Physiotherapy Clinic - Specialized Geriatric Physiotherapy

Posted by physioasia web on February 19th, 2021

Home-based physiotherapy is one of the best methods that can help you to recover from various disorders, post-operative complexities, and basic pain or sprain in the muscles and tissues especially for geriatric persons.

Home-based physiotherapy is often done on geriatric patients who have been just discharged by the hospital or those with some disorder or weakness especially undergoing physiotherapy treatment.

Geriatric physiotherapy is a form of basic treatment option that does not involve any surgery.  The basic use of exercises, mobility, and tissue releases using manual therapy or dry needling techniques will help the aged patient to get relieved of their pain.

Home-based geriatric physiotherapy goals

Understanding the outcomes of physiotherapy for geriatric people

The basic goal of home-based physiotherapy for geriatric patients is to ensure that the patient is recovering well from any disorder, pain, injury or post-operative treatment.

The doctor, nurses, and physiotherapy experts work with you to identify the long term and short term goals of your rehabilitation program.

These are intended to make sure that the patient is slowly but surely recovering back to their normal life and become independent and capable enough with regards to their daily activities.

Focusing more on mobility, strength, and balance of the patient

Home-based geriatric physiotherapy has one goal in mind. And that is to ensure that the patient can return to their maximal functioning in terms of their activities of daily living.

In addition to that, the patient should have a certain degree of  balance so as to reduce the risk of falls whilst performing activities of daily living.

Specific types of physiotherapy programs are based on increasing the strength of the muscles, tissues, joints, and ligaments in the body and work on body balance.

Suggesting ways to adapt to their original lifestyle

Home-based physiotherapy is done for geritatirc patients to ensure that one can easily adapt to the homely environment or professional environment.

What are the common conditions when you should choose to go with home-based physiotherapy?

Home-based geriatric physiotherapy can be done on a variety of disorders or pains that include-

• Stroke
• Falls prevention
• Neurological disorders or neural pain
• Lung diseases or disorders or pain in the respiratory muscles,
• After joint replacement surgeries
• Fractures or amputation
• Pain from various conditions such as arthritis, tendonitis, frozen shoulder, etc
• Generally decreased mobility or weakness due to aging
• Post pregnancy and childbirth

What are the common ways of undergoing home-based physiotherapy?

The Physiotherapy Clinic will send a Physiotherapist to your house. A session at home may include Exercises. Pain relief exercises and treatments such as ultrasound, TENS, electrical stimulation, etc. Check https://physioasia.sg/ for more information.