PTs utilize an individual's history and physical examination in diagnosis and treatment if necessary will incorporate the results of laboratory and imaging studies. Electrodiagnostic testing (e.g. electro my grams and nerve conduction velocity testing) may also be of assistance. PTs practice in many settings, such as outpatient clinics or offices, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, extended care facilities, homes, education or research centers, schools, hospices, industrial workplaces or other occupational environments, fitness centers, and sports training facilities. I have been practicing last 12 yrs in this field and I can say it has been evolved remarkably in the last 10yrs years. Conventionally Physios were working on electrotherapy modalities like TENS, ultrasound therapy, shortwave therapy, Infrared Therapy Interferential therapy, wax therapy with Therapeutic massage techniques, basic ROM, and strengthening exercises to achieve patient's goals( Presently shortwave ...
We have come across the word "imbalance" in many ways in our life like hormonal imbalance, electrolyte imbalance, work-life imbalance, etc. But what exactly trending word called " muscle imbalance " means? Muscle is a contractile tissue. They are the body movers. The function of the muscle is to contract and relax, physiologically actin and myosin bonds will form when the muscle contracts and breaks while it relaxes, etc., it's a complicated process so we are not going into details of its physiology. Let's focus on what we feel when muscle contracts or how to understand when muscles are not relaxing. As we all know when muscles are in a contracted state, we feel increased tension or pressure in it, which needs to reduce when it relaxes. If this relaxation process is not happening properly, it means our muscles are getting affected leading to muscle imbalance. Why muscles are unable to relax? B...