2006-07-04 02:46:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
No- A physiotherapist is an individual that is qualified to diagnose and provide preventative and therapeutic services which are used in restoring the mobility to the body and to prevent disabilities from diseases, injury and trauma. You can read more here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiotherapy
2006-07-04 02:54:22 · answer #1 · answered by Nurse Annie 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Some physiotherapists have Ph.D.'s (doctorates) and these are, indeed, doctors. However, unless they have specialized in a very particular area they can't write prescriptions. However, the inability to dispense drugs shouldn't be counted against them -- it just means that they can't rely on synthetic means to mask symptoms and, instead, usually work on the root cause of the problem at hand.
Also, not all 'doctors' (M.D.'s, Ph.D.'s, N.D.'s, N.M.D.'s, D.C.'s etc.) know what they are doing. So be careful.
Lonnie Honeycutt, C.N.C.
http://www.betterlifetoday.com
2006-07-04 10:15:56 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they are well educated technicians. A physiatrist is a physician who specializes in the area
2006-07-04 09:52:22 · answer #3 · answered by ringocox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most have a masters or ph.d. they are not doctors in the sense they can't write prescriptions. very few have ph.d's.
2006-07-04 09:54:35 · answer #4 · answered by hollywood71@verizon.net 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A massager cannot be a doc
2006-07-04 09:50:13 · answer #5 · answered by Indian gangsta rapper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no... a psychiatrist is a MD who can prescribe medication.
2006-07-04 09:51:08 · answer #6 · answered by The Kujinator 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-07-04 09:49:54 · answer #7 · answered by unalla 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2006-07-04 09:49:46 · answer #8 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋