What is Physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy is a holistic way to help people restore, maintain and maximize the mobility and strength of joints and muscles. It includes rehabilitation programs which promote health and fitness after injury in muscles, ligaments or joints
How Does Physiotherapy Provide Benefits?
- Physiotherapy has more than a dozen of benefits.
- Help eliminate and reduce pain
- Avoid surgery risks and improve mobility
- Help to get recovery after a stroke
- Help sportsmen recover from pain and injury
- Work on improving balance and prevent falls
- Help to make elderly people lives better
Benefits of Physiotherapy:
- Pain Relief:
Physiotherapy helps in reducing pain, swelling and inflammation. - Strength Training:
Physiotherapy strengthens the muscles which help in controlling pain - Posture Correction:
Correcting posture helps in relieving pain from neck and back. - Increase Range of Motion of Joint:
Conditions like frozen shoulder or post fracture stiffness. - Improve Cardio:
Respiratory function- breathing exercises, limb physiotherapy and chest physiotherapy helps improving cardio-respiratory function. - Increase Coordination:
Physiotherapy helps in improving coordination in various conditions like Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and so on. - Improve Balance to Reduce Risk of Fall
- Maintain Activity of Daily Living:
In cases like rheumatoid arthritis, spinal cord injury, and stroke. The physiotherapist helps in modifying the activities according to the condition. - Life-Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients:
Improve the quality of life-rehabilitation of stroke patients helps in improving their quality of life. Early consultation of stroke patients with physiotherapist can give 100 percent recoveries in patients. - Sports Injuries:
Physiotherapy helps in sports injuries- on the field as well as off the field. Conditions like knee ligament injury, meniscal injury, rotator cuff injury, ankle sprains and so on. - Pre and Post Surgery:
Knee replacements, hip replacements, kidney transplant and other surgeries. - Rehabilitation of the Cancer Patients:
Rehabilitation of the cancer patients like maintaining their muscle power, improving lung patency and motivating the patients. - Ergonomic Classes:
Office workers should attend ergonomic classes to maintain the good posture. Every company should have a physiotherapist. They should organize regular ergonomic classes.
