Physiotherapy
What is Physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy aims to provide a holistic service that develops, maintains and restores a persons’ movement and functional ability.
Physiotherapy is able to help people at any stage of life when movement and function are threatened by injury, long-term health conditions and aging.
Our overall aim; is to improve our patient's quality of life by addressing all four cornerstones of Te Whare Tapa Whā.
What we do
Physiotherapists work across the following services in Rotorua and Taupō Hospital.
- Inpatients: acute/chronic respiratory conditions, reduced mobility and post-operative recovery.
- Outpatients: Acute/Chronic conditions including sports injuries, spinal disorders, soft tissue lesions, strains, sprains, hand therapy, and post-operative management of joint replacements. Individual programmes are created for our patients, dependent on their need. This is normally a combination of exercise therapy and/or manual therapy.
- Respiratory Outpatients: Education and treatment for acute/chronic respiratory conditions (i.e. asthma, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis and COPD).
- Community Physiotherapy: For patients that require physiotherapy within the home environment due to their inability to access outpatient services. The aim of community physiotherapy is to facilitate people to attain optimum functional level of independence within their own environment.
- Neurological Physiotherapy: service is for both in and outpatients with neurological conditions such as strokes, motor neuron disease, Parkinsons.
- Amputations: We work closely with the Limb Centre in Hamilton to provide support and rehabilitation for individuals who have had a loss of a limb.
The Physiotherapy department at Rotorua Hospital, Health New Zealand is accredited by ACC under the Endorsed Provider Network (EPN).
Classes
- Cardiac Class: Wednesday 1.30pm - 3.00pm (Outpatient Service; Cardiac Nurse Specialist referral only).
- Osteoarthritis Class for hips and knees
- Back Class
- Joint Clinic (Post-operative Knees/ Hips)
- Shoulder Class
- Acute Rehabilitation Class
- Advanced Exercise Class
- Balance Classes (requires a referral)
Specialties
- Upper Limb and Shoulder
- Hand Therapy
- Pelvic Health
- Vestibular Physiotherapy
- Lymphoedema
Referral to Services
Referrals are accepted from general practitioners and health professionals in the primary sector and Rotorua Hospital specialists.
Staff may be referred by the Health and Safety Team. No referral is required for ACC claims.
To refer: email outpatient1.referrals@lakesdhb.govt.nz
Direct telephone contact:(07) 3487920 or 0800 715 800
On-Call Physiotherapy: Call the Telephonists (07-3481199) OR internally dial 0 and ask for the On-Call Physiotherapists number.
Note: Call-ins outside of normal working hours are only accepted from a Registrar, Consultant, and ICU Outreach Nurse.
Cancelling OR Rescheduling appointments
Due to the high demand for our service, it is advised that you ring and reschedule your appointment if you are unable to attend.
If you do not comply, it is likely that you will be discharged – this is to ensure we can accommodate the needs of our people in the community.
