PHYSIOTHERAPY: Preventative Therapy

Friday, August 4, 2023

Preventative Therapy

Prevention is better than cure’

As cliche as the phrase is, I can’t stress just how important it is when it comes to the health of your body and mind. When you think about the average work day, with people hunching their backs for

eight hours a day, and especially in Dubai where fast food is readily available and people

are exposed to A/C almost 24/7, some people who don’t take heed of their surroundings

and exposure can be in a real need for something called preventative therapy.

What is preventative therapy?

The human body is affected by so many factors as we go through life. These range from lifestyle choices, genetic predispositions, environmental agents, stress and many others.
Preventative therapy from a physiotherapy and mental wellbeing standpoint aims to mitigate the negative effects of the above factors, through techniques and treatments that lead to better outcomes for patients, making them more aware of their bodies, helping them avoid impairments, managing pain and staying both physically and mentally active.
Examples of preventative therapy include postural exercises, deep tissue massages, lymphatic drainage, hot stone therapy, cupping and hijama. At Physiowell in Dubai, we offer a wide range of some of these preventative therapy treatments and more.

What are the benefits of preventative therapy?

The benefits are too long to list here, but if we were to choose the main ones it would be, reducing stress, reducing the need for medications such as painkillers, antidepressants, and anti-inflammatory medicines, gaining enhanced knowledge of your body’s abilities, better productivity at work, and an overall improvement in your personal life both physically and mentally. If this hasn’t convinced you to explore preventative therapy, we don’t know what will!

Who can benefit the most from preventative therapy?

People of all ages, genders and physical abilities can benefit from preventative therapy methods. Specifically, postpartum women, the elderly and people with chronic and acute conditions such as back pain, neck pain or joint pain. We’ve seen great benefits as well for people dealing with herniated discs. (https://physiowell.ae/herinated-bulging-slipped-discs/)