Know the difference between physical therapy and physiotherapy

Physical therapy

If your pain is limiting you from performing any day-to-day activities, then is recommended to consult physical therapist (PT). There are different number of treatments and exercises to treat your pain and to regain strength, mobility, and range of motion. Physical therapy is more physical. Mostly the health care workers who completed their physical therapy education and training are called physical therapists.

Physiotherapy:

Physiotherapist is known as Physio. They usually use electrical stimulation to the patient. This is beneficial for patient to decrease the pain and improve the blood flow. In physiotherapy, different types of exercises are also used.  The experts may also use other forms of treatments like acupuncture.

In acupuncture treatment, thin needles are placed into the body. Through this process they stimulate the nerves in the body. Mostly in many parts of the world physiotherapists may use dry needles because due to the dry needling, the needles are inserted into the muscle knot. Due to which tiny twitches in the muscle is caused, this helps to treat painful muscle tension.