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Archive for the ‘Physical Therapy’ Category
Are you in a lot of pain? If you’ve been hurt or had recent surgery, you may have aches that you’ve never experienced before. But don’t worry—things can get better, and physical therapy can put you on the road to recovery.
How Does It Work?
During this process, you’ll work with physical therapists. They are health professionals who specialize in helping people regain movement. They teach you exercises and stretches that help you strengthen your muscles, heal from injury, and deal with certain medical conditions.
How Long Will It Take?
That depends on your situation. You may need just one or two sessions, or you may need many sessions over the course of weeks and months. Your physical therapist will consult with you and create a plan of treatment.
Is It for You?
If you have any of these symptoms or conditions, you could benefit from physical therapy:
- Back pain or a spine condition. If you suffer from back pain or your spine has been damaged, physical therapy can help. The stretches and adjustments will help take the pressure off your damaged nerves.
- Recent surgery. Depending on what procedure you’ve had done, you still may be in some physical pain. These sensations may not go away by themselves, and physical therapy can help alleviate the discomfort.
- Carpal tunnel syndrome. Physical therapy can help strengthen muscles that are injured by repetitive motions. People who suffer from carpal tunnel, tennis elbow, and many other conditions may see relief.
- Injury. Whether you’ve been in an accident or taken a hit on the playing field, physical therapy can help you manage pain and regain mobility. It can treat all sorts of injuries, including broken bones after they’ve healed.
- Arthritis. Many people who suffer from arthritis might fear the movement of physical therapy, but stiff joints can really benefit. Well-trained therapists can help you learn to move those joints safely and strengthen the muscles around them. Therapists may also use hot and cold packs on the affected areas.
- Stroke. After a stroke, you’ll find that muscles don’t move as they once did. Physical therapy can help you increase your range of motion. It can also offer solutions and strategies for you to accomplish everyday tasks.
- Whiplash. If you’ve been in a car accident, you may be suffering from whiplash. Physical therapy can offer stretches and other exercises that help ease the pain of neck damage.
To learn more about physical therapy and its benefits, contact Westside Regional Medical Center at 954-476-3959. You can also talk to experts at Consult-A-Nurse®. We’re here to help you conquer the pain.
Your neck no longer aches, and you can finally twist from side to side again. You feel like a new person, and you think your physical therapist has superhuman powers. In fact, those “powers” are evolving every day.
You know that physical therapy can help you alleviate pain and regain movement, but what are the other advantages? As technology changes, physical therapy offers more options, which can benefit more people.
- Premature babies. When babies are born early, they may experience developmental delays. So physical therapists are now getting involved in infants’ lives right away. They provide education to the families and work with the babies to stay on track.
- Pain sufferers. Often it’s hard to put weight on a painful joint, so water therapy may be the answer. By exercising in water, patients can strengthen muscles with resistance, without feeling the pressure.
- Cancer patients. During and after cancer treatment, patients can benefit from physical therapy. Exercises can help maintain mobility and flexibility, while massage can help reduce stress and pain.
- Stroke victims. After a stroke, many people can’t move certain muscles, so physical therapists might use electrical stimulation. Sending a low electrical current through the patient’s body can help tone muscles and prevent pain.
- Victims of vertigo. Some people can feel as though everything is spinning, even though all is perfectly still. To target this problem, physical therapists can use vestibular rehabilitation. This process helps the inner ear better react to changes in the body’s position.
- Older patients. When people age, they can suffer from injury and disease, which can lead to pain and reduced range of motion. Physical therapy techniques are improving to combat those issues and help patients prevent bone loss, falls, and other health problems.
If you have questions about how physical therapy could improve your health, contact Columbia Hospital. Visit us online or call Consult-A-Nurse® at 1-888-256-7694.You never know what new treatments are being developed each day.
If you’ve been hurt or just had surgery, you may be asking yourself that very question. Your muscles may not be moving the way they used to or you might be in a lot of pain. So physical therapy could be the answer.
Physical therapists are health professionals who specialize in helping people regain movement. They teach their patients exercises and stretches that help them strengthen muscles, recover from injury, or deal with certain medical conditions. If you opt for physical therapy, you may need just one or two sessions or you may need many sessions over the course of weeks and months.
Here are some reasons you could benefit from physical therapy:
- You’ve had surgery. Depending on what procedure you’ve had done, you may be experiencing some physical discomfort. This pain may not go away by itself, so physical therapy can help alleviate it.
- You’ve been hurt. Whether you have a sports injury or you’ve been in some kind of accident, physical therapy can help you manage pain and regain mobility. It can treat all sorts of injuries, including broken bones after they’ve healed. It can also help athletes get ready to take the field again.
- You’ve had a stroke. After a stroke, muscles don’t move as they once did. Physical therapy can help with your range of motion and offer solutions to accomplishing everyday tasks.
- You have back pain or a spine condition. If your spine has been damaged or if you suffer from back pain, physical therapy can help. The stretches and adjustments can take the pressure of damaged nerves.
- You have carpal tunnel syndrome. Physical therapy can help strengthen muscles that are injured by many repetitive motion conditions.
- You have whiplash. If you’ve been in a car accident, you may be suffering from whiplash. To ease the neck damage, physical therapy can offer stretches and other exercises.
- You have arthritis. Stiff joints can benefit from physical therapy, but many people fear the movement required by the treatment. However, well-trained therapists can help you learn to move those joints safely and strengthen the muscles around them.
At Palms West Hospital, we can address your physical therapy needs. We have a 5,500-square-foot rehabilitation center that includes a 15-foot by 30-foot heated rehabilitation pool. Our highly trained staff can help both adults and children benefit from physical therapy. Using state-of-the-art equipment, our therapists will design a program to fit your individual requirements.
If you have questions about how physical therapy can help you, contact Palms West Hospital. Visit us online or call Consult-A-Nurse® at 1-888-256-7723. Taking this step may put you on the road to recovery.
Physical therapists devote their careers to helping people recover their ability to move and function normally. They work in all sorts of settings, from hospitals to private offices and even on college campuses. They provide care to patients with a very wide variety of injuries and circumstances. Their patients can literally be any age, from babies to seniors. A physical therapist’s goals sometimes center around returning function to one specific body part, while other times they seek to give patients greater mobility in several areas of the body.Physical therapists earn either a Master’s or Doctorate degree. During their training they learn about all of the muscles, bones and nerves in the body and how they work together to help people function on a daily basis. To put it simply, anyone may need a physical therapist at some point in their life.
What might make me need physical therapy?
Many medical concerns can be addressed by a physical therapist. Their knowledge is useful to patients who have suffered injury through physical accidents, chronic development of a condition and the onset of cardiovascular complications.
- Stroke- After suffering a stroke, patients are often left without many functional abilities. 30% of patients are left unable to care for themselves. Physical therapists work to help patients walk, talk and use their arms again. Physical therapy helps stroke victims regain their independence.
- Sports Injury- Sports are fun and a great source of exercise. They also provide opportunities for bodily injury. Physical therapists can help an athlete–or a weekend warrior–recover from an injury. They can show the patient how to properly exercise the injured body part in order to bring about a full recovery. If this is not done, many people will resume playing sports when they think that they are better. Eventually the injury reemerges and causes more damage.
- Car Accident- Car accidents are the cause of all sorts of injuries. Unfortunately spinal cord injuries are among them. Physical therapists can assess patients with spinal cord injuries and decide how to best help them. While paralysis is unavoidable after some car accidents, physical therapists can schedule treatment and oversee recovery for many victims of spinal cord injury. They can also help combat the effects of whiplash and other car accident related injuries.
- Body Pain- Regardless of whether the pain is in a patients’ back, knees or shoulders, physical therapists can help. They assess whether the pain is a muscle problem or due to something else like arthritis. They work with patients as individuals, devising exercise plans and scheduling the pace of treatment according to the patients’ needs. By following the advice of a physical therapist, it is entirely possible to reduce if not eliminate chronic body pain.
These are not the only times when a physical therapist is needed. Physical therapists can be of assistance anytime that a patient needs help regaining function or mobility. They are experts in getting people back into the swing of things.
If you would like to find out more about our physical therapy program visit us online. If you have any medical questions or concerns, call Consult-A-Nurse® at 1-866-442-2362 and ask one of our experts. For more information on PGH’s Physical Therapy Department, please call 954-513-6080.
Patients who suffer from osteoarthritis or other debilitating conditions often find relief with joint replacement surgery. But the surgery itself is simply the start to recovering joint function. Physical rehabilitation plays a vital role in rebuilding strength, agility, and range of motion. It can also give patients the tools they need to protect their new joint over time.
The Rehabilitation Process
For patients who have minimally invasive joint replacement, rehabilitation begins on the surgery day. Patients will stand or walk using a walker or crutches. They’ll also sit up in a chair and complete several exercises from the bed. On the second and third days, the patient should be able to walk around a bit. The physical therapist also usually starts more physically demanding exercises, including strength building and stretching. By Days 4 and 5, the patient is not only sitting and standing, but also doing everyday activities like dressing and using the restroom.
After discharge, rehabilitation usually continues both on an outpatient basis and at home. The physical therapist teaches different exercises and activities that the patient can do at home, to complement the activities done during outpatient therapy sessions. The goal of this continued rehabilitation is three-fold:
- To ease recovery after surgery and facilitate return to daily activities
- To improve strength, range of motion, flexibility, and endurance
- To prevent injury and protect the joint from further damage or unnecessary wear
Effectiveness of Rehabilitation
With proper rehabilitation, the vast majority of patients can participate in low-impact activities (such as swimming and walking) with no physical restrictions. A patient’s condition before surgery significantly impacts how well the patient will recover. Physical condition, previous activity level, and patient motivation all influence recovery after joint replacement.
Most patients who suffer long-term limitations have other physical conditions that restrict their mobility. Heart disease, pulmonary conditions, and physical inactivity are common culprits of restricted mobility after joint rehabilitation.
Even after a full recovery, experts generally recommend that joint replacement patients refrain from activities that could place undue stress on the artificial joint. These include heavy lifting, jumping, running, and contact sports.
Choosing a Rehabilitation Center
Before choosing a place to have joint replacement surgery, consider the hospital’s rehabilitation program. When it comes to rehabilitation after joint replacement, expertise is everything. Look for a hospital with a robust joint replacement program and a proven track record with joint replacement rehabilitation patients.
Especially in the first few days after surgery, daily rehabilitation is critical. The best programs have physical and occupational therapists on staff every day, even on weekends, to deliver specialized post-surgical care. These experts should work closely with each patient to craft an individualized rehabilitation plan that will get patients back on their feet—and back in the action as soon as it’s safe and healthy.
Ask about the usual patient recovery. After proper rehabilitation, the vast majority of patients can participate in low-impact activities (such as swimming and walking) as frequently as desired. Look for a rehabilitation center that consistently delivers these results.
If you have questions about hip, knee, or other joint replacement, please contact us at Largo Medical Center. Visit us online or call Consult-a-Nurse® at 1-877-442-2362.