WORK CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES

• Physically demanding
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Repetitive tasks
• Fast-paced environment
• Attention to detail

• Assess patients’ physical abilities
• Examine the patient
• Make decisions on tests and procedures
• Order and purchase equipment
• Plan physiotherapy programs
• Select appropriate exercises, apparatus and manipulations
• Maintain clinical and progress reports
• Confer with other health professionals
• Conduct research in physiotherapy
• Teach and/or supervise exercises to patients