Illnesses, accidents and injuries leave us with a common side effect - Pain. Chronic pain can interfere with your day to day activities and can also have profound effects on your ability to concentrate, relax and enjoy life. One of the best ways to manage chronic pain is Physical Therapy. An experienced professional who evaluates and treats physical conditions related to injury, diseases or disability is called a Physical Therapist.
Who is a Physical Therapist?
According to the American Physical Therapy Association, a physical therapist is a trained medical professional with experience in diagnosing physical abnormalities, restoring physical function and mobility, maintaining physical function and promoting physical activity and proper function.
When do you need a physical therapist?
Physical Therapists can treat a wide variety of medical conditions depending on their speciality.
Conditions such as:
Sports-related injuries
Cardiopulmonary conditions
Musculoskeletal dysfunction
Neurological conditions
Pediatric conditions
Women’s health and pelvic floor dysfunction
What are the benefits of Physical Therapy?
The benefits of Physical Therapy include:
Pain management
Avoiding surgery
Fall prevention
Recovery from injury
Recovery from stroke
Management of age-related medical problems
Improved balance
How Physical Therapy helps relieve pain?
Physical Therapy is beneficial in relieving pain through the following ways:
Increases physical strength - Depending on your condition, a physical therapist may teach you some exercises designed to strengthen your muscles and soft tissues. Often the cause of chronic pain is pressure on nerves in your joints, which can be in your spine, knees, hip, elbows or other joints. Therefore, strengthening the muscles around the joints can help them in providing better support. It can help in relieving the pressure on your nerves.
Improves flexibility - Improving your flexibility can also help your body from unhealthy movement patterns that you may not be aware of. Physical Therapy can help to relax your body. Your physical therapist can guide you to ease the tension and strengthen your muscles so that your body can move correctly.
Teaches you correct movements and postures - Most people are unaware of the incorrect postures and movements they take in their daily lives. You could be bending, lifting, walking, running, sitting or moving incorrectly which, might contribute to your chronic pain. Therefore, learning the correct movements and postures can help to significantly decrease the pain you experience.
The first session with the physical therapist will be to watch the way you perform your routine activities. Once the physical therapist has understood your problems, he or she can guide you in taking the right steps to correct your movements and postures.
Electrical, hot and cold therapies - The physical therapist has many tools to treat your immediate pain. They can also use things like transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, hot & cold therapies to help reduce inflammation to ease some of the pain you might be experiencing. These therapies can help in improving your body’s ability to heal.
Why choose New York Spine & Sport Rehabilitation PC for physical therapy?
Our trained therapists provide pain management treatment and care in North Yonkers, Bronx and Manhattan locations of New York. They can help individuals who face conditions of musculoskeletal and orthopedic origin, back or neck pain, joint-related disorders, sports injuries, balance problems and post-surgical rehabilitation. Our therapist, physician and patient work together as a team in the recovery process. We provide treatments that include manual therapy, exercises, balance training activities, patient education etc.
You can book an appointment with us for any doubts and queries. We are just a call away!
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