Why Seniors Need Physiotherapy
No one ever wants to think about it, but the older you get, the more prone to falls you are. Those falls are harder to recover from than the ones you’d have while playing as a kid. Physical therapy with a licensed physiotherapist in your home can help you regain strength and mobility after a fall. It can also help condition your body for better balance to reduce the likelihood of a future fall.
Aging bring with it unpleasant side effects like the loss of strength and flexibility. Using physiotherapy helps you keep those functions up. Along with it, loss of bone mass and density from osteoporosis can make falls even more troublesome. Working with a professional to build up a regular exercise regimen with strength training exercises can help keep you mobile enough to chase after active grandkids. It can also relieve pain from arthritis.
If you’ve recently endured a hospital stay for any reason, don’t skip physical therapy. You can have a professional come to your home when it’s convenient for you. Wondering why it’s so important to train with a physiotherapist during these times?
You’re more prone to falling
After any hospital stay, even if you never suffered a fall before, you’re much more likely to do so now. Physiotherapy can help keep you strong so you don’t fall and wind up back in the hospital for a hip replacement.
It prevents infections
Keeping active is crucial for health and longevity. If you don’t keep moving because you feel weakened, you run a greater risk for pneumonia as well as skin problems. Physical therapy helps keep you strong and avoids these ailments.
You’ll have better strength and endurance
The more you exercise and build strength, the longer it lasts post-exercise. You need it because it can reduce blood pressure and improve circulation which helps keep your oxygen levels high throughout the body. Without it, you have a bigger chance of suffering from a heart attack or stroke, or getting a deadly blood clot.
You’ll be more efficient
Aging might be a natural process in life, but it doesn’t mean you need to be weak and feeble. Your physiotherapist can show you how to do normal activities more efficiently so you can live more independently.
Reduce your pain
A physiotherapist can get you moving again because they’re trained in helping you work your joints to relieve pain. Just like the law of kinetic energy states that things at rest stay at rest while things in motion stay in motion, you too must keep moving to reduce your pain.
Need more reasons to have physical therapy in your home? You’ll feel more confident and you’ll get to enjoy life more freely if you take some time each week to work with a physiotherapist. One can come to your home and start you on a program you’ll love!
Physiotherapist working with elderly patient in clinic
