THOSE WHO THINK, THEY HAVE NO TIME FOR EXERCISE, WILL SOONER OR LATER HAVE TO FIND TIME FOR ILLNESS.
Regular exercise is one of the best things you can do for your health. ‘Exercise is physical activity that is planned or structured. It involves repetitive bodily movement done to improve or maintain one or more of the components of physical fitness – cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility and bodily composition’
‘Therapeutic exercise is the systematic implementation of planned physical movements, postures, or activities designed to:
- remediate or prevent impairments
- enhance function
- enhance fitness and well-being’
THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS
- aerobic conditioning and reconditioning
- muscle performance exercise: strength, power, and endurance training
- stretching techniques including muscle lengthening procedure
- joint mobilization/manipulation techniques
- neuromuscular control, inhibition, and facilitation techniques and posture awareness training.
- postural control, body mechanics, and stabilization exercise
- balance exercises and agility training
- relaxation exercises
- breathing exercises and ventilatory muscle training
- task-specific functional training
COMMON PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENTS MANAGED WITH THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE
A) Musculoskeletal
- Pain
- Muscle weakness/reduced torque production
- Decreased muscular endurance
- Limited range of motion due to Restriction of the joint capsule
- Restriction of periarticular connective tissue
- Decreased muscle length
- Joint hyper-mobility
- Faulty posture
- Muscle length/strength imbalances
B) Neuromuscular
- Pain
- Impaired balance, postural stability, or control
- In-coordination, faulty timing
- Delayed motor development
- Abnormal tone (hypotonia, hypertonia, dystonia)
- Ineffective/inefficient functional movement strategies
C) Cardiovascular/Pulmonary
- Decreased aerobic capacity (cardiopulmonary endurance)
- Impaired circulation (lymphatic, venous, arterial)
- Pain with sustained physical activity (intermittent claudication)
D) Integumentary
- Skin hypomobility (e.g., immobile or adherent scarring)
TO ENJOY THE GLOW OF GOOD HEALTH YOU MUST EXERCISE
