What is Physical Therapy?

Physical therapy refers to the use of physical and artificial physical energy to prevent and treat sickness. There are many forms of electricity, light, water, magnetism, sound, heat, massage, acupuncture, freezing and so on. Main effects: (1) Promote blood circulation, improve the nutrition of local tissues, increase the vitality of cellular tissues, accelerate the absorption or elimination of pathology and metabolites, promote wound healing, and eliminate inflammation. (2) It can inhibit and excite the nervous system. The former can calm, analgesic and relieve spasm, and inhibit the pathological excitement in the cerebral cortex; the latter can help to treat diseases such as neural paralysis, sensory disturbance, muscle weakness, muscle atrophy, etc. . (3) Improve the body's temperature and the cardiovascular system's ability to regulate, strengthen the ability to resist disease and adapt to environmental changes. ^[1]

Physical therapy

Physical therapy refers to the use of physical and artificial physical energy to prevent and treat sickness. There are many forms of electricity, light, water, magnetism, sound, heat, massage, acupuncture, freezing and so on. Main effects: (1) Promote blood circulation, improve the nutrition of local tissues, increase the vitality of cellular tissues, accelerate the absorption or elimination of pathology and metabolites, promote wound healing, and eliminate inflammation. (2) It can inhibit and excite the nervous system. The former can calm, analgesic and relieve spasm, and inhibit the pathological excitement in the cerebral cortex; the latter can help to treat diseases such as neural paralysis, sensory disturbance, muscle weakness, muscle atrophy . (3) Improve the body's temperature and the cardiovascular system's ability to regulate, strengthen the ability to resist disease and adapt to environmental changes. ^[1]

Physical therapy physiotherapy application

(1) Compound therapy: that is, to perform two or more methods on the same patient or the same site at the same time.

(2) Combination therapy: successively applying more than two kinds of physical therapy methods.

(3) Alternating combined therapy: It is a combined action with a longer interval between the two therapies, that is, alternate application.

The purpose of more than two physical therapy methods is to use the synergistic or additive effects of physical factors to enhance the efficacy.

Physical therapy exacerbates the response

During some physical therapy, symptoms and signs worsen. This exacerbated response generally does not require special treatment, and usually subsides naturally during physical therapy. If the local exacerbation reaction lasts for more than 1 week, or the symptoms worsen, it is advisable to reduce the dose, extend the time, or stop physical therapy. The systemic exacerbation should be stopped for several days, starting with a small dose or changing to another physical therapy method.

Physical therapy adaptations and contraindications

(1) Adaptation

Appropriate physiotherapy methods should be selected. For the treatment of certain diseases, the applicable scope of physiotherapy includes various inflammations, neurological diseases, cardiovascular diseases, orthopedic diseases.

(2) Taboo

Severe heart disease, arteriosclerosis, bleeding tendency, cachexia, and physical factors that can stimulate tumor cell growth are all prohibited.