pathological conditions.”
What skills and qualities are needed to do this job?
- Knowledge of anatomy, muscles, nerves and bones.
- Knowledge of how to manipulate the human body.
- Concern for people’s well-being.
- It’s necessary to like being with people.
- Ability to cope with the stress of the patient.
- Knowledge of the medical world.
How will I succeed in becoming a physiotherapist?
- I have suffered numerous wounds (fracture of the shin and the fibula, a sprain of the internal ligament of the knee) and spent a lot of time with my physiotherapist… It is he who made me want to choose this career. I admire his patience and skill, and I’m grateful for his help in overcoming the pain and discomfort.
- I will have to go to physiotherapy school for at least four years and then study osteopathy for a further three years.
- I’m a very active person with a lot of will-power.
- I like people and it makes me feel good to be able to help others.
- I want to gain work experience abroad (osteopathy is more widely accepted in England than in France).
About the school
In the first year, I have to go to Physiotherapy Preparatory school (“APEMK” in French) at Lardy University in Vichy. At the end of the year, there is an exam to get into IFMK, the private Physiotherapy school in Vichy. The course there lasts 3 years.
If I get my Physiotherapy diploma, I would like to specialize by going to the Osteopathy school in Vichy: IFSO. The course is an intensive two year one (or I could choose to an in-service training over 5 years).
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