October is Physical Therapy Month!
You may already know October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but did you know it’s also Physical Therapy Month? This month at United Rehab Physical Therapy, we want to bring awareness to our practice by acknowledging the many benefits associated with physical therapy. Physical therapy helps people of all ages with various conditions, illnesses, and injuries. Many doctors will refer their patients to physical therapy at the first sign of a problem rather than immediately resorting to surgery.
What is Physical Therapy?
Physical therapy is a treatment method suggested by many doctors when an injury or illness has made it difficult or prevented you from completing everyday tasks. The aim of physical therapy is to relieve your pain and help you work towards restoring function and movement. Through physical therapy, you will also learn ways to prevent your injury from recurring or ways to manage the situation in the future.
Physical therapy can also be narrowed down to fit your specific condition. There are different types of physical therapists out there that specialize in certain medical areas. At United Rehab Physical Therapy, the various conditions we treat fall into these areas:
Orthopedic
Recovery post-surgery
Sports-related injury
Exercise rehabilitation
Spinal rehabilitation
Vestibular
Fall prevention
Balance rehabilitation
Why You Might Visit Us
There are various reasons your doctor may suggest you make an appointment with a physical therapist. There are many ways in which we can help you recover from your injury or condition that you may not even know of. Some conditions that physical therapists normally treat include but are not limited to:
Rehabilitation after having a stroke
Pain relief
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Fractures
Arthritis
Recovery or prevention from a sports related injury
Adapting to an artificial limb
Benefits of Physical Therapy:
By visiting a physical therapist, you can begin to strengthen certain parts of the body that may have been giving you trouble in the past, or learning new ways to use muscles. At United Rehab Physical Therapy, you’ll experience the many benefits of physical therapy first hand. Those benefits include, but aren’t limited to:
Pain management
Reducing the need for medication
Avoiding surgery
Improving your mobility
Fall prevention
Improvement of your balance
Management of medical issues
Recovery from an injury or trauma
Physical therapy is an effective way to treat your injury or illness. Whether it’s as simple as relieving some pain or recovering from an injury to prevent surgery, physical therapy is a step in the right direction. Since October is Physical Therapy Month, book an appointment with United Rehab Physical Therapy today to start your road to recovery.
