Physical therapy is the main body of rehabilitation therapy, which uses physical factors such as sound, light, cold, heat, electricity, force (exercise and pressure) for treatment, and adopts non-invasive and non-drug treatment to restore the original physiological functions of the body for local or systemic functional disorders or lesions of the human body.
Physical therapy is a very important part of modern and traditional medicine. Physical therapy can be divided into two categories: one is functional training and manual therapy, also known as exercise therapy or exercise therapy; The other kind is based on various physical factors (sound, light, cold, heat, electricity, magnetism, water, etc.), also known as physical therapy.
the function of physical therapy:
anti-inflammatory; Analgesic effect; Antibacterial effect; Sedation and insomnia; Excite neuromuscular; Relieve spasm; Soften scar and dissipate adhesion; Accelerate wound healing; Accelerate callus formation; Enhance the body's immunity.
Extended information:
Physical factor therapy:
Physical factor therapy applies the physical energy of natural or artificial physical factors to the human body through physiological regulation mechanisms such as nerves, body fluids and endocrine, so as to achieve the methods of preventing and treating diseases.
Common methods include:
sound therapy (therapeutic ultrasound with frequency of 45KHz to 3MHz), phototherapy (infrared phototherapy, ultraviolet phototherapy, low-energy laser stimulation), hydrotherapy (contrast bath, whirlpool bath, hydrotherapy exercise, etc.), electrotherapy (DC electrotherapy, low-frequency electrotherapy, medium-frequency electrotherapy, high-frequency electrotherapy or diathermy), and cold therapy.
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