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Rehabilitation therapies, Ngā haumanu whakamātūtū

Rehabilitation therapies is the study of how to restore people's health and get them back to normal after an accident or disease.

It gives you an understanding of movement and mobility, the musculoskeletal system, rehabilitation activities, and how speech development relates to language and personality development.

A male podiatrist inspects a female patient's foot.

You might learn about

  • helping patients learn or relearn functional skills
  • communicating with patients, families and medical professionals
  • selecting the appropriate form of therapy
  • educating people about preventing movement disorders
  • evaluating patients' psychological, developmental and physical capabilities
  • planning treatment programmes and monitoring patients' progress

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