The key benefits of physical therapy are to evaluate physical problems, increase and maintain muscle strength and endurance, restore and increase joint range of motion, increase coordination, decrease pain, decrease muscle spasm and plasticity, decrease swelling and inflammation of joints, promote healing of soft tissue lesions, prevent contracture and deformity of limbs, alleviate walking problems, educate patients and family, decrease stress and a whole lot more...
| The benefits of physical therapy may include: |
 | Increase and maintain muscle strength and 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 |
For older patients, physical therapy can aid in recovery from a stroke or heart attack. It can help strengthen bones affected by osteoporosis, improve incontinence, and promote better balance. For younger patients and children, pediatric physical therapy can help develop motor skills in those with developmental delays and improve function in those with musculoskeletal disorders. Physical therapy is a treatment of certain ailments, and preventing the chances of reoccurrence of the same. Its primary aim is returning the patient to the normal self, free of pain or sufferings. |
