| Physical Therapy is a great long term option for | | | | When you do get into physical therapy make sure to |
| increasing comfort and ability. Some people may think | | | | work with a therapist that you feel like listens to you |
| that there is not much a physical therapist can do after | | | | but stretches you also. Remember that the goal here |
| the recovery process is complete. This is just not the | | | | is to increase strength and/ or functioning beyond |
| case. Doctors have a tendency to only order as much | | | | what you are able to accomplish by yourself. It is |
| as is necessary to aid in the healing process. | | | | important to find a person who is going to partner in |
| Physical therapists are highly trained individuals. They | | | | pushing you towards these goals even when you are |
| are trained to understand how the human body works, | | | | not sure you can do it. This does not mean you will |
| how muscles grow, work and heal and how each | | | | want someone who is going to badger you either. Try |
| system works as a whole and as a unit. In fact some | | | | a person out and don't be afraid to switch until you get |
| specialists even specialize in just one area of the body. | | | | the right fit for you. |
| Physical therapy can help improve muscle tone. It is not | | | | There is research out there that proves that becoming |
| a magic formula and cannot guarantee progress in | | | | active in physical therapy reduces the amount of |
| mobility but keeping your limbs tones, and strengthened | | | | re-injury by keeping your body stronger and more |
| can only improve things overall. Also it needs to be | | | | resistant to injury. While you may end up moving on to |
| understood that uninjured areas of the body often get | | | | more of a fitness level workout afterward, the skills |
| used more in compensation and therefore take on | | | | you will learn when working with your body will prove |
| extra strain. | | | | to be worth the time. |