Welcome to the discipline of Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy or physical therapy  is the treatment of disease or injury by physical means such as exercise therapy, mobilisation or movement. It involves the treatment of patients of all ages with a range of presenting conditions including those with orthopaedic conditions, sports injuries, chronic diseases such as cardiac disease, respiratory disease, cancer and neurological conditions.

The Discipline of Physiotherapy is based in the Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James's Hospital. The taught courses run through the discipline are the BSc (Physiotherapy), the MSc in Cardiac Rehabilitation and the MSc in Respiratory Physiotherapy. All of these courses have  significant clinical components which take place in St James's Hospital and AMNCH in addition to other hospital and primary care sites. Staff in the discipline are also involved in teaching on other undergraduate (teaching clinical skills to the medical students) and post graduate courses (MSc in Sports Medicine) within the School of Medicine.

The main research areas pursued by staff in the discipline are broadly covered within the areas of: exercise in the prevention and treatment of disease, physiotherapy in older people and biomechanics of movement. There  are a number of postgraduate students working in these areas. Postgraduate students perform their research in the exercise performance laboratory in the department and in the related clinical sites.

• Head of Discipline: Dr Juliette Hussey
• Executive Officer: Ms Sarah Mcloughlin, +353 1 8962110 or Physio@tcd.ie