What is Physical Therapy?
When people think about physical therapy, it usually includes the idea of recovering from a debilitating injury, surgery, or chronic pain. While physical therapy is an integral part of the rehabilitation process, its benefits go far beyond recovery.
Physical therapy is the utilization of healthcare services with an approach tailored to help people improve movement, strength, flexibility, balance, and physical function. Physical therapists work with individuals to address physical impairments, functional limitations, and helping individuals work towards their goals to return to their prior level function through a personalized treatment plan. We evaluate movement, impairments, and discuss goals to develop an appropriate plan.
What is Wellness?
Wellness is more than the idea of being healthy and free from injury or illness. It involves taking care of your body and supporting it through healthy means and habits. These habits can include xercise, diet, yoga, meditation, and participation of other activities to improve your physical, mental, and emotional well-being to promote a healthier lifestyle.
Improving your wellness, can also influence other areas of your life. When you’re able to move comfortably and participate in activities that you enjoy, you feel more connected, confident, and capable, adding to your quality of life.
The Connection Between Physical Therapy and Wellness
Physical therapy can contribute to your overall wellness through our wellness services. This is different from actual physical therapy services, as the goal and intention of a wellness program is to minimize the need to treat a problem after it occurs.
Its intention is to build a program to help you build a healthier relationship with how you move to minimize the risk for a future injury or issue, or to help maintain your goals after you have already been discharged from physical therapy.
- For athletes: Improving movement patterns or strengthening identified areas that are vulnerable to injury.
- For working adults: Addressing posture, mobility, and mechanics to help prevent pain from poor work habits and patterns.
- For older adults: Incorporating balance and functional exercises to support safety, independence, and confidence.
Your body is designed to move, and taking care of that ability can have lasting benefits. By combining physical therapy and utilizing wellness services, you can take meaningful steps toward a stronger and healthier life. Our wellness services are built to help you:
- prevent further injuries
- maintain current functional and mobility status to reduce the risk for setback
- maintain goals that you’ve already achieved until you feel you are ready to be independent
At Action Potential, we offer wellness services so that you don’t have to wait until you’re injured to seek out physical therapy for help. Contact our office (484-841-6154) to see if you would benefit from wellness services.