What is Physiotherapy or physical therapy?

What is Physiotherapy or physical therapy?

Treatment called physical therapy, or physiotherapy, aims to help you move your body better. It could be a particular therapy for a health problem or part of a more general pain control strategy. Physical therapy is also often required after several kinds of surgery. Physical therapy could also be beneficial in avoiding injuries before they occur. 

A physical therapist is a healthcare professional who will check to see whether you are safe during your treatment. 

Physical therapy helps with what? 

Most individuals seek physical treatment following a diagnosis of an ailment or injury by a medical professional. Examples are: 

• Injuries sustained in sports. 
• Pain in the neck. 
• Back ache. 
• Knee ache. 
• Hip ache. 
• Syndrome of carpal tunnel. 
• Tendinopathy, encompassing tendinitis. 
• Rotator cuff damage. 
• Injuries to the knee ligaments include ACL tears. 
• Conditions affecting the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). 
• Concussions. 
• Strokes. 
• Injuries to the spinal cord. 
• Traumatic brain injuries. 

For a chronic ailment including: you could require physiotherapy for: 

COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 

Cerebral palsy. 

Several sclerosis (MS). 

Muscle dystrophy. 

Parkinson’s condition. 

Cystic Fibrosis. 

What kinds of physiotherapy exist? 

Physical therapy combines hands-on methods, where a therapist moves a part of your body, with exercises or motions you do under the guidance of a physical therapist. Physical therapy could include: 

• Stretching. 
• strength training (with or without weights or exercise tools). 
• Massage therapy 
• Cold or heat treatment. 
• Hydrotherapy. 
• Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, or TENS. 

Usually done as an outpatient therapy, physical therapy involves you not being in a hospital or healthcare facility during your treatment. Should you be hospitalized following surgery or an accident, you might begin treatment then carry on at home once you get released. 

You could do your physical therapy in the hospital, a specialized Physiotherapy clinic in Gurgaon, or even your own home depending on where you live and what kind of physical therapy you require. A virtual visit, either on a video call or over the phone (telehealth), could let you perform physical therapy. 

Risks and Advantages 

What advantages does physiotherapy have? 

Any system in your body that regulates your movement—including your:—can be worked on with physical therapy: 

• Musculoskeletal structure. 
• Anxiety system. 
• Cardiovascular system. 
• System of integumentary. 

Physical therapy can improve certain areas of your body in any of these systems, including: 

• Musculars. 
• Bones. 
• Joints. 
• Hearts. 
• Lungs. 
• Brain, including your nerves and the way they transmit signals to the rest of your body, skin and how you feel and interact with things.

You can also get Physiotherapy at home in Gurgaon as Physio 4 Life provides physiotherapy sessions at home too.