Indications and contraindications for exercise therapy

Indications for exercise therapy

Physiotherapy applies practically for any ailments and injuries and has no age or gender restrictions. The main indications for its use are considered to be the absence, weakening or distortion of a function established as a result of disease, injury, injury or their complications when the condition of positive dynamics in the physical condition and well-being of the patient is met. It is worth emphasizing that effect of physical therapy significantly increases with earlier and systematic use in complex comprehensive treatment and rehabilitation.

Contraindications to exercise therapy

Frankly speaking, there are few contraindications for physical therapy, and in most cases they all carry temporary, short and relative character. General contraindications include:

1. lack of contact with the patient due to mental disorders;
2. acute infectious and inflammatory diseases;
3. intoxication;
4. pronounced pain syndrome;
5. external or internal bleeding or the threat of its occurrence;
6. thrombosis;
7. embolism;
8. high body temperature;
9. increased ESR of unknown origin;
10. arterial hypertension (with indicators above 200/120 mm Hg);
11. malignant neoplasms, tumors (in the phase before radical treatment methods);
12. metastases;
13. irreversible progressive diseases;
14. the presence of a foreign body near large vessels or nerve trunks.

When prescribing exercise therapy to patients, it is necessary to take into account limiting, restraining, limiting indicators and risk factors. Their findings make it possible to clarify the methodology and dosage of physical activity during physical therapy exercises. Such limiting factors usually include deviations in physical development and mental state, concomitant diseases and complications that influence the choice of physical exercises for the underlying disease. Risk factors are considered to be conditions in which the patient may receive injury or damage while performing prescribed physical exercises (osteoporosis, fragile callus, cardiac or aortic aneurysm, etc.).

As you can see, indications and contraindications for exercise therapy are an important point in choosing a comprehensive treatment strategy for a patient. This is why physical therapy should appointed and controlled duly qualified specialist in any appropriate medical, sanatorium or rehabilitation institution.