Therapeutic Exercise
Regain Your Movement and Functionality with Therapeutic Exercise!
Have you observed a decrease in your mobility, impacting your ability to fully engage in life? Are you seeking a dependable, effective resolution? Therapeutic exercise is the answer and so much more!
Therapeutic exercise is a specific treatment utilized by our physical therapists in Birmingham & Solihull, Coventry & Warwickshire and London to rectify physical impairments, restore muscle and bone function, and maintain or enhance your overall health and well-being. We tailor therapeutic exercises based on your unique requirements to guarantee the best possible outcomes.
How Can Therapeutic Exercise Benefit You?
There’s a common misconception that all you need to do when you’re in pain or sustain an injury is rest for a few days or weeks. However, this approach often prolongs recovery and can make you more prone to exacerbating your condition or sustaining another injury.
Rest can be an inefficient and sometimes harmful method to address pain from an injury. Extended periods of inactivity can lead to muscle weakening, increased tension, and restrictions. Avoidance of activity can also compromise your overall functionality and delay your response to daily tasks and challenges.
The silver lining is that therapeutic exercise in Birmingham & Solihull, Coventry & Warwickshire and London with Care & Cure can expedite your recovery and enhance your overall function and fitness. Our physical therapists specialize in movement and are experts in curating therapeutic exercise programs to enhance your strength, range of motion, and overall body function.
At Care & Cure, our mission is to help you lead a life free of pain, with improved physical performance and health!
Customized Therapeutic Exercise Programs
Your recovery program will feature an assortment of therapeutic exercises, carefully curated to address your specific condition and needs. These exercises are selected with your particular requirements in mind, with each activity targeted at mitigating any impairments you may have (such as pain, limited range of motion, weakness, balance issues, or cardiovascular deficits).
Your program might include the following exercises:
These exercises are designed to increase the range of motion in your joints and improve the mobility and flexibility of your soft tissues.
This can be accomplished through active, passive, or assisted stretching.
Active: An active stretch does not involve the application of an outside force or assistance of any kind. For example, a forward bend in standing to stretch your hamstrings.
Active assisted: A stretch performed where you help yourself (or are helped) to move a limb into a stretched position. For example, while lying on your back, use a strap to help lift your leg to feel a stretch in your hamstring.
Passive: A stretch performed to you where you do nothing to help. Typically performed by your physical therapists or loved one at home.
These are intended to assist your joints and muscles move more freely and painlessly.
These exercises are common in physical therapy and are designed to initiate the recovery of muscles following an injury or surgery. These exercises are used to strengthen our muscles safely and effectively.
The progression of strength starts with the ability to move against gravity and progresses to include heavy lifting, like Olympic weightlifting techniques. Essentially any form of resistance (i.e., bands, dumbbells, barbells, machines, or other weights).
Progressions may also include changing gravity’s influence (i.e., lying vs. standing), speed, repetitions, or sets. The bottom line is to continue progressing by adding some challenges to the exercise.
Balance is your ability to distribute your weight evenly and maintain upright and steady in a static position (i.e., sitting, standing, kneeling, etc.) or while moving (i.e., transferring positions, walking, running, etc.).
You test your nervous and musculoskeletal systems every time you do any activity. Whether it is to get up, walk, stand still, brush your teeth, or prepare a meal, maintaining your balance is essential to performing these tasks. If you lose your balance, you lose control over your body and run the risk of injuring yourself.
Balance exercises are critical to your well-being, especially after an injury or illness, and a significant component of your overall ability to function.
These are intended to assist your joints and muscles move more freely and painlessly.
Embrace a Life Unbound by Limitations with Therapeutic Exercise!
Ready to experience a life of diminished pain and elevated mobility? Our physical therapists at Care & Cure in Birmingham & Solihull, Coventry & Warwickshire and London are on hand to create bespoke therapeutic exercise programs that can assist you in reaching your physical aspirations!
Contact our team today for a Free 15-Minute Consultation in Birmingham & Solihull, Coventry & Warwickshire, and London or email us at info@carencure.co.uk