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Physical therapy is a type of treatment you may need when health problems make it hard to move around and do everyday tasks. It helps you move better and may relieve pain. It also helps improve or restore your physical function and your fitness level.

The goal of physical therapy is to make daily tasks and activities easier. For example, it may help with walking, going up stairs, or getting in and out of bed.

Physical therapy can help with recovery after some surgeries. Your doctor may suggest physical therapy for injuries or long-term health problems such as:

Back pain.
Tendon or ligament problems, such as an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, a meniscus tear, or plantar fasciitis.
Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
COPD.
Spinal stenosis.
Parkinson's disease.
Multiple sclerosis.
Physical therapy may be used alone or with other treatments.

You may get physical therapy at:

A clinic.
A hospital.
A nursing home.
Your own home, through home health agencies.
School.
A sports or fitness setting.

 

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Your physical therapist will examine you and make a treatment plan. Depending on your health problem, your therapist will help you with flexibility, strength, endurance, coordination, and/or balance.

First, your therapist will try to reduce your pain and swelling. Then he or she will probably work to increase your flexibility, strength, and endurance.

Physical therapy almost always includes exercise. It can include stretching, core exercises, weight lifting, and walking. Your physical therapist may teach you an exercise program so you can do it at home.

Your physical therapist also may use manual therapy, education, and techniques such as heat, cold, water, ultrasound, and electrical stimulation.

Treatment may cause mild soreness or swelling. This is normal, but talk to your physical therapist if it bothers you.

 

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Physical therapists specialize in treating patients with joints, tendons, ligaments and bone dysfunction, particularly in treating injuries due to sports activities, joint inflammation and amputations. Patients will be evaluated by the therapist to determine the source of the pain and the severity of their cases. Some techniques and approaches will also be applied to make the treatment process more effective and successful.

Others when they think about of physical therapy, they usually refers and focused on sports or any physical education training such an exercise. But in some other cases there is what we could types of physical therapy which we can used exactly, appropriately in a right way.

Orthopedic Physical therapy
This type of physical therapy is commonly found in out-patient department for hospitals and clinical settings for private practices. Orthopedic physical therapists perform post-surgery rehabilitation of patients who would want to heal with better functions of their body most especially with joint mobilizations, strength and agility and stabilizing their bones, ligaments and tendons. This would require patients to visit weekly or upon the doctor’s advice.

In this area it deals with evaluating, managing, diagnosing and treating injuries from the muscle and skeletal system in our body or letting the patient undergo rehabilitation right after operation.

Neurological Physical Therapy
Those people who suffer from neurological disease, Alzheimer’s disease, brain damage, Cerebral Palsy, Parkinson’s disease, and other injuries from the nervous system need to undergo neurological physical therapy. Failure to undergo this therapy will lessen their motor skill and cannot perform certain activities as injury of the brain and spinal cord can cause death of cells that control movements and sensations.

The therapy itself will help the patient to improve or restore the dysfunctional part of the body, recovering the patient from having to lose functional independence, poor balance and inability to ambulate.

Geriatric Physical therapy
Focuses on older adults and it is a medical specialty for those people who continue the process of aging. This will help them build and maintain their confidence and remain active in spite of their age.

Osteoporosis, joint inflammation (arthritis), Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, Parkinson’s disease and replacement of the joint and hips may be rehabilitated through the use of this type of physical therapy. It helps restore mobility and reduces pain. It also provides additional benefits to your body.

Cardiovascular Physical Therapy
This is the type of therapy that is performed to the patients who have suffered problems from heart, lung and circulatory system.

Pediatric Physical Therapy
Geriatric physical therapy focuses on the older persons while Pediatric Physical therapy focuses on the young ones aged below 18. This refers to the child who suffers orthopedic injury, or those children who suffered diseases in their early childhood and need to undergo therapy.

 

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Physical therapy is a traditional treatment methodology aimed at the treatment and curing of certain ailments, and preventing the chances of reoccurrence of the same at a later point of time. Its primary aim is to bring back the patients to his/her normal self, free of any pain or sufferings, so that he/she could then onwards lead a normal life by performing all the daily activities with minimal or no difficulty. Physical therapy deals with cardiopulmonary and neurological conditions as well.

Physical therapy is generally required for those with permanent disabilities, those who have had a major injury or accident and is in a recuperating phase, or for those who are suffering from crippling diseases like arthritis, low back pain, or cerebral palsy. In certain cases, some diseases or medical conditions impair the patient so much that it becomes necessary to teach the patient to function optimally within the limitations of the condition, by building on the residual capabilities left in the patient. Physical therapy is effective in such circumstances as well, and with prolonged treatment under the supervision of an expert physiatrist, it is possible for the patient to regain a major share of the mobility of his/her joints, achieve flexibility, and acquire better balance and coordination as far as his/her overall self is concerned. Apart from this, physical therapy also helps in significantly improving the overall fitness and health of the patient.

Physical therapy is also very effective in aiding children to cope with issues such as developmental delays or muscle and joint weaknesses that could happen in their early years. In such cases, a physiatrist usually depends on a variety of techniques such as strength training, balance and coordination exercises, stretching exercises, ultrasound therapies, and electrical stimulation of affected body parts alongside massage to help the child build strength to his/her physical weaknesses. But, the exact methods to be used are decided by the physiatrist after diagnosing the child.

For physical therapy to be effective, it is important that the patient also responds positively to the treatment, and for that to happen he/she needs to be in a positive frame of mind and not in a saddened or dull mindset. Hence, these days, physical therapy also includes efforts to motivate the patient to make sure that he/she indeed remains in a positive mindset all through out the session.

Finally, for receiving the full benefits of physical therapy, it is important that the patient follows the instructions of the physiatrist religiously. In many cases, people tend to think that they know the exercises well enough after some time and hence they could do the rehabilitation quite effectively without any external help. But, such acts generally cause more damage to the existing injury than providing any real benefits. Physical therapy needs time to cure and equally important is the fact that the patient has to undergo the treatment in the perfect way possible always. A physiatrist who monitors the progress could correct if there is any error in the posturing or practice, and he/she periodically redesigns the exercise programs accordingly as the patient gets better or improves in health and strength. None of this would be possible if the patient tries to manage the rehabilitation program himself. Remember, the final result or complete recovery through physical therapy is a combination of diligence, compliance, and dedication, and that requires continued interaction and coordination between the patient and the physiatrist.

To sum it up, physical therapy is hugely effective in treating injured joints, bones, muscle weaknesses, and many neurological ailments. But, it must be done in the proper way, under the supervision of an able physiatrist. Else, it won’t produce the desired results nor would the patient ever recover early either.

 

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[*NRB*]

hmm thanx 4 informing

 

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[Abewsha]

nice sharing..............