The so called "massage therapist": Physios be proud to be called so..!!

Generally physiotherapist are referred as massage therapist. I have seen many physios feeling bad about it. Here I am posting a picture showing how massage in various forms help in rehabilitating para spinal muscles and back pain.
I proudly say yes I am a physiotherapist and massage is a part of my rehabilitation protocols. I don't feel bad being called massage therapist

PRATIKSHA turns 4. Adding new components to the centre

HAND THERAPY UNIT

LASER AND COMPRESSION THERAPY

Hygienic Reception Area

RECEPTION

Pratiksha : Trying constrained induced therapy in Erb's Palsy ...

Pratiksha : Trying constrained induced therapy in Erb's Palsy ...:   Constraint-induced movement therapy (CI or CIMT) is a form of rehabilitation therapy that improves upper extremity ...

Trying constrained induced therapy in Erb's Palsy kid

 



Constraint-induced movement therapy (CI or CIMT) is a form of rehabilitation therapy that improves upper extremity function in stroke and other central nervous system damage victims by increasing the use of their affected upper limb.
CIMT was developed by Edward Taub of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Taub argues that, after a stroke, the patient stops using the affected limb because they are discouraged by the difficulty.

As a result, a process that Taub calls "learned non-use" sets in, furthering the deterioration. Learned non-use is a type of negative feedback. Individuals are unable to move their affected limb or the movements are inefficient and clumsy and in response to this a suppression of movement occurs. It is this process that CIMT seeks to reverse.

The American Stroke Association has written that Taub's therapy is "at the forefront of a revolution" in what is regarded possible in terms of recovery for stroke survivors.
As a result of the patient engaging in repetitive exercises with the affected limb, the brain grows new neural pathways. This change in the brain is referred to as cortical reorganization or neuroplasticity. One study by Deluca et al. showed that using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) that the excitable cortex of the affected cortex in adults patients with HCP doubled in size after 12 days of therapy. Recently, the possible benefits of cortical reorganization has led to studies of CIMT on children because neuroplasticity is even greater among children than adults.Particular interest is growing in CIMT for children who have cerebral palsy where one arm is more affected than the other.

Pratiksha : Mirror therapy for hand started at Pratiksha

Pratiksha : Mirror therapy for hand started at Pratiksha: MIRROR THERAPY  is a non-pharmacological and alternative treatment strategy that has been proposed as a means of managing PLP. It is a...

Mirror therapy for hand started at Pratiksha

MIRROR THERAPY  is a non-pharmacological and alternative treatment strategy that has been proposed as a means of managing PLP. It is a neuro-rehabilitation technique designed to remodulate cortical mechanisms. With this technique, patients perform movements using the unaffected limb whilst watching its mirror reflection superimposed over the (unseen) affected limb. This creates a visual illusion and provides positive feedback to the motor cortex that movement of the affected limb has occurred. The approach is thought to offer potential relief through the visual dominance upon motor and sensory processes.
Considering the importance of PLP and its management, MT offers clinicians an easy-to-use and low-cost adjuvant therapeutic technique. However, its effectiveness as a stand alone modality largely arises from low quality evidence. Instead, there is a greater weight of evidence in favour of its use as a combined or sequential therapy, such as Graded Motor Imagery

Pratiksha : Pregnancy - Bell's Palsy treated by laser

Pratiksha : Pregnancy - Bell's Palsy treated by laser