Geriatric rehabilitation covers three areas – normal aging due to disuse and deconditioning, cardiovascular problems like vascular disease and stroke, and skeletal problems including osteoporosis and osteoarthritis conditions such as knee and hip replacements. Physical medicine physicians [physiotherapists] use rehabilitation to work toward the goal of returning the patient to a pre-injury quality of life and may use physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Geriatric Physiotherapy is a branch of health care system that deals with elderly care .“What defines this group is the frequent presence of multiple pathology and the atypical way in which illness can present with confusion, falls and loss of mobility and day-to-day functioning”.
To improve or maintain ROM (Range of Motion)of different joints. For example, a geriatric patient should have enough ROM at shoulder to dress up or to reach dishes in the cupboard. To improve or maintain strength and endurance of muscles. For example, the patient should have sufficient muscle strength to lift a jug of milk, to make a bed, to make chapatti or to wash clothes.
The geriatric population is unique in its wide variation from individual to individual in the effects of both aging and disease processes.(Effects of aging on organ systems) At Progressive Care, we administer a comprehensive and effective Physiotherapy program to make the quality of life better for the patients belonging to this complex group.
Therapeutic Intervention
- Gait training
- Range-of-motion exercise
- Mobilization exercise
- Stretching exercise
- Frailty/ Deconditioning
- Cognitive impairments and dementia
- Neurological impairments
- Aerobic exercises
