PHYSIOTHERAPY

AWARENESS
BY-Smruti Swagatika Dash
 IMPORTANT TOPICS
Firstly,what is a disease?
It implies an abnormal state of the body & may
concern the stucture &/or function of a part
or the whole.
The results of a disease leave some
abnormalities like –
 Impairment

 Disability

 Handicap
 What is physiotherapy ?
 The health professional concerned with
promotion of health , with prevention of
physical disabilities, with evaluation &
rehabilitation of persons disabled by pain ,
disease or injury and with treatment by
physical therapeutic measures as opposed to
medical, surgical or radiological measures.
 Society & environment are undergoing
continual change ,& health care
professionals have a constant challenge
to rise to the demands placed upon
them.
Moreover the number of disease is
also increasing day by day. So also
treatment parameters needs constant
updating for a healthy lifestyle.
 When do you require
physiotherapy?
 If you are ill you need physiotherapy.
 If ok still for a healthy future you need
physiotherapy.
 Physiotherapy has become the vital
force of life in this stressed out life.
 Physiotherapy is before & after any
medical &/or surgical procedure
undertaken.
 Common conditions requiring
physiotherapy treatment….
 Fractures
 Dislocation
 Soft tissue injuries
 Inflammatory orthopathies
 Neuropathies
 Chronic obstructive airway disease
 Pulmonary surgery
 Skin disorders & disease
 Burns & skin graft
 Obstetrics & Gynecology
 Before & after any surgical procedure
 Care of elderly
 In mentally retarded conditions
 Sports related injuries
 METHODS USED UP IN
PHYSIOTHERAPY TREATMENT
 Active & passive exercises
 Resisted exercises
 Joint mobilisation techniques
 Suspension therapy
 Relaxation techniques
 Posture correction methods
 Gait training &crutch gait
 Hydrotherapy
 Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation technique
 Breathing exercises
 Massage
 Indivisual,group & mass exercises
 MODALITIES USED IN
PHYSIOTHERAPY TREATMENT
 High frequency current treatment-
.short wave diathermy
.ultrasound
.microwave diathermy
 Medium frequency current

.Interferrential current
.Russian current
 Actinotherapy

.Infrared radiation
.Heliotherapy
 Therapeutic Heat
. moist heat
. Paraffin wax bath
. Contrast bath
. Whirl pool bath
. Fluidotherapy
. Electric heating pads
 Cryotherapy
 . Cold packs
 . Ice massage
 . Commercial cold packs
 . Ice towels
 . Cold compression units
 . Evaporating units
 ADVICE
 Do not ignore your “HEALTH PROBLEMS”
 Consult your doctor and physiotherapist in
need –they are there for you 24*7
 Eat &sleep properly
 Follow your doctor’s advice sincerely
 Make positivity your strength