Physiotherapy is a technique used by the practitioners to address the injuries, illness or any other thing that may limit movement or locomotion of a person. It may help a person to perform functional activities in their daily lives easily. Physical therapy can be used by a physiotherapist for treating arthritis. A physiotherapist uses an individual’s medical history and physical examination to arrive at a diagnosis and establish a management plan.

Physiotherapy also referred to as Physical therapy is not always everybody’s first choice of treatment. People suffering from serious injuries or with chronic pain and restricted mobility often prefer surgery over physical therapy, because they believe that surgery is much faster and effective than physiotherapy in treating the issue. However, most of the primary care doctors recommend patients physiotherapy as the first course of action, because it is the least invasive approach.

Helps in Pain Management

Physical Therapy helps in pain management, i.e. it reduces pain. Chronic pain is sometimes considered to be one of the most frustrating conditions that a person might experience, especially in situations where the underlying cause is unknown. However, physiotherapy techniques and therapeutic exercises can help in the mobilization (movement) of your joints and soft tissue and in the restoration of muscular function by reducing pain or eradicating pain altogether. Patients, when, continue to perform the recommended physical exercises regularly, it can keep the pain from returning.

Physiotherapy helps in avoiding Surgery

Moreover, physiotherapy helps in avoiding surgery. While surgery is considered as unavoidable in certain cases, physiotherapy can help to avoid surgery for others. By reducing pain, supplementary to the healing process, and for the betterment of physical health, physical therapy can help in healing the injured tissue and in facilitating mobility, thus eliminating the need to go to the operation table.

Physiotherapy helps the patient to get back into a good shape

In some cases, where the patient has already undergone surgery, physiotherapy can get him back into a good shape and help him to recover faster. Another key aspect of physical therapy involves the assessment of weak areas in the patient’s body, thus formulating a physiotherapy plan to help in the strengthening of these vulnerable points.