Therapeutic Exercise
How Therapeutic Exercise can help?:
- Improves Strength & Balance
- Enhances Range of Motion
- Facilitates Recovery
- Supports Other Treatments
- Boosts Blood Circulation
- Mental Health Benefits
- Targets Specific Conditions
- Strengthens the Immune System
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What is Therapeutic Exercise?
Following an injury or illness, some body parts may become swollen, weak or stiff from lack of use. Therapeutic exercise is a key component of any rehabilitation program designed to treat a wide variety of medical conditions to help correct impairments, restore muscular and skeletal function, and improve stability and balance.
Therapeutic exercises are customized specifically for your condition and to enhance your overall strength.
Your body’s well-being, your condition and your functional capability will determine what therapeutic exercises are right for you. Our Jack Nathan Rehab team will create a customized exercise program for you.
Common Therapeutic Exercise at Jack Nathan Rehab include:
- Conditioning: Aerobic, endurance, and reconditioning exercises.
- Motor Skills: Agility, coordination, movement pattern, and neuromotor development training.
- Muscle Work: Strength, power, endurance, and neuromuscular education/reeducation exercises.
- Flexibility & Movement: Range of motion, soft tissue stretching, and body mechanics training.
- Breathing & Relaxation: Breathing and relaxation exercises.
- Cognitive Development: Perceptual and developmental activities training.
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The Benefits of Therapeutic Exercise include:
- Improves strength and balance.
- Increases range of motion and prevent falls.
- Aids in the recovery from illness, injury, trauma, stroke, or paralysis
- Supports other treatments to help reduce chronic pain and avoid surgery.
- Increases blood circulation throughout the body.
Types of therapeutic exercises may include:
- Flexibility exercises: Flexibility is important as it improves blood flow in the body. Flexibility exercises can decrease your risk of injuries, increase your range of motion and can be a great warm-up before physical activities.
- Cardiovascular/Endurance Exercises: Endurance exercises increase your heart rate and breathing. These exercises will increase your energy levels, increase your metabolism, and improve your overall health and wellness.
- Balance and Coordination Exercises: Having strong balance/coordination is essential for injury prevention, muscle function, and pain reduction. Strong balance/coordination will make your daily tasks easier to perform.
- Strengthening Exercises: Strengthening exercises are used to build your muscles, improve stability, and increase bone health. Strength can also help increase your metabolism and control body fat.
- Posture Exercises: Poor posture may be causing you back/neck aches and pain, therefore having good posture is key for your overall health. Posture exercises can help avoid muscle tension, allow for less frequent headaches, less tension in your shoulders/neck and can boost self-esteem.
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- Improve Mobility
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- Enhance Well-being
Role of Therapeutic Exercise in Physical Therapy
Therapeutic exercise plays an important role in your physical therapy journey. Exercise is one of the most important things you can do on your road to recovery and living an overall healthy lifestyle.
Therapeutic exercise improves range of motion mobilizes joints and improves coordination and balance.
Therapeutic Exercise and Mental Health
Therapeutic exercise and mental health go hand in hand. Not only will you benefit from physical improvements, but therapeutic exercises can help improve your mood, stress levels, anxiety, focus levels, and self-esteem.
This is due to the fact that exercise pumps up your endorphins and increases mental alertness. Some patients may notice an improvement in sleeping patterns as well.
Therapeutic Exercise for Specific Conditions
Therapeutic exercise can help aid in the recovery from illness, injury, trauma, stroke or paralysis. By creating a customized exercise plan that targets your specific condition, therapeutic exercise can help restore your strength and mobility.
These exercises will target the exact location of your aches and pains and increase your blood flow, leading to faster recovery times.
Therapeutic Exercise and Immune System
Therapeutic Exercises can improve your immune system by maintaining a healthy body weight, reducing inflammation, and increasing circulation. Having excess body fat lowers your immunity and makes it harder for the body to fight off infections.
Exercise can help fight off the fat, boosting your immunity. Inflammation in the body can weaken your immunity, making it difficult for the body to fight off bacteria and viruses. Exercise may help reduce this inflammation.
Increased circulation can also boost your immunity because it allows your immune cells to circulate to any part of the body, as needed.
Conclusion
Overall, therapeutic exercise is a key component of your rehabilitation program. With benefits including increased blood circulation, improved strength and balance and increased range of motion, therapeutic exercise can aid in your road to recovery.
Therapeutic Exercise FAQ
What are the types of therapeutic exercises?
Types of therapeutic exercises include flexibility exercises, cardiovascular/endurance exercises, balance, and coordination exercises, strengthening exercises, relaxation exercises and posture exercises.
What are the 5 benefits of therapeutic exercise?
Five benefits of therapeutic exercise include:
- Improves strength, balance, and range of motion and prevents falls.
- Aids in the recovery from illness, injury, trauma, stroke, or paralysis
- Supports other treatments to help reduce chronic pain and avoid surgery.
- Increases blood circulation throughout the body.
- Enhanced mood and energy
What is the difference between therapeutic activity and exercise?
Therapeutic exercises are customized exercises specifically designed for your condition and to enhance your overall strength. Therapeutic activities are tasks that can enhance your ability to engage in daily activities.
Can I do therapeutic exercises at home?
Yes, it is encouraged to continue your exercise at home and incorporate them into your daily schedule.
Therapeutic Exercise Near Me
Markham
500 Copper Creek Drive
Markham, ON L6B 0S1
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Clinic Hours:
Mon - Weds - Fri: 9am to 5pm
Tues - Thurs: 9am to 8pm
Sat - Sun: Closed
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8300 Highway 27
Vaughan, ON L4H 0R9
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Clinic Hours:
Mon - Fri: 10am to 6pm
Sat - Sun: Closed
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St. Albert
700 St. Albert Trail
St. Albert, AB T8N 7A5
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Clinic Hours:
Mon - Fri: 9am to 5pm
Sat - Sun: Closed
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Edmonton
18521 Stony Plain Road
Edmonton, Alberta, T5S 2V9
To Book Call: (833) 739-3100
Clinic Hours:
Sat, Sun, Mon: Closed
Tuesday and Thursday: 9am to 8pm
Wednesday and Friday: 9am to 5pm
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