Manual training in Physiotherapy
This is a Training for individuals who have difficulty in walking (For eg. training a person affected with stroke to walk independently)
Goals
- Training the person to walk with crutches
- Training to use the wheel chairs
- Training is given to those who use Artificial Legs
Where useful?
Balance Training
Balance training is a training given to those who have difficulty in balance while sitting , standing.
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Where useful?
- Ataxia (Balance disorder due to damage in a part of brain)
- Loss of joint position sense
- Parkinsonism (Disorder in part of brain)
Therapeutic Exercises
This is a kind of exercise, taught to improve the overall physical activity of the body to strengthens the Muscles, bones, joints and Ligament
Stretching is a manual way of lengthening the shortened structures like muscles, tendons, ligaments and thereby increasing the movement of the joint
Where useful?
- Stiff neck
- During warm-up sessions of physical activity, eg. before sports
