Why does your physio always give you exercises?

Your physio will provide hands on treatment for pain relief and to restore movement. However, exercises are often provided to help maintain these changes or to assist with healing, correcting bio-mechanics and returning to full function. Exercise based treatment is critical to rehabilitation and prevention!

1. To improve body and movement awareness

2. Load structures adequately to ensure good healing and adaptation

3. In some conditions, muscle contraction holds help reduce pain

4. To correct bio-mechanical errors to off load injured structures and prevent re-injury

5. Improve the integration of movement to restore function in the body as a whole

Exercise based treatment is critical to rehabilitation and prevention!