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Physical therapy and rehabilitation is a specialty that deals with the diagnosis, treatment and preventive treatment of limitations caused by congenital or acquired, muscle, nervous and skeletal system problems, as well as neurological diseases, orthopedic problems, hernia, paralysis, trauma, pain, calcification, dysfunctions that develop after surgeries and other diseases. For the treatment of loss of function and movement, which may develop differently in each person, many different treatment modalities are applied to patients by physical therapists.
The aim of treatment is to eliminate the disorder caused by different diseases and injuries and the situation that causes the patient's quality of life to decrease, to increase the independent movement potential, and to relieve existing pain and complaints. In addition, modern rehabilitation techniques are applied by specialist physical therapy and rehabilitation physicians to eliminate the limitation of movement in patients after injuries and injuries that occur during sports activities.
What is Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation?
Physical therapy and rehabilitation; is a medical science that works with a multidisciplinary approach with other medical branches, to improve and eliminate the disability that affects the life and quality of life of the person, and to return the patient to his social life effectively. The most appropriate treatment option is applied by taking into account the specific situation of the inpatient or outpatient patient who apply to the physical therapy and rehabilitation department. Many methods and technological tools such as heat treatments, cryotherapy, cold applications, water treatment, treatment with electric currents, phototherapy, mechanotherapy and drug treatment, which are defined as thermotherapy, are used to determine and eliminate the functional capacity that develops due to permanent and movement-restricted injuries. In addition to musculoskeletal diseases, orthopedic rehabilitation after orthopedic interventions, movement disorders after stroke, facial paralysis, neurological rehabilitation after nerve injuries, and pediatric rehabilitation are applied for disorders that develop during childbirth. Rehabilitation after hand surgery for nerve cuts, fractures and similar problems and rehabilitation of movement disorders due to burns are also carried out by physical therapists.
What Does Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Deal With?
The physical therapy and rehabilitation department deals with the elimination of pain and inflammation in patients, ensuring blood circulation, reducing the need for medication, and eliminating the problems that develop due to posture disorders. The physicians of the department create programs specific to the patient and the disease, organize and implement treatment. Patients with osteoporosis, carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel, neck and lumbar hernia, trigger finger, SMA patients, patients with lymph nodes known as lymphedema, and patients who received radiotherapy and underwent mastectomy due to breast cancer receive support from physical therapy and rehabilitation. With many methods such as intra-articular and soft tissue injections, PRP applications, neurotherapy, mesotherapy and pain treatment with dry needles, it is aimed to eliminate the situation or situations that cause movement restriction and return the person to his normal life. Other treatments that fall under the specialty of the physical therapy and rehabilitation department are as follows;