Physiotherapy can make a difference in an individual’s ability to live an active, healthy lifestyle. For many seniors, disabled or chronically ill people, physiotherapy is the key to restoring and maintaining a level of physical function that permits independent living. Physiotherapy is one way to successfully push physical limitations to secure the Freedom to Function.
Benefits of Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy benefits include: Promoting physical health Preventing injury, or disability Manage chronic, or acute conditions or physical limitations Improves physical performance
- Increase muscle strength and maintain endurance
- Restore and increase joint range of motion
- Increase coordination
- Decrease pain
- Decrease muscle spasm and spasticity
- Decrease swelling and inflammation of joints
- Promote healing of soft tissue lesions
- Prevent contracture and deformity of limbs
- Promote mobility through walking or use of wheeled-mobility
- Increase ability in daily activities such as self-care and play
- Educate patients and family
- Decrease stress
