Choose Health and Movement in the Year Ahead
The beginning of the calendar year is here! And, with all of your competing priorities, your health and safety may fall lower on your list. But, waiting until an injury happens can create even more chaos in your calendar. Physical therapy is often perceived as medical care that is only received after an accident, injury, or surgery. You get hurt, you go to a physical therapist, you heal, and you get on with life. However, the benefits of physical therapy go far beyond rehabilitation.
Why You Should Partner with a Physical Therapist
Here are a few reasons that adding a physical therapist to your medical team can help position you to meet your health goals in the year ahead.
Reduce Injuries
Physical therapists can identify any imbalances or risk factors in your body that could potentially cause injury or hinder performance. Once identified, they will collaborate with you to address these issues to improve your physical performance and stop sports injuries in their tracks.
Surgery Prehabilitation & Prevention
Research has shown the positive impact physical therapy has on patients before surgery. Furthermore, using innovative, non-invasive techniques to reduce pain and improve function, physical therapy can often prevent the immediate need for surgery. But, if surgery is still required, you’ll already have a strong relationship with your physical therapist and be ready to tackle post-surgical rehabilitation.
Pain Management
Physical therapists use proven, hands-on care to address the root cause of pain. There are many reasons for pain to occur. Whether you experience neck pain or sciatica, suffer a joint sprain, or suffer from migraines, it is not unusual for pain to slow you down.
With your goals in mind, your physical therapist will help chart a course of care to get you back to your chosen activities.
Fitness & Athletic Performance
With knowledge of your medical history and previous injuries, your physical therapist is the right musculoskeletal expert to emphasize the more technical side of exercise, stressing proper body mechanics to reduce the risk of injury and help your body perform at its best.
Total Alignment
Oftentimes, your mental and emotional health impacts your physical health, and vice versa. Taking a comprehensive look at your entire life—your family history, work, hobbies, hopes, and dreams—physical therapists build step-by-step plans to harmonize all aspects of your mind and body to enhance wellness.
Your Physical Therapist is a Partner for a Lifetime of Health
From your first visit to your final discharge, your physical therapist will:
- Get down to the root cause of pain and dysfunction
- Go above and beyond just resolving pain to empower you to reach a new level of wellness
- Grow with you as your physical abilities evolve to prepare you for what comes next on your health journey
Adding a physical therapist to your healthcare team can complement the great work done by your other care providers to keep you healthy, happy, and moving forward.
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Tags: prehabilitation, PT first, Health, wellness, Surgery, safety, injury prevention
