Physiotherapist vs therapist

Differences between physiotherapist and therapist duties and responsibilities

Physiotherapist example responsibilities.

• Assess needs for specialize equipment, orthotics, and wheelchairs as well as possible interventions to manage spasticity and joint contractures.
• Provide first-aid, physical therapy treatment and complete rehabilitation for injure players.
• Provide support for rehabilitation services department, assisting therapy staff members when necessary.
• Facilitate psychological adjustment of patients with extensive/grossly deforming injuries through counseling, pleasant mannerisms and use of good humor.
• Work with patients having different conditions on a daily basis by administering physician prescribe treatments including exercise regimens, muscle stretching/relaxations.
• Enhance skills of differential diagnosis with an OCS CI.
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Therapist example responsibilities.

• Manage ventilator and BiPAP's and create or update care plans per patient needs.
• Demonstrate working knowledge of community mental health services identify in the Medicaid guidelines and attain contractual outcomes within designate time frames.
• Provide on-call crisis intervention as well as standard treatment, rehabilitation and support services with some interventions requiring specialize therapy services.
• Develop and implement an effective curriculum of DBT inform group and art therapy classes specifically tailor for chemically dependent patients.
• Provide trauma-inform individual psychotherapy, TREM group treatment protocol, and EMDR.
• Utilize current brain base therapeutic techniques to teach clients adaptive skills to utilize in daily lives.
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