What is Therapeutic Exercise?

Pain and injury are often the results of muscle imbalance, poor muscle coordination, strength & endurance deficit.

Therapeutic Exercise is the use of professionally designed exercises to treat and manage pain, improve posture, prevent injury and boost performance.

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What is special about Therapeutic Exercise?

An experienced physiotherapist would assess your musculoskeletal system and investigate the deficit of your musculoskeletal system, being muscle imbalance, poor muscle coordination, strength & endurance deficit etc. The physiotherapist would then provide tailored specific exercises that address your underlying issue to improve pain and function.

 

Indication: Who would benefit from Therapeutic Exercise?

• All individuals that suffer musculoskeletal pain would benefit from Therapeutic Exercise.

  • Headaches & Neck pain

    • Acute and chronic neck pain is associated with muscle tightness, muscle imbalance

  • Shoulder pain

    • Shoulder pain can be a result of shoulder cuff muscle imbalance, flexibility deficit and strength deficit resulting in pathological translation of the shoulder ball and socket joint, leading to shoulder impingement thus pain

  • Tennis elbow

    • Tennis elbow is correlated with strength deficit of wrist muscles and weakening of the tendon portion of wrist muscle. Loading exercise is essential for wrist muscle and tendon health.

  • Back pain

    • Poor posture and poor spine muscle control can result in back pain. Improve in back muscle strength and coordination have been shown to improve both acute and chronic back pain

  • Sciatica

    • Nerve gliding exercise and therapeutic exercise that restore lower back and hip alignment can reduce compression on the nerve roots and the sciatic nerve

  • Knee arthritis

    • A well-planned therapeutic strength exercise programme has shown to improve quality of life and function of individuals suffering knee arthritis

  • Ankle

Ankle sprain is the result of delayed timed muscle activation and strength deficit. Ankle stability exercise can prevent a second ankle sprain episode and restore ankle health.
 

Contraindication: Who should avoid Therapeutic Exercise?

Most individuals would be a suitable candidate for Therapeutic Exercise. Our physiotherapist will thoroughly assess you and provide you will the Therapeutic Exercise that is of your level and suit your condition the best.