What is physical therapy?

Physical Therapy, or PT for short, is a specialized medical discipline that uses functional training, physical factors, and manual therapy to improve human health, prevent and treat diseases, and restore or reconstruct body functions. It is an important part of rehabilitation therapy and is widely used in clinical practice to help patients restore movement and body functions that are impaired or threatened by disease, injury, or disability.

1. Definition and scope

Definition: Physical Therapy is a non-invasive, non-drug treatment method that uses physical factors (such as sound, light, cold, heat, electricity, magnetism, water, etc.) and functional training, manual therapy, etc. to restore or improve patients' physical functions.

Scope: Includes the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients' functional disorders, especially those related to motor function.

2. Main classifications

Exercise therapy (exercise therapy): functional training and manual therapy are the main means, such as joint mobilization, neurodevelopmental techniques, soft tissue stretching techniques, etc. It focuses on the training of trunk and limb movement, sensation, balance and other functions, and aims to promote the recovery of patient functions through targeted exercise activities.

Physical factor therapy (physiotherapy): using various physical factors such as sound, light, cold, heat, electricity, magnetism, water, etc. as the main means to improve the patient's symptoms and functions through the action of physical factors.

3. Function and purpose

Restore function: Through targeted treatment, help patients restore damaged body functions, such as motor function, sensory function, etc.

Relieve pain: Use the effects of physical factors, such as cold therapy, heat therapy, etc., to relieve the patient's pain.

Prevent complications: Prevent complications caused by functional disorders through early intervention and continuous treatment.

Improve quality of life: Improve the patient's ability to take care of themselves and the quality of life by restoring or improving the patient's physical function.

4. Application areas

Orthopedic rehabilitation: Rehabilitation treatment for patients with orthopedic diseases such as fractures, joint dislocations, and arthritis.

Neurorehabilitation: Rehabilitation treatment for patients with neurological diseases such as stroke, spinal cord injury, and Parkinson's disease.

Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation: Rehabilitation training for cardiopulmonary function of patients with heart disease, lung disease, etc.

Pediatric rehabilitation: Rehabilitation treatment for children's diseases such as cerebral palsy and developmental delay.

5. Professionals

Physiotherapists (PTs) are professional medical personnel who correctly implement various physical therapy techniques. They develop personalized treatment plans for patients through professional evaluation and diagnosis, and provide treatment.

In summary, Physical Therapy is a comprehensive rehabilitation treatment method that helps patients restore or improve their physical functions and improve their quality of life through functional training, physical factors and manual therapy. Our treatment and health care equipment is sold all over the world, and our smart health care machine has become a physical therapy near me.