Benefits Of Physiotherapy For COVID-19 Patients: What Exercises Should Patients Do Post Recovery
Recovery from COVID-19 is a long process and physiotherapy can help a patient get back on his or her feet much faster. Read on to know-how.
Varicose Veins And Physiotherapy
What is Varicose Veins?
Varicose veins are superficial veins that have become enlarged and twisted. Typically they occur just under the skin.
Mechanism of Affection
Weak or damaged valves in the veins, which cause the inability to pump blood up and pool in the lower limb (Legs).
Why a new mom needs to visit a physiotherapist after pregnancy
Pregnancy leads to several changes in a mother’s body including the physical, mental and hormonal ones. While these changes start disappearing on their own after delivery, in some cases, it advances and causes great discomfort. Sleep deprivation, fatigue, breastfeeding, lifestyle habits, and disrupted routine changes all can take a toll on the mother’s health. One of the common issues that most mothers face after delivery is muscular pain. The aches and pain in the various body parts are generally a result of uterine contractions during delivery, incisions, breastfeeding, incorrect posture, and chemical changes. To ease these acute pregnancy-related pains, a mother requires physiotherapy treatment. Here are 5 physiotherapeutic interventions done post-pregnancy that every new mother should consider:
Physiotherapy plays a vital role in COVID-19 Recovery
The second wave of the pandemic has had a crippling effect on people worldwide, particularly in India. We are now witness to astronomically high mortality and morbidity across the country. While the first wave impacted the older generation, the second wave has claimed lives of people in the middle and younger age groups. There is an urgent need to understand how the virus works in its myriad ways to counter its devastating effects.
Should I See a Chiropractor vs. Physiotherapist for Neck Pain?
It can be difficult to understand the differences when it comes to a chiropractor vs. physiotherapist. Which one should you see for neck pain?
Physiotherapy a Driving Force in Rehabilitation
Physiotherapy is an internationally recognized health profession, practiced by qualified and registered or licensed physiotherapists only. Physiotherapists are concerned with the promotion of health and well-being with prevention, treatment or rehabilitation of disorders or dysfunctions of human movement. Physiotherapy professionals diagnose a dysfunction, provide therapeutic interventions and evaluate the outcome of it.
Physiotherapy and Post-Covid Recovery
Patients with Covid could benefit from physiotherapy care, which could help in returning to a pre-Covid state faster.
Take your call: Medicine or Physiotherapy
At the time when many researches have proved that the physiotherapy can be a cure and provide relief even in treating lethal disease like cancer, that too without taking medicines, it is quite startling that people have not used it for their benefit. DNA on the eve of World Physiotherapy Day ( celebrated worldwide on September 8) interacted with doctors to decipher the significance of physiotherapy and its effectiveness.
Age and BMI Are Not Associated with Fatigue in Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is the most common chronic condition of the joints and is something we all see everyday in clinical practice. The condition can manifest in any joint but is most commonly occurring in the knees and hips. This is reflected in the fact that OA in these joints is expected to be the 9th leading cause of years lived with disability by 2030.
Chest physiotherapy for clearing airways and strengthening your lungs
We all know that COVID-19 causes infection in the respiratory system, leading to breathlessness and the formation of mucus. In severe infection, it can even cause pneumonia that can damage the lung tissues. This makes it crucial to take the necessary step to strengthen the lungs and clear the air passage when suffering from COVID-19 and post-infection. One of the easiest and surest ways to do it is by performing lung and breathing exercises, which is also known as chest physiotherapy. Here we will tell you about some easy exercises that you can perform at home while recovering from COVID-19. Remember to take it slow and gradually increase your number of repetitions, else it will leave you breathless.