3 Ways Physical Therapy Helps

3 Ways Physical Therapy Helps
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Almost everyone has heard of physical therapy, but a lot of people still don’t know what it entails, how it works, or the ways it can benefit people dealing with various kinds of physical issues. Wondering just what physical therapy can do for you? Here’s what you should know.

It Can Relieve Chronic and Acute Pain

Whether you’re experiencing pain due to an injury or due to an ongoing medical condition like arthritis or multiple sclerosis, physical therapy may be able to provide you with much-needed relief. By mobilizing joints and repairing muscle function, manual therapy techniques can reduce very aches and pains.

Additionally, treatments like electrical stimulation and trigger point dry needling can help improve healing, reduce inflammation, and relax tense or spasming muscles. This in turn can help a patient less their reliance on prescription pain medication, as well as all the unpleasant side effects that go along with it.

It Can Help Increase Independence

When recovering from an injury or living with a medical condition, even simple everyday functions like going to the store, making your own meals, or even just walking from room to room can become difficult. Pain and stiffness diminish mobility, coordination, and balance, forcing you to rely on others to help us navigate daily life.

In addition to relieving pain, one of the goals of physical therapy is to help patients restore mobility, coordination, and balance, thus allowing them to reassert their own independence. Most importantly, physical therapy provides a way out of the vicious cycle of limited physical activity leading to even more pain and stiffness, thereby leading to even more limited physical activity.

It Can Eliminate the Need for Surgery

Going under the knife is never fun. It’s stressful and scary, but it’s also necessary. Or is it? For certain injuries and conditions, such as herniated discs and spinal stenosis, research has shown that physical therapy is actually a more effective means of treatment. What’s more, when used proactively, physical therapy can prevent invasive surgery from becoming necessary in the first place.

In the event that surgery is unavoidable, physical therapy can still help. First, it can help prepare your body to undergo the rigors of surgery and thus overall improve the chances of a successful operation. Furthermore, it can help speed up your recovery time, reduce the likelihood of relapse or reinjury, and rebuild your strength so that you can resume enjoying your previous quality of life.


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