PHYSIOTHERAPY 

PHYSIOTHERAPY is the treatment of disease, injury or deformity through physical treatment, exercise therapy and other techniques. These can include massage therapy, dry needling, heat/ice/other, electrotherapy and strapping. 

The main focus of treatment is to regain function as well as full range of movement and muscle strength. Physiotherapy also works to accommodate and help people work with their disability to have as much independence as possible. 

Physiotherapy is used to treat: 

• orthopaedic injuries and post immobilisation/surgery
• sporting injuries and joint replacements
• chronic injuries/pain
• spinal cord/head injuries
• heart and lung (conditions to improve function and endurance)  

Physiotherapy is not limited to adults as it also benefits children with birth defects, injuries and developmental delays.

Physiotherapy:

• helps you to regain normal function in a faster recovery time
• helps to decrease pain, which limits function and movement, and also limits healing and recovery, thereby helping to achieve mobility
• helps improve recovery and function, physiotherapy will also improve quality of life
• can prevent need for surgery if injury is treated when first sustained, it can also help prevent future injuries or reoccurrence of an old injury as it helps to improve strength, proprioception, correct healing and flexibility of the affected area
• can improve mobility in joints and prevent future injury, if pain and muscle stiffness that often foreshadows injury is treated; and it will improve mobility in previously injured joints
• helps to prevent falls and injuries and improve performance and coordination in those who need it (including high performing athletes)
• improves heart and lung function through breathing exercises and techniques to clear fluid from the lungs. This is especially useful for bed bound patients; people post heart/lung surgery and people with chronic heart/lung diseases.
• can also help with maintaining bone density of those with osteoporosis and joint mobility for people with arthritis. It also works to maintain the current function and improve function in older adults.

 

PRACTITIONER

Jacqui Rowe
Physiotherapist and Pilates Mat and Reformer Teacher

Jacqui is from Johannesburg, South Africa, and has been active and involved in sports since she learned to run. She was a national gymnast for 8 years and with distinctions, from the University of Cape Town with a BSc Honours in Physiotherapy.  Other distinctions included being on the Dean’s List and being invited to join the Golden Key Society in 2015. 

From 2016 to 2017, during a year of both personal and professional growth, she worked in a rural hospital in South Africa, working in an underfunded and under resourced hospital, helping people with severe disabilities and rare birth conditions. 

In 2018 she completed multiple courses (11) relating to physiotherapy practice, these included: Dry Needling Level 1 & 2 through ODNS, Sports and Kinesio Tape Strapping, First Aid Level 1&2 as well as Cerebral Palsy Management and Ethics in working with children. 

After completing Mat 1 and 2 Pilates Teacher Training with Body and Flow, through Zenith in 2019 she began teaching Pilates as well as working as a Physiotherapist.