exercise therapy
Healing through motion
Exercise therapy is the use of physical movement and activity as medical treatment.
A physical therapist might prescribe exercise therapy for a patient recovering from knee surgery, or a doctor might recommend it for managing chronic pain or depression.
The approach treats exercise as medicine rather than recreation: Her exercise therapy includes swimming three times a week.
- physical therapistTreats movement and mobility issues
- resistance trainingExercise against opposing force
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- tai chiSlow Chinese martial practice
- aerobic conditioningExercise improving oxygen-using capacity
hydrotherapy · agility drills · active recovery · balance exercises · core stability · muscle strengthening · post-surgical recovery · pain management · posture correction · stretching routines · flexibility exercises · strength conditioning · strengthening · posture · prescription · flexibility · bodywork · wellness
- Joint Treatmentsjoint support, glucosamine, chondroitin, cortisone injection, cortisone shot
- rehab therapyhydrotherapy, balance training, strength training, range of motion, outpatient rehab
- Movement Therapieslevodopa, deep brain stimulation, DBS, amantadine, balance training
- rehabilitationrehab, inpatient rehab, outpatient rehab, rehabilitation center, rehab center
- therapiespsychotherapy, cryotherapy, PT, hydrotherapy, immunotherapy
- therapypsychotherapy, therapist, session, counselor, sessions
exercise therapybed rest
Prescribed period of lying down
complete rest · pharmacotherapy · drug therapy · medication · immobilization
exercise therapyinactivity
Lack of movement
confinement · bed rest · rest · complete rest · immobilization