Physical Therapy
Physical therapy is a type of treatment you may need when health problems make it hard to move around and do everyday tasks. It helps you move better and may relieve pain. It also helps improve or restore your physical function and your fitness level.
The goal of physical therapy is to make daily tasks and activities easier. For example, it may help with walking, going up stairs, or getting in and out of bed.
Examples of assistance by a physical therapist may include:
- Home equipment and safety evaluation with recommendations and assistance accusations.
- Bed Mobility
- Transfer Training
- Prosthetic Training
- Gait Training
- Message and Soft Tissue Mobilization
- Relaxation techniques
- Use of Ultra Sound and TENS unit
- Fall Prevention and recovery
Benefits to treating patients in their home include:
- Improved compliance by not missing treatment sessions
- Therapists can evaluate a patient in their REAL natural environment.
- Patient’s don’t have to travel to a clinic thus making it more time efficient
- Privacy for the patient and their family
- Eliminate disruptions from other clients, phone calls etc.
- Typical in home sessions are one hour, one on one with a therapist. This allows for effective treatment sessions and reduces the possibility of injury.
- Following surgery, having a therapist come to the home may eliminate complications of driving a car or having to negotiate dangerous obstacles on your way to an outpatient clinic.
Please contact Rim of the World Home Health Inc. for more information on Physical Therapy.
