What Is Physio?

Physiotherapy is a profession where, like medicine, there is an emphasis on evidence-based assessment and treatment.

What that means is the treatments that you receive are not based on shaky pseudoscience and ‘sciencey’ jargon or explanations.

In our clinic, you won’t find us using the terms ‘holistic’ or ‘wellness’ – these are marketing jargon.

Using the word holistic doesn’t mean that the treatment actually is taking into account the whole person’s situation. 

Wellness doesn’t automatically mean that the treatment is good or wholesome. What’s wrong with the term ‘health’?

Instead, we think in terms of a biopsychosocial approach or ‘whole person approach’. 

How is that different? It is the ultimate in ‘holistic’, because it recognises that any problem is not just made up of a ’tissue’ problem. 

There are impacts on the biology of pain, the immune system, healing, inflammation and everything in between. But there are effects on psychology and the social interactions of the person. And it isn’t just one way traffic. A person’s psychology affects their biology, their place in the world and relationships. Social factors affect their psychology and psychological health and also their tissue healing.

It doesn’t mean that we profess to be psychologists or sociologists, but it is important to recognise the inter-related nature of these three areas. 

A biopsychosocial approach is current best practice in health care, and especially required in helping deal with persistent pain problems.