{"id":7852,"date":"2023-01-23T21:02:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T20:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtsstruziktherapy.pl\/?p=5524"},"modified":"2023-06-23T08:29:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T08:29:11","slug":"fizykoterapia-wazna-czesc-rehabilitacji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtsholistictherapy.pl\/en\/fizykoterapia-wazna-czesc-rehabilitacji\/","title":{"rendered":"Physical therapy - an important part of rehabilitation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Physical therapy and physiotherapy are often confused. However, they are not the same concept. This is because physiotherapy is a more general term than physical therapy and is carried out to restore and maintain physical fitness. Physical therapy is one of its branches. It is that part of rehabilitation in which the therapeutic stimulus is not the therapist's hands, but currents, lasers, ultrasound, magnetic fields or the influence of temperature or even climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Physiotherapy versus physical therapy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Physiotherapy is physical rehabilitation, which is part of rehabilitation. Physiotherapy is one of the forms of physiotherapy and is a type of medical rehabilitation that consists of influencing the human body with various physical stimuli. It uses only natural factors such as temperature, UV radiation, electric current or ultrasound. Physical therapy procedures are an adjunct to other forms of rehabilitation and help speed up recovery from illness or injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Physiotherapy, on the other hand, uses more diverse therapeutic methods such as physical therapy, kinesitherapy, therapeutic massage and functional training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where did physical therapy come from?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

People have used physical actions for many centuries. They were using them long before medicine became concerned with restoring people's fitness after an injury. It was physical therapy that initiated the creation of current rehabilitation and used to be its main, most developed part. Today, physical therapy is only a part of physiotherapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What conditions does physical therapy help with?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The purpose of physical therapy<\/a> is to improve muscles after injury, reduce pain and improve quality of life for chronic conditions. Physical therapy helps with pain following fractures, sprains and contusions and can also be helpful in treating wounds that are difficult to heal. It is recommended when there are joint complaints and inflammations of various origins, as well as to stimulate the immune system and the formation of new body cells. It also has anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Physical therapy methods<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Within physical therapy, the therapist uses only natural factors to treat pain, swelling or inflammation. Physical therapy treatments include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n