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Published on: 5th July 2021
Medically reviewed by: Physiotherapist at First Response Healthcare
Medically reviewed by: Physiotherapist at First Response Healthcare
Your body can suffer from muscle spasms, locomotory difficulties, weakened muscles after an injury. These injuries need time and regular treatment or therapy to recover. Physiotherapy is the treatment of restoring your muscle and limb movements, and functions after the injury. It is long, and tedious but is seen to reduce pain and long-term complications for the person. But having to travel to your physiotherapist for every appointment is a task on top of an already tedious therapy session.
Though it is surely something you can avoid by opting for a home physiotherapist. There are a lot of medical companies like First Response healthcare that provide you with experienced and trained on-call doctors and physiotherapists at home for your convenience. But it is normal to have doubts regarding something new that you haven’t tried before. So here are five advantages of physiotherapy at home to help you understand it better.
Convenience
The biggest advantages of at-home physio are that you don’t have to go to the clinic, which is a boon for people with moderate to severe injuries; it can get quite difficult to travel outside. There is also a higher risk of you hurting yourself more during the travel especially if you don’t have someone to drive you to and fro. At home, physiotherapy enables you to recover in familiar surroundings, at the comfort of your home. Your doctor comes to you, it is easier, safer, and a lot more convenient.
Highly Personalized Care
At a clinic, one physiotherapist is responsible for a bunch of patients, hence you don’t get the sole attention. But at home physio allows your doctor to invest their entire time in you. This enables them to make better assessments and recommendations. Especially if your physiotherapist is visiting your home for the session then they can carter the exercises according to what is available at home, optimizing the tools and space properly. This leads to a more personalized routine and easier access to things making the process a lot easier.
Monitoring
Being treated at home allows your loved ones and your family to keep a track of your progress personally. So, you have an additional set of eyes monitoring what the doctor is doing. It can also make you feel more secured and encouraged as well.
Faster Recovery
It has been observed that people recover better in the comfort of their homes. Being surrounded by your family and friends, having the comfort of going through the session in the comfort and security of your home is a much-underrated aspect of at-home treatments.
Wholesome Treatment
Physiotherapy is not only about physically healing you. A lot of the time, the injuries can be mentally induced, and hence, these at home doctor services like the ones First response provides, they’re trained to effectively socialize with you, letting you voice out your thoughts and helping you heal in a more wholesome, body and mind manner.
