noun
- the treatment of disease, injury, or deformity by physical methods such as massage, heat treatment, and exercise rather than by drugs or surgery
Usage: also called physical therapy
Examples
- After her knee surgery, she attended physiotherapy sessions twice a week.
- The physiotherapy helped him regain strength in his injured shoulder.
- The hospital’s physiotherapy department treats patients with various mobility issues.
- She studied physiotherapy in college and now works with stroke patients.
- The doctor recommended physiotherapy to improve his range of motion.
- Physiotherapy can be an effective treatment for chronic back pain.