Mentors: Kara Clark NP, Julie Hopper NP-C, Hall County Government Clinic
Therapy is helpful in many different ways, but why is it that it is overlooked just like other things in the healthcare field. The essential question for this research is “Why is Physical Therapy important ?” We may already know the basics just like everyone else but medically it is simple. Physical Therapy is mainly for mobility and the relief of joint pain. While at the clinic we always had patients that would come in for different reasons. Mainly because they were sick and others because we are their primary care provider and we needed updates on how they were doing after surgery. We had to make sure that they were feeling better and getting all the care that they would need in order to go back to work. Many of the government officials would get hurt while doing their job and they needed to be physically and mentally prepared to go back to work like they normally were used to. Physical therapy is a great part of many people’s lives because there are so many other possible ways that your joints or other parts of your body could be helped. For example, after you have had surgery you need to have a good recovery which means that you need to start using the muscles all over your body. Before getting muscle atrophy PT is what helps with gaining back muscle memory. When you do not use a certain muscle for a long period of time it stops moving the same and it creates an even more painful experience for recovery. Have you ever heard people say it after surgery that they are not the same anymore like their muscles and their bones feel different? Well that could mainly be because their physical therapy was not adequately fixed for their needs. As you may know, if you are given tasks after surgery for you to do on your own daily and you do not do them, it does not benefit anyone. You in the other hand have to be part of your own recovery you have to have motivation to help and have a good mindset. Every provider should establish the importance of Physical Therapy for the patient can know the risks.
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