Tag: Physical Therapy

WORLD PHYSICAL THEARPY DAY

 

WORLD PHYSICAL THEARPY DAY-
SEPTEMBER 8, 2002

 

Every year on September 8, there is a celebration of World
Physical Therapy Day. In order to keep people healthy and fit, it is important
to raise awareness of the vital role that physical therapists and treatments
for chronic pain play in society. Physical therapists work to repair lost or
damaged functionality, treat an injury or deformity, and instruct patients
about healthy lifestyle choices. Numerous illnesses, including cancer, fibromyalgia,
muscular dystrophy, and osteoarthritis, are associated with chronic pain,
including low back pain, cervical and thoracic discomfort, shoulder pain, and
headache issues.

 

5
FACTS ABOUT PHYSICAL THERAPY THAT WILL AMAZE YOU

 

Established in Canada

Physiotherapy was used to treat thousands of soldiers in
Canada during World War I; in fact, it was frequently used as the first line of
protection.

It can eliminate the
need for surgery

According to
research reported in the “Annals of Internal Medicine” in April 2015,
physical therapy can help people with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), a lower
back discomfort caused by a narrowing of the spine, avoid surgery

Physiotherapy and
physical therapy are the same

Many people mistakenly
believe that physical therapy and physiotherapy are two different things.
However, while this may be true in some other nations, in Canada, these two
terms are interchangeable.

 It dates back
thousands of years

Hippocrates,
the founder of Western medicine, is credited with creating physiotherapy, and
it’s astonishing to learn that he used water therapy to cure his patients, that
continues to be in use today!

 

WHY PHYSICAL
THEARPY DAY IS IMPORTANT

 Respecting
physical therapists

 It is
commemorated to spread awareness of the vital role that physical therapists and
treatments for chronic pain play in helping people stay healthy and fit.

 Overcoming
obstacles with physical therapy

 Physical
therapy can help a person participate more actively in everyday activities
despite any physical restrictions. a great way to maintain your health
throughout your life.

 Age-related
issues are better managed

 As people
age, they may develop osteoporosis or arthritis, or they may need to have a
joint replacement. Physical therapists are experts at guiding patients through
the recovery process following joint replacement surgery and managing arthritic
or osteoporotic conditions conservatively.

World’s Physiotherapy Day

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Every year on the day of 8th September it is celebrated as the world’s physiotherapy day started on the day of 1951. It marks the day of the unity and collaboration of the world’s PT society.

Every year according to the situations and conditions the theme of the day is to decide and physiotherapists try their best to keep their patients fit and in sound health throughout the year.

The contribution of the physiotherapists is such an important deed that even if one thinks that it is easy to motivate and aware people about the good things of a healthy and sound mind but it is not an easy task to achieve with a different mindset of peoples with a different set of problems.

It is not easy to think of the profession where we have to motivate people for the things that can easily be interpreted as the way they want.

This year the theme of the day is to talk about the effect of the Covid-19 and how one can cope with it.

Importance 

The importance of this day might not be yet clear to everyone out there but let me pinpoint some points which can even let you ponder on the thoughts that why this is so important for us.

The day was first discovered to recognize the efforts of the physiotherapist and what they do for us. This is day is celebrated to emphasize and promote the profession and expertise of Physiotherapists.

The importance of this can also be seen from the point of recovery from any physical injury that can restrict the movement of the body and all muscles. It is the way or therapy through which we can decrease the effect of the injury by increasing the maximum movement of the body and as well as physical function.

Not just this but with physical therapy one can also recover from fatal injuries and chronic conditions as well.

It can cure the pain and provide instant relief and can take care of the injury which can occur again in the course of some time.

Few Benefits 

The benefit of this day can be seen from the few points given below:

Easy and reliable pain management relief.

Recovery from any kind of trauma and ling lasting method to improve it.

Recovery from any physical injury and as well as paralysis.

Better body balance and posture as many of us can have problems related to the back of the neck area because most of us just sit many hours before the desktop or laptop.

As we all are gaining experience with our increasing age, we are also getting ourselves in the life long diseases which is very frequent nowadays so we can get some help from here too.

Conclusion

Even though medicines can provide us instant relief and no it’s not bad either when we don’t have any choice but one should consider physical therapy in the case of injury that is on the physical level and we rely on it for the longest time.