Monday, 3 November 2008

PHYSIOTHERAPY EXERCISES!

PHYSIOTHERAPY :

Physiotherapy alias physical therapy is a TREATMENT of DISEASE and disability using physical EXERCISES which helps to promote optimal HEALTH and functions of the human body. Physiotherapy may be defined as a science that seeks to improve movement dysfunction, promote optimal HEALTH and functions of the human body. Physiotherapy involves the assessment, maintenance, restoration of the physical function and performance of the body and is strongly recommended for people with degenerative disorders, the physically challenged, SPORTS PEOPLE and those suffering from arthritis and neurological disorders.

This preventive and remedial procedure is very often used as a supplement with oral MEDICINES. It could also include heat radiation, water THERAPY, MASSAGES, diathermy, traction and other procedures. Physiotherapists treat a wide range of ailments, so specialization is possible in areas such as pediatrics, geriatrics, orthopedics, sports physical THERAPY, neurology, clinical electro physiologic and cardiopulmonary therapy. Physiotherapists are as essential as doctors in helping recover and rehabilitate a patient from a state of incapacity, due to genetic defect or the result of an accident or an illness. They must have a thorough knowledge of the human anatomy and the way the bones, muscles
and nerves move.