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What is physical therapy?

What is physical therapy? Physiotherapy is a non-drug method that uses scientific principles and methods of physics to diagnose, treat and prevent various types of injuries, pain and disabilities. . Physical therapy treatments can be divided into the following categories: Manual therapy Electrotherapy Heat therapy Cryotherapy Hydrotherapy Traction Exercise Professional treatment and advice are provided to help patients relieve pain, improve and maintain muscle strength, cardiopulmonary function, joint mobility, coordination of various body parts and prevent trauma. The following is a brief introduction to some situations suitable for receiving physical therapy: Pediatric patients with respiratory problems such as asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia, etc., receive treatment methods such as positional expectoration, patting, suctioning, and breathing exercises to speed up recovery. Improve cardiopulmonary function and exercise endurance. In addition, children with torticollis can receive manual therapy, ultrasonic therapy and exercise therapy to correct joints and tendons, orthopedics and sports injuries. Children with pain such as low back and neck pain, joint, tendon and ligament injuries, fractures and amputation , patients with joint dislocation, tennis elbow, frozen shoulder and carpal tunnel syndrome can receive manual therapy, electrotherapy (such as interference wave electrotherapy), heat therapy, ultrasound therapy, traction therapy, exercise therapy, ice therapy, Hydrotherapy and other methods can reduce or eliminate pain, restore function and prevent recurrence. If necessary, arrange for assisted walking or supporting equipment and other geriatric diseases. Common geriatric diseases such as joint degeneration, muscle atrophy, rheumatic bone pain, cardiovascular system diseases such as stroke, hemiplegia, and hemiplegia

Degenerative brain diseases Such as Parkinson's disease, loss of control of hand and foot movements, etc.; through physical therapy assessment, rehabilitation exercises, mobility training, use of walking aids, and drug treatment, internal and external coordination can be used to achieve twice the result with half the effort

Reference: keenpro/ Physio

What is physical therapy? Simply put, it uses physical factors such as light, electricity, water, cold, heat, force, and exercise therapy to evaluate and treat patient problems. For example, microwaves are a type of electromagnetic waves that use microwaves to cause vibrations in water molecules to heat food. In physical therapy, this characteristic of microwaves can be used to vibrate water molecules in human tissues, increase the temperature of deep tissues, accelerate blood circulation, promote the healing speed of the affected area, and also reduce pain. Therefore, the use of microwave treatment is a kind of physical therapy. To sum up, the methods of physical therapy are as follows: (1) Phototherapy - ultraviolet, low-energy laser (2) Electrotherapy - low-frequency electrotherapy, medium-frequency interference waves (3) Hydrotherapy - warm hydrotherapy, cold hydrotherapy, hot hydrotherapy , ice hydrotherapy, alternating hot and cold water therapy, aquatic exercise therapy (4) Cold therapy - cold compress, ice compress, ice ***, air conditioning therapy (5) Heat therapy - moist heat therapy, dry heat therapy, ultrasound, Short wave, microwave, wax therapy, infrared ray and hot pack (6) Force therapy - operation therapy, stretching exercise, traction, *** (7) Movement therapy (Movement) - including stretching exercise, active exercise, resistance exercise, Endurance exercise, respiratory exercise, balance and coordination exercise, functional exercise, neuromuscular induction techniques, posture correction therapy, etc. Manual therapy (Manual): including joint mobilization, massage, fascia relaxation, passive movement, and other special techniques.