Sunday, May 6, 2012
quicko: physio
AKA physical therapist. Australians are forever talking about going to see their physios, but what they really mean is that they're going to physical therapy. It sounds very odd to me, because for some reason a physio sounds like a bit of a quack to me, whereas a physical therapist sounds entirely legitimate. Took me ages to work out they really were probably authentic after all.
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I think it's actually called a physiotherapist here. Which might explain a little more why it's called a physio.
Most of them go by the title of 'physiotherapist' (rather than 'physical therapist') so it just falls into line with our shortening of every term we can possibly get away with. :-)
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