Physical Therapists examine and treat people who have conditions affecting an individual’s ability to move freely and without pain. The conditions they can help address include a broad range of symptoms, such as back pain, neck pain, osteoporosis, developmental disabilities, carpal tunnel syndrome, and countless more. Benefits of physical therapy can have a number of different in reducing your pain and improving your functionality.
Ultimately, the goal of physical therapy is to improve motion and relieve pain.
But each patient is different. Your physical therapist should be working with you and collaborating on helping you to reach your individual goals and tackle your personal challenges.
Here, let’s take a look at the three main benefits you can achieve with the help of a physical therapist.
1. Maximize Your Movement and Range of Motion
Motion is vital to your quality of life.
Whether it’s a simple daily task like washing the dishes, a round of 18 holes on the golf course or essential activity such as work, physical therapy can help you improve your mobility and function. It can also contribute to relieving your pain, prevent future injuries and improve the overall health and quality of your life.
Physical Therapists have a large range of treatments available to help relieve pain and restore function. Some examples are therapeutic exercises, joint and soft tissue mobilizations, taping, electrical stimulation and ultrasound, just to name a few. The key is recognizing the limiting factors affecting the motion restriction and applying the correct treatment to resolve the issue.
2. Alternative to Surgery
Before you undergo invasive (and expensive) surgical procedures, you may want to consider speaking with a physical therapist and, at least, giving physical therapy a try.
If physical therapy can help you to heal from an injury and eliminate pain, surgery may not be needed. A physical therapist can often look at the patient as a whole and identify issues that may not be a by an indirect cause as compared to the direct issue that is required by surgery.
3. Alternative to Opioids
Opioid usage runs the risks of addiction and depression, along with withdraw symptoms upon stopping. With the proper dosage, prescription opioids are an appropriate part of the medical treatment process.
It is estimated that 116 million Americans are in chronic pain yearly.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is advising healthcare providers to decrease usage of opioids and replace it with safer alternatives like physical therapy for long-term pain management.
Schedule an Appointment with a SetPT Physical Therapist
If you’ve experienced any aches or long-term pains, you might want to consider contacting a SetPT Physical Therapist.
Our physical therapy treatment programs are tailored to get our patients back to doing the daily activities they love. They focus on decreasing pain and discomfort, increasing range of motion, and helping you to prevent future injuries.
Request your appointment today or let us know if you have any additional questions we can help you answer.