Importance of Physiotherapy at Home For Our Seniors

As we age our dear body goes through many changes. These changes are inevitable and include reduced bone density, reduced muscle strength, obesity, poor coordination, and stiff joints. These negative effects of aging can give rise to issues such as restricted mobility and imbalance making elder people more prone to fall. Elderly people often feel that they are not as quick and steady on their feet as they used to be and find climbing stairs very difficult. Moreover, they are unable to go outside and socialize.

Physiotherapy helps senior people to overcome mobility, balance and other issues. Though it cannot stop aging, it can help to reduce the impact of aging on our bodies and our lives. Physiotherapists are trained to identify physical and other factors that prevent senior people from being active and they work on those factors through physiotherapy sessions to make the senior people more active and fit.  Physiotherapy services have been shown to improve many of the factors associated with aging including strength, balance, coordination, flexibility, and healing pains. In this blog, I am going to discuss how physiotherapy at home can help our dear seniors to overcome their mobility and other health-related issues. There are many elder care services in Kolkata that provide physiotherapy services at home for the convenience of our beloved elders.

We often hear our aging parents or other senior family members complaining about neck, back, and joint pain which is mainly caused due to tight or weak muscles, poor blood circulation, and inactivity. Physiotherapy can increase blood flow, flexibility, and core strength.

  ♦ It helps in improving mobility in senior people. The strengthening exercises help in restoring the ability to move. Physiotherapy also helps patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease, cerebral palsy, peripheral neuropathy, etc.

  ♦ Physiotherapists can advise on which exercises are safe for our beloved seniors so that they can practice those under the able guidance of the physiotherapists to remain fit and active. Various researches have shown that Physiotherapy is very effective in healing and preventing joint problems, balance disorders, risk of falls, hypertension, and obesity in senior people.

  ♦ Slips and falls are harmful at any age, but for older people, they are dangerous and sometimes fatal. Physiotherapy helps senior people to build the strength and stability needed to live an independent life without the fear of falling or slipping.

  ♦ Physiotherapy is safe and is an excellent non-invasive option that promotes building strength and flexibility among elders and also assists in healing and preventing injuries thus reducing the chance of surgery which is considered risky for elderly people.

  ♦ It helps senior people to recover from a stroke.  It’s common to lose some degree of function and movement after a stroke. Physiotherapy helps strengthen weakened body parts and improve balance. A physiotherapist helps in improving the patient’s ability to move around in bed and in performing daily activities like going to the washroom, eating, dressing etc. Physiotherapy also heals pulmonary problems and helps patients clear fluid in the lungs.

This is how physiotherapy service can help our beloved seniors to lead a fit and active lifestyle.