A regular physical therapy plan can be massively beneficial to people of all ages, who want to reduce pain and improve their ability to move and function.
Let’s dive into some of the basics of how physical therapy can be beneficial, and why you should consider it before making the leap into expensive surgery or treatments.
What is Physical Therapy?
Before we get into the benefits, let’s get very basic: what exactly is physical therapy?
Physical therapy is very broad, but in simple terms: it’s the treatment of pain, injury, mobility, and physical ability by physical methods such as exercise, stretching, or external treatments vs surgery or medicine. People often think of physical therapy for muscles and movement, but it can also be used for virtually any area of the body.
The Benefits of Regular Physical Therapy
No matter your situation, needs, or treatment plan there are universal benefits from physical therapy that you will experience.
1. Reduce or eliminate pain
This is the big one – and often the primary reason why people start physical therapy in the first place. Nearly all physical therapy treatments are aimed at reducing or eliminating pain. Even for plans where that isn’t the explicit goal, it’s often the top side benefit. Consistent pain reduction oftentimes allows our patients to continue to exercise or perform hobbies that are more physically demanding. Regular physical therapy plans that consist of routine tune ups help keep pain at bay to continue to live a life free of painkillers and improved independence.
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2. Avoid or delay surgery
Sometimes, surgery is unavoidable. However, we’ve found with our patients that in many cases their problems can be resolved through physical therapy, without the need for surgery altogether. A PRO Therapy plan will target your pain at its source, to help your body. For many patients, this resolves their pain such that they no longer need to consider surgery as a treatment option. It is important to continue
3. Manage chronic conditions
For those with chronic conditions – chronic low back pain, chronic headaches, etc.; seeing PRO Therapy routinely, even after a course of consistent physical therapy is a great option to continue to see progress and keep nagging pains under control. Regular or routine PRO Therapy visits will reduce the need to take Ibuprofen daily, help you to stay active and healthy, and promote a lifestyle not controlled by your chronic pain.
4. Recover from a sports injury and improve performance
You don’t have to be an athlete to reap the benefits of improved sports performance – even if you walk regularly or occasionally run, your body can benefit from regular physical therapy. Sports physical therapy will help ensure that you know ideal pre-workout stretches, as well as becoming more aware of the position of your body. Both things help drastically reduce your potential for injury.
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5. Fine tune your movement quality
Part of physical therapy is a keen awareness of your body and its position, as well as treatments aimed at improving your body’s ability to move. Whether you are new to exercising or are looking to fine tune your techniques, PRO Therapy Physical Therapists are licensed and trained to observe and critique movement quality to help you move more optimally. Whether that is running or walking form, proper deadlift technique, or Olympic weightlifting video analysis- our experts will breakdown that movement and provide their knowledge on improving that movement with manual therapy, strength and accessory exercises, and mobility drills to improve your specific activity.
Physical Therapy With PRO Therapy
At PRO Therapy you will always experience precise, caring, and one on one care from a Licensed Doctor of Physical Therapy – no tech aides, no rehab assistants, no personal trainers – to help you decrease pain by the time you walk out the door of your first session and create a plan to adhere to going forward.
If you want to make physical therapy a success, partnering with one of our Doctors of Physical Therapy is going to help you avoid future pain and resolve current pain.
We Love to Help People:
- Keep Active – So you can run after your kids all day, take your grandchildren to the park with ease, enjoy a nice round of golf, run or walk anytime that suits you.
- Stay Free From Painkillers – So you’re not always reaching in the cupboard for pills to ease the pain whenever it strikes, getting only a “quick fix” when you need a “permanent fix” – PLUS they’re no good for your long-term health, “mask” the pain and certainly don’t actually do anything to fix the problem.
- Avoid Dangerous Injections/Surgery – We’ll help you get to the root cause of what’s going on – so you don’t have to get to the point of having to face injections or surgery.
- Found Out What’s Wrong – We’ll help give you peace of mind and ensure that your problem is “corrected” and “healed” properly – also give you a set of exercises perfectly catered to you to help speed up recovery.
- Get More Enjoyment Out Of Life – So you can enjoy quality time with family and friends that your daily aches and pains steal from you – also finally get a good night of sleep without constantly tossing and turning.
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Are you ready to make physical therapy work for you? Give us a call and try our complimentary phone and in-person consultations. We aim to meet our patients wherever they are in their journey and answer all questions we can to ensure a smooth experience at PRO Therapy. Let us help you make the best decision for you!
PRO Therapy is an Independently Owned Orthopedic Physical Therapy Clinic. At PRO Therapy, we treat back, knee, neck/shoulder, ankle/foot, and hip pain as well as sports injuries, surgery rehabilitation, and anything else that’s causing you pain. We want everyone to have exceptional care, better access to care and be able to complete the activities in life that make them happy – free from a life of painkillers, injections, or surgeries.
Do You Want to Be in Less Pain?
Maybe you’re left feeling Confused? Skeptical? Fearful? Anxious? Depressed? You’ve sought advice from other healthcare professionals, maybe even a Physical Therapist in the past, but nothing they seemed to say or do helped solve your problem.
