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Hydrotherapy is a great form of exercise to help rebuild muscle strength. The water supports the body - while allowing freedom of movement.
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Yes lots of people regularly use exercise therapy. When people are recovering from serious accidents or surgery, exercise therapy can help them regain mobility and their strength.
Physical therapy is very beneficial in helping one recover from an injury. Doing physical therapy can help rebuild muscle strength and help stretch and make more flexible the area of an injury caused to muscles, tendons, and ligaments. It can also help prevent another injury from occurring.
It may in fact be painful, Physical therapy is for regaining the strength in your muscles. During this process, you may experience some pain.
Muscle atrophy can occur when a limb is immobilized for a long period, leading to loss of muscle mass and strength. This can happen, for example, if a person is in a cast for several weeks after a fracture. Physical therapy and exercise are often needed to rebuild the muscle.
The main goal for therapy is to relax the pelvic muscles, treatment is a combination of self-care, medicines (muscle relaxants), physical therapy and home exercise.
Through physical therapy, an individual learns beneficial exercises for reducing stress, strengthening muscles, and staying fit. Regular exercise has been linked to production of endorphins, the body's natural painkillers.
Very low strength electrical currents applied through the skin stimulate muscles and make them contract, helping paralyzed or weakened muscles respond again.
In microgravity of space, astronauts don't use their leg muscles as much, leading to muscle atrophy. This can result in skinny legs when they return to Earth. Regular exercise and physical therapy help astronauts regain muscle mass and strength.
Aquatic physical therapy is very useful for a number of ailments related to age, athletic injuries, weakened muscles and other causes. It includes movements and exercises that are performed in water.
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