Medical treatments have undergone a tremendous change over the past many years from treating the most common to the most complicated medical conditions. Some treatments involve surgery while some require medication and other therapies depending on the debility. The sole motive of these treatments is to help the person become functional and return sooner to his activities of daily living independently.

Physiotherapy is one of those physical medicine and rehabilitation specialties, which involves exercise, manipulations, and massage of various body parts in order to help patients return to their normal life. This therapy is used for people of all age groups. The primary focus of this treatment is to allow patient to enjoy their normal routine life so that they can carry out their daily activities with ease.

A person who is experiencing acute back pain or any other muscular pain in the body can greatly get benefited by this therapy. For some people, this therapy has become a part of their daily routine. People who are involved in sports activities complain of muscular or joint pain when they perform their activities on the field. For this reason, physiotherapist plays a very vital role as they can get the player up and moving in a few minutes.

A well-qualified physiotherapist helps in restoring the person’s movement and thereby improving overall bodily function. By offering expert advice, manipulation, manual therapy, traction, etc., they help the patient get back to their normal condition. If a patient suffers any kind of swelling or pain, the therapist will try to ease the pain through a range of treatments. These treatments may include massage, ultrasound treatment, heat or cold treatment, acupuncture and hydrotherapy which is also known as water treatment. Many of these treatments are used to decrease the inflammation that underlies several painful conditions. An expert physiotherapist will also show you exercises which are to be performed at home to gain and restore flexibility, build internal strength thereby maintaining balance and posture.

There are many benefits of undergoing a physiotherapy. Some of them are listed as follows:

The recovery time of your joints and muscles which have suffered damage is reduced with the help of physiotherapy. Injuries which involves muscle, tendon, or ligament tear can make the body stiff and immobile and with proper supervision of an expert physiotherapist, it becomes possible to recover most of the body function and make a quick recovery.

Another benefit a patient experiences is the luxury of time, where he need not travel to the clinic and get himself treated as the service is conveniently given at home. Physiotherapists offer their services at home if necessary. Many patients are bedridden and it is sometimes very arduous for family members to bring the patient to the clinic for physiotherapy sessions.

Arranging a physiotherapy session at home is also cost effective as it eliminates the travelling cost. Elderly people and bedridden patients mostly prefer these sessions to be arranged at home rather than personally going to the clinic as transportation can be a major impediment.

Physiotherapy is the backbone of Physical medicine and rehabilitation, also known as physiatry.  Physiatrists work along with occupational, recreational, speech, psychology, nursing, and social workers to help patients with disabling impairments to function optimally. Their role in continued medical care has widely been recognized so much so that all multi-specialty hospitals have a full-fledged physiatry departments today.