It focuses on the treatment and rehabilitation of injuries of orthopedic which includes joint muscles, bones, muscles tendons, and joint ligaments. Any injury to a joint, bone, ligaments & Muscles can cause pain, functional immobility and loss of range of motion of joint or hampers muscle strength.
Injuries in orthopedic physical therapy postoperative conditions like
- Total knee replacement
- Total hip replacement
- Post fracture surgery
- Fractures
- Ligaments injury
- Bursitis
- Muscles strains
- Tendinitis
- Painful shoulder complex
Physiotherapy tools for orthopedic conditions- therapeutic Modalities like
- Heat, cryotherapy, ultrasound, TENS/ IFT, LASER, Shock wave therapy
- Joint Mobilization
- Evaluation & Assessment
- Mayo facial release (MFR)
- Trigger Points Release
Exercises
- Strengthing exercises
- Stretching and flexibility exercises
- Range of motion exercises
- Endurance exercises
- Functional exercises
- Muscle energy techniques.
A physiotherapist will make you do Right Exercises for your problem and will give patients sets of exercises as a home program