Pain Management
Pain management is a way to help people deal with their pain effectively and reduce pain impact on their daily life. Physiotherapists help a great deal of patients manage their pain, especially those suffering from chronic pain. Physiotherapy will teach you how to deal with your symptoms and improve your quality of life in order to help you maintain your functional ability.
As a chronic pain treatment, physical therapy can teach people how to move safely and functionally in ways that they haven’t been able to for quite a while, Watson adds. One of the goals of physical therapy, says Watson, is “to help chronic pain patients become stronger, because they’re usually weak from not moving.
The aim of pain management is to alleviate pain where possible. If this is not possible, pain management will help to reduce pain and teach people ways to manage their pain on a daily basis. This will allow people to take control of their pain and learn strategies to try and improve their independence and quality of life.
Physical Therapy for Pain Management
- Neuropathic pain (pain caused by injury to tissues or nerves)
- Chronic headaches
- Osteoarthritis
- Fibromyalgia
- Rheumatoid arthritis
