A healthy livelihood gives way to a good way of living and a healthy livelihood is possible only when we keep our body healthy and fit.
Fitness has become the ultimate mantra. But not everybody can maintain a strict exercise regimen. It may due to the aging process or any kind of injury. Physiotherapy can play an important role here.
Physiotherapy helps people with movement restrictions by non-surgical process. It is a holistic approach towards healing the patients and also focuses on the health and well-being of a person.
Now there are multiple treatment techniques when it comes to Physiotherapy. A physiotherapist might use over a 20 different approaches for your treatment.
Let us look at some of the common techniques used in physiotherapy
- Hands on physiotherapy
Hands on physiotherapy is a technique used by various types of physiotherapist including chiropractors, osteopaths and kinesiologists etc.
Hands on physiotherapy techniques include, joint mobilization, joint manipulation, muscle stretching and massage of soft tissues etc.
All these procedures are used to alleviate the injury or stiffness in the bones and muscles without the use of surgery.
- Physiotherapy taping
Many physiotherapist use the strapping and taping method to prevent any injuries. Strapping tapes and supportive tapings are used by physiotherapists to meet the needs of the patients.
The tapings used can be rigid or of elastic material and is used to relieve pain, reduce the recurrence of injury, to prevent any injury and to improve stability.
The tapings provide support to the injured area and relieves the pain by de-loading painful or vulnerable structures and also help to facilitate normal muscle movements and posture patterns in individuals.
- Acupuncture and dry needling
Acupuncture is yet another form of physiotherapy. Many physiotherapists acquire an additional training in this field to practice acupuncture on patients. Acupuncture and dry needling helps in pain relief and proper muscle functioning. Acupuncture practice first started in China centuries ago and the treatment is based on the belief that our health is actually determined by a balanced flow of ‘chi’, a life energy present in all living beings.
In this treatment, sterile needles are inserted in the various meridian points, which is believed to redirect the flow of “chi” (energy) and thereby relieving stress, pain and stiffness.
- Physiotherapy exercise
Apart from the above mentioned physiotherapy treatment techniques, there are also many physiotherapy exercises that can help strengthen your muscles and improve their functioning.
These exercises are proved to be very effective when it comes to prevent pain and injuries. Physiotherapists combine essential components from yoga, Pilates and exercise physiology to offer you the best possible results.
- Biomechanical assessment
Biomechanical assessment is basically the study of human motion and this study can help determine the causes of various injuries and thereby help prevent them from re-occurring.
Biomechanics plays and important role, especially in the field of sports where recurrent injuries are common in amateur athletes.
A biomechanical assessment includes the study of your gait, running analysis and throw etc.
This assessment helps the physiotherapist give you the best treatment and prevent any injury from reoccurring.
Physiotherapy is a study of body mechanics based on which a physiotherapist offers their treatment. These are some of the common form of physiotherapy, which are generally used by physiotherapists to treat the patients and improve their movement.
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