Electronic Health Reporter

Everyone’s lives eventually get touched by a need for physical therapy. Whether your mom is going through it after a hip replacement surgery, or you have to go through it after a car crash, it’s not easy for anyone. Physical therapy can look completely different based on injury and the patient, but there’s one thing that strings it all together.

It helps people.

If you, or someone you care about, are coming out of surgery, physical therapy may be the only step left to finish healing. Here are all of the ways that it can help and why patients shouldn’t skip it.

Sets goals

Surgery can be scary because it takes away some of our security in ourselves and our bodies. When we lose that control, it’s essential to feel like we can earn it back. Physical therapy gives us attainable goals for things we can achieve or hope for. Although not every series of treatments can guarantee a perfect recovery, the milestones that come with can be good enough to feel success in small steps. These goals are vital to handle well about ourselves.  

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