Physiotherapy at home helps people of all ages who have medical conditions, illnesses, injuries that limit their regular ability to move…
Physiotherapy at home helps people of all ages who have medical conditions, illnesses, injuries that limit their regular ability to move and function.
A proper physiotherapy program can help individuals return to their prior level of functioning & encourage activities and lifestyle changes that can help prevent further injury and improve overall health and well being.
So, why exactly is physiotherapy so important?
10 reasons physiotherapy at home really helpful:-
1. Reduce or eliminate pain.
Therapeutic exercises and manual therapy techniques such as joint and soft tissue mobilisation or treatments such as ultrasound, taping or electrical stimulation can relieve pain and restore muscle & joint function to reduce pain. Physiotherapy can also prevent pain from returning.
2. Avoid surgery
If physical therapy helps you eliminate pain / heal from an injury, surgery may not be needed. Even if surgery is required, then you may benefit from pre-surgery physiotherapy If you are going into a surgery stronger and in better shape, you will recover faster afterward in many cases.
2. Improve mobility.
If you’re having trouble standing, walking / moving, regardless of your age, physiotherapy can help. Stretching and strengthening exercises help restore your ability to move. Physiotherapists can properly fit individuals with a cane, crutches or any other assistive device, or assess for orthotic prescription.
Customising an individual care plan, whatever activity that is important to an individual’s life can be practiced and adapted to ensure maximal performance and safety.
4. Recover from a stroke.
It is common to lose some degree of function and movement after stroke. Physiotherapy helps to strengthen weakened parts of the body and improve gait & balance.
Physiotherapists can also improve stroke patients’ capability to transfer and move around in bed so they can be more independent around the home, & reduce their burden of care for toileting, bathing, dressing and other activities of daily living(ADL)
5. Recover from or prevent a sports injury.
Physio understand how different sports can increase your risk for specific types of injuries (such as stress fractures for distance runners). They can design appropriate recovery or prevention exercise plan for you to ensure a safe return to your sport.
6. Improve your balance and prevent falls.
When you begin physiotherapy session, you will get screened for fall risk. If you’re at high risk for falls, physiotherapists will provide exercises that safely and carefully challenge your balance as a way to mimic real -life situations.
Physiotherapists also help you with exercises to improve coordination and assistive devices to help with the safer walking. When the balance problem is caused by a problem in one’s vestibular system,
Physio can perform specific maneuvers that can quickly restore proper vestibular functioning, and reduce and eliminate all symptoms of dizziness or vertigo.
7. Manage diabetes and vascular conditions.
In the diabetes management plan, exercise can help effectively control blood sugar. Additionally, people with diabetes may have problems with sensation in their feet and legs.
Physio can help educate these patients on proper foot care to prevent further problems down the road. They can also assist with pain management.
8. Manage age-related issues
As individuals age, they may develop arthritis/ osteoporosis or need a joints replacement. Balance also tends to decrease significantly and people develop a much higher risk for falls& others. Physiotherapists are experts in helping patients recover from joint replacement, & manage arthritic or osteoporotic conditions conservatively.
9. Manage heart and lung disease.
While patients may complete cardiac rehabilitation after a heart attack/ procedure, you also may receive physiotherapy session if your daily functioning is affected.
For pulmonary problems, physiotherapy can improve quality of life through strengthening, conditioning and breathing exercises, and help patients clear fluid in the lungs.
10. Manage women’s health and other conditions.
Women have specific health concerns, such as with pregnancy & others care. Physiotherapists can offer specialized management of issues related to women’s health. Additionally, physiotherapy can provide specialised treatment for bowel incontinence, breast cancer, constipation, fibromyalgia, lymphedema, male pelvic health, pelvic pain, and urinary incontinence.
If you have questions about how physiotherapy may help you or someone you care about, please don’t hesitate to contact at # orthoneurophysioclinic
http://www.orthoneurophysioclinic.in/
Atlas HealthCare at Home (AHCAH) Ghaziabad.
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