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While there are several pieces of physical therapy equipment you wouldn’t want or need in your home, there are some from which you could truly benefit.  For one thing, you probably have exercises that would work better for you if you did them more than once per week.  By getting the equipment for your home, you could do the exercises as often as you wanted or needed, and you could find healing even sooner.

Of course, before you buy any physical therapy equipment for your home, it’s a good idea to go through the program with your physical therapist to see which exercises need an assistant and which can be performed on your own.  You should then learn how to use the equipment while in the presence of your physical therapist before you buy the equipment and try to perform it on your own.  Believe it or not, even the easiest therapy exercises can damage muscles and joints if you don’t perform them correctly.  You need to be sure you know how to do them very well before you attempt them on your own. (more…)

Most of us think of physical therapy being only for work related injuries, or when someone is hurt playing sports. However, folks with serious medical problems, like stroke can benefit from modern physical therapy. When someone you know has suffered from a stroke you should get as much stroke news as you can possibly absorb. First there is the hospital stay, then doctor follow up visits, then physical therapy.

When a person suffers a stroke his muscles may not remember how to perform certain actions like, sitting and walking. The person must re-learn these steps thru physical therapy. The stroke victim is likely to receive occupational therapy which will teach him how to chew and swallow food as well as dress himself. On the other hand, physical therapy concentrates on making the patient mobile. With this therapy the patient will learn how to sit, stand, walk, get out of bed and get out of car by themselves. (more…)