Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy Department

Physiotherapy is a healthcare profession that assesses, diagnoses, treats, and works to prevent disease and disability through physical means; it helps restore movement and function to as near normal as possible when someone is affected by injury, illness or by developmental or other disability.

Procedures available at the Nanyuki Cottage Hospital;

• Cervical lumbar mechanical traction
• Ultrasound therapy
• Trans-cutaneous electrical muscle and nerve stimulation
• Moist heat therapy
• Therapeutic mechanical massage
• Infra-red radiation therapy
• Muscle strengthening and joint mobility modalities