Physical and Rehab Therapy is care that aims to ease pain and help you function, move, and live better. You may need it to:
- Relieve pain (Chronic or Acute)
- Improve movement or ability
- Prevent or recover from an injury
- Prevent disability or surgery
- Rehab after a stroke, accident, injury, or surgery
- Work on balance to prevent a slip or fall
You treatments might include:
- Guided exercises or stretches
- Massage, heat or cold therapy, or manual therapy to ease muscle pain or spasm.
- Rehab to help you improve movement or ability
- Practice with gadgets that help you move or stay balanced, like a cane or walker