Physiotherapist Vs Sports Therapist

[alophysio]

Hi - will look at link soon. [edit: just did - site is down for maintenance - sorry, it is 23:28hrs here - going home now!]

i employed a sports therapist (sports rehabilitator?) trained in the UK - she was great but she was similar to an exercise scientist/physiologist that we have here.

much more employable as a physio.

My ST had?first class honours and was very bright but didn't have the manual handling skills a physio would (obviously).

As a biased physio, go physio...in the end, you get further without as much effort...And in the end, because of what physios can do, a good physio will be better than a good ST simply because there are a greater range of conditions a physio can address...

...it is like dogs and poodles. a poodle is always a dog. A dog is not always a poodle.

So a physio can learn and is licensed to do exercise rehab to elite levels of sport. So is a ST (i am guessing). But a physio can use manual therapy, electrotherapy, cardiopulmonary, Neural, Paediatrics, gerontology, acupuncture, etc etc etc so there are less limitations.

In the end, physio is not "better" than a ST, just better because there is more scope for work, employment and opportunities

Just my opinion only though...