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Physiotherapy or<unk> st or<unk>  is a health care professional who examines, treat, advice & instruct person with movement dysfunction, bodily malfunction,<unk>  disorder, healing and pain from trauma and disease, disability,<unk>  and mental conditions, by using<unk>  agents like exercise, mobilization, manipulation, hydrotherapy, mechanical, and electrotherapy.<unk> s utilize a patient's history and<unk>  examination in diagnosis and treatment, and if necessary,<unk> s will also incorporate the results of laboratory and imaging studies. Electrodiagnostic testing (e.g., electromyograms, nerve conduction velocity testing) may also be of assistance.<unk> s practice in many settings, such as outpatient clinics or offices, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, extended care facilities, patient homes, education or research centers, schools, hospices, industrial workplaces or other occupational environments, fitness centers and sports training facilities.
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Physical therapy
Back brace
Symphysiotomy
Chondroplasty
Orthopedic cast
Wrist drop surgery
Buttock augmentation
Labiaplasty