THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE

Exercise programs are aimed at improving health, so you can feel better than you have been feeling. Our goal here at Central Physiotherapy & Massage is to restore your strength to its previous state, or better!

Therapeutic exercise is similar to exercise programs, however, it also includes targeted activities that are aimed at relieving pain and restoring you to your optimum level of physical function.

Therapeutic exercise can also be used as a way to prevent additional impairment or disability when facing certain physical risks

• Area-Specific Exercises - It’s easy to think of exercise as something we do with our muscles, but exercise can also help our body’s other systems.
• Relaxation Exercise - While it is important to work the muscles, joints, and soft tissues in the body, it is also important to help them relax and loosen. Even though lying down when you’re in pain is not always the best mode of treatment for pain, relaxation does play a role. Pain relieving techniques including heat, cold, electrical stimulation, massage, or trigger point therapy, can all help the body relax, improve your sleep, lower your blood pressure, and keep you coming back for more exercise!
• Coordination & Balance Exercises - Every time you stand, walk, sit, brush your teeth, cook a meal, or take care of your daily activities, you are testing your coordination between the muscular and skeletal systems in your body. If you cannot keep your balance or lose your coordination, you lose the ability to care for yourself and you put yourself at risk for falls and injuries. Your ability to care for yourself or your loved ones depends on your ability to balance and coordinate your arms, legs, hands, and feet. That is why balance and coordination exercises are so important, especially after an injury or illness.
• Range of Motion Exercises - These kinds of exercises are aimed at increasing the range of motion in your joints and soft tissues. This may be done through active, passive, or assisted stretching activities designed to help your joints move better, without pain.
• Postural Exercises - Hours spent at desks, bending over keyboards, poor muscle tone, or simply poor posture habits can all lead to pain or injury. What you may not realize is that posture has a direct impact on muscle strength, balance, and risk of injury. Posture exercises are aimed at correcting poor posture, not just when you exercise, but also in your daily life activities to alleviate aches and pains.
• Muscle Performance Exercises - Increasing power, endurance, and muscle strength are vital to good balance and stability, as well as bone and joint health. Resistance and endurance exercises are designed to increase muscle strength without injury.