What is Physical Therapy?
Physical Therapy is a health care profession which provides services to individual and populations to develop, maintain and restore maximum
movement and functional ability throughout life. This includes providing services in circumstances where
movement and function are threatened by aging, injury, disease or environmental factors. Functional movement
is a central element in what it means to be healthy.
At Advanced
Regional Therapy, Physical Therapy can help you improve your mobility (such as walking, going up stairs, or getting
in and out of bed), relieve pain and restore physical function and/or overall fitness. Depending upon
your injury, disease or condition, you may need to work on flexibility, strength, endurance, coordination and/or balance.
To do this, your treatment at Advanced Regional Therapy may focus on preventing problems or treating problems that
affect:
Your
muscles, tendons, ligaments and bones (musculoskeletal system)
Your nerves and related muscles (neuromuscular system)
Your
heart and related blood vessels (cardiovascular system)
Your lungs and breathing (pulmonary system)
Your
skin, including wounds and burns
Any combination of two or more of these.