Regular physiotherapy treatment has countless benefits to your health and well-being, however many aren’t sure when to seek the help of a physiotherapist.
- Are you struggling to complete the daily tasks you once breezed through?
- Do you have ongoing pain or weakness?
- Are you recovering from surgery or an injury?
Physiotherapy can help you to improve your mobility, reduce stiffness and pain, and recover from and prevent further injury. With physiotherapy treatment, you could maximize your independence and function.
At Valens Care, our physiotherapists provide high-quality, person-centered, and goal-oriented physiotherapy services to residential aged-care facilities and those living with disabilities and other health conditions in the community. If you’re living with a neurological condition or a physical disability, if you’ve had surgery or suffered an injury, or if your body’s just twingy, niggly, and not performing its best, physiotherapy can help you.
What Is Physiotherapy?
Physiotherapists work with the diagnosis and management of conditions affecting your bones, muscles, nerves, and other parts of your body.
Your Valens Care Physio will start by assessing your condition. We then form a treatment plan aiming to get you back to doing what you love. Our care is very individualised. Your treatment plan will be tailored specifically to you, your condition, your goals, your lifestyle, and your health.
Your physiotherapist may:
- Work with your joints to increase your mobility and reduce stiffness and pain.
- Give you exercises to improve your flexibility, strength, and mobility.
- Take you through hydrotherapy sessions in the pool
- Use massage, manipulation, heat packs, ice packs, or dry needling to ease your pain.
- Help you to mobilise with aids (walking stick, wheelchair, crutches, etc.).
Signs You May Need Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy isn’t just for hospital wards and athletics fields, it benefits people of all ages and abilities, just like you.
Physiotherapists work with people who have all kinds of disabilities affecting movement and control. They’re skilled in helping you build on your strengths and function more easily in your environment.
Physiotherapy can help you achieve your goals by improving many aspects of your health.
Some conditions physiotherapists treat include:
- Joint pain
- Muscle contractions
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Diabetes
- Broken bones
- Post-surgery recovery and rehabilitation
- Obesity
- Neurological conditions (i.e. stroke, parkinson’s, cerebral palsy, and multiple sclerosis)
Some signs that you could benefit from working with a physiotherapist include:
Pain and stiffness– you may have a medical condition, an injury, had surgery, or just getting older. Muscle and joint pain and stiffness are common. A physiotherapist can work with you to find the cause of your discomfort and create an exercise and treatment plan aimed to get you moving again.
Balance difficulties– stroke, conditions affecting your inner ear, and some other medical issues may leave you feeling a little off-kilter. If you find yourself feeling unsteady, dizzy, or suffering from vertigo you might benefit from working with a physiotherapist.
Reduced movement– are you finding more not as mobile as you used to be? Maybe you’re not as flexible as you once were. A physiotherapist could help you to strengthen your muscles, relax your body and increase movement in your joints.
Reduced strength– if you’re struggling to get up from your chair or to lift your laundry basket you may have reduced strength in your muscles. A physiotherapist could help you find out why your strength is declining and work with you to improve it.
Physiotherapy Can Help:
There are countless benefits of physiotherapy for the elderly and those living with a disability.
At Valens Care, we work with you to maximise your potential, build on your strengths, and by keeping you as active and independent as possible.
Your Valens Care physio aims to help you:
- Perform daily tasks more easily.
- Move more freely.
- Feel stronger and more flexible.
- Feel more stable on your feet.
- Reduce your pain and discomfort.
- Recover and rehabilitate from injury or surgery.
The Valens Care Difference
Valens Care provides a more individualised kind of NDIS-funded mobile physiotherapy services, for people with complex care needs, to help you achieve a more independent kind of life. Our team is eligible for Self Managed and Plan Managed NDIS clients and will soon be able to see NDIA managed NDIS clients.
At Valens Care, we pride ourselves on providing the highest standard of care possible. That’s why we provide proper assessment, hands-on manual therapy, and tailored exercises.
We are problem-focused and client-centred. This means our treatment is tailored very specifically to you, your condition, and your goals.
Book an appointment or contact us today to see how physiotherapy can help improve your mobility, muscle strength, flexibility, and balance.
* All information is general and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice. Valens Care can consult with you regarding your individual health needs.
