Enjoy the benefits of therapeutic exercise in McLean, VA, by arranging treatment sessions with Dr. David Sniezek of Advanced Integrative Rehabilitation Center.
What Are Therapeutic Exercises?
Regular exercise is critical to maintaining good health. It helps keep your bones strong, your joints supported, and your muscles flexible. However, it’s not safe for everybody to exercise normally, and people who have been injured or are recovering from surgery may need specialized exercises to help them regain their musculoskeletal function. Such is the case with therapeutic exercises.
Your chiropractor may advise you to perform resistance exercises. These involve working against a weight or external force of some kind. By pushing your body to fight against that weight or external force, you can build up muscle, and in turn, bone tissue. You may also be told to perform resistance exercises that will help your core support your spine.
Next up, your chiropractor may urge you to participate in flexibility training. As you’ve probably guessed, these exercises are designed to restore the range of motion of your joints and muscles. Dynamic stretches and lunges are great examples of flexibility exercises.
Finally, we have the endurance exercises. You may need to develop a routine featuring endurance exercises because your injuries forced you to remain inactive for a long time. Following that period of deterioration, you may find that your stamina is below normal. Increase your stamina by jogging, cycling, or jumping rope.
Develop your therapeutic exercise routine in Washington DC, or McLean, VA, with Dr. Sniezek of Advanced Integrative Rehabilitation Center.
What Can You Expect from Your Therapeutic Exercise Routine?
A therapeutic exercise routine is designed according to a patient's specific needs. The plan your chiropractor creates will account for your current physical limitations. It will help you get the most out of your workouts without putting you at risk of further injury.
Aside from being personalized, therapeutic exercise plans are also evolving constantly. Early on, your chiropractor may ask you to perform relatively light exercises. Expect the intensity and required reps to increase as you make progress. The exercises may also change so you can overcome greater challenges.
There is no definite timeline for your therapeutic exercise. Even after recovering, you can continue performing certain exercises to bolster your resistance to injury.
Call to Begin Recovering from Injuries and Chronic Conditions
Dr. Sniezek of Advanced Integrative Rehabilitation Center can develop your personalized therapeutic exercise routine. Call 202-296-3555 to reach our office in Washington DC, or 703-506-8471 for our location in McLean, VA.
Additional objectives of Therapeutic exercise include:
- Increasing mobility
- Releasing contracted muscles, tendons, and fascia
- Mobilizing joints
- Improving circulation
- Improving respiratory capacity
- Improving coordination
- Reducing rigidity
- Improving balance
Therapeutic exercises are classified into three major categories:
- Endurance training
- Resistance training
- Flexibility training
No matter what type of exercise is prescribed to remedy a patient’s specific condition, the final goal of rehabilitation is to acquire a maximum level of physical fitness, without the use of more invasive methods. Therapeutic exercise can be performed at home, and gives you the power to improve your quality of life.