What is physical therapy?

Physical therapy is a very old and constantly updated discipline. A long time ago, our ancestors were trying various physical therapy methods to treat diseases, the most common of which were acupuncture, massage, sunbathing or some pharmacology and so on. Physical therapy mainly uses some artificial or natural physical factors to act on the human body to produce a beneficial response. Maybe you don’t quite understand what physical therapy is, so let’s take a look at the following introduction.

There are many types of physical therapy and their application range is very wide. There are mainly artificial physical therapy and physical therapy utilizing nature. Different physical therapy methods have different effects, so people can choose the physical therapy that suits them according to their needs.

What is physical therapy? It is a method of using artificial or natural physical factors to act on the human body to cause it to produce a favorable reaction, thereby achieving the purpose of preventing and treating diseases. Important aspects of rehabilitation treatment. Physical factors cause human body reactions through direct effects on local areas and indirect effects on nerves and body fluids, adjusting blood circulation, improving nutrient metabolism, enhancing immune function, regulating nervous system function, and promoting tissue repair.

Commonly used artificial physical factors include electricity, light, sound, magnetism, temperature and mechanical force. Electrotherapy is divided into direct current, low frequency, medium frequency, high frequency and static electricity; phototherapy is divided into infrared, visible light, ultraviolet and laser; sound therapy is divided into ultrasound and ultra-low sound therapy; treatments using temperature include heat therapy, cold therapy and cryotherapy; treatments using mechanical force include massage, manipulation, manual therapy, traction and exercise.

Artificial physical factors can also be used for physical diagnosis. Physical therapy departments often use low-frequency pulse electricity to measure the functional status of peripheral nerves, use pressure sensors to measure changes in the human body's center of gravity to determine the balance function, use ultraviolet erythema reaction to determine whether the human body is sensitive to sunlight, and measure the electrical excitability of acupoints to estimate the functional status of meridians.

What is physical therapy? Maybe you didn’t know what physical therapy is before. Now after reading the above introduction, you should have a clear understanding of the concept of physical therapy. Physical therapy has a wide range of uses, especially in Western medicine, and its side effects on the human body are relatively small. If you feel discomfort in a certain part of your body, you might as well go to the hospital and try physical therapy.