PHYSIOTHERAPY

Physiotherapy (also Physical Therapy as referred to by the WCPT) is a health care profession concerned with identifying and maximizing quality of life and movement potential within the spheres of promotion, prevention, treatment/intervention, habilitation and rehabilitation. It uses physical approaches to promote, maintain and restore physical, psychological and social well-being, taking into account variations in health status. It aims to ease pain and help patient function, move, and live better.

Patients may need it to:

• Relieve pain
• Improve movement or ability
• Prevent or recover from a sports injury
• Prevent disability or surgery
• Rehab after a stroke, accident, injury, or surgery
• Work on balance to prevent a slip or fall

• Manage a chronic illness like diabetes, heart disease, or arthritis
• Recover after you give birth
• Control your bowels or bladder
• Adapt to an artificial limb
• Learn to use assistive devices like a walker or cane
• Get a splint or brace

People of all ages get physical therapy. It remediates impairments and promotes mobility and function by using mechanical force and movements, manual therapy, exercise therapy, and electrotherapy.

In Chethana Neuro Centre we commonly use Electrotherapy. Electrotherapy machines are a popular modality used in physical therapy and rehabilitation. Electrotherapy uses an electrical machine that delivers electrical impulses to a patient's body to relieve pain. Electrotherapy techniques available here are:

• Interferential Therapy - IFT is thought to work by stimulating parasympathetic nerve fibers to increase blood flow and reduce oedema, by passing currents across cell membranes.
• Cervical traction - Traction of the spine is a popular treatment for neck pain and related injuries
• Pelvic Traction - is a therapy program designed to relieve pain in the lower back, hips and legs normally associated with low back disorders
• Electrical Stimulation for Bell's palsy - to increase strength and improve coordination of facial muscles