The difference
Physiotherapy vs Exercise Physiology
At Insight Workplace Safety, we employ an array of high quality Physiotherapists AND Exercise Physiologists. Both professions are involved in the injury prevention workspace.
Physiotherapists have a unique skill-set as diagnosticians and are trained to diagnose, assess and treat injuries and also provide exercise as part of a rehabilitative program for injury management.
Exercise Physiologists are trained professionals that are experts in assessing movement dysfunction and using exercise rehabilitation for for injury management and to proactively help reduce identified injury risk factors.
Please see the table below to help you identify which therapist might be most suited to your workplace.
| Program / Service Type | Unique Skill Required | Physiotherapist | Exercise Physiologist |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-Site Physio Program | Injury Diagnosis |
✓ |
✗ |
| On-Site SAF-R Program (Full / Snapshot) | Critical Thinking / Risk Identification |
✓ |
✓ |
| Manual Handling Training | Clinical Reasoning |
✓ |
✓ |
| Body Part Educational Resources | Clinical Reasoning |
✓ |
✓ |
| Warm Ups | Clinical Reasoning / Analysis of Injury Trends |
✓ |
✓ |
| Injury Heat Maps | Clinical Reasoning / Analysis of Injury Trends |
✓ |
✓ |
| Job Task Analysis / Job Dictionaries | Clinical Reasoning / Physical Task Breakdown |
✓ |
✓ |
