Exercise Rehabilitation
In recent years, exercise rehabilitation has gained increasing attention as a way to restore physical function and improve quality of life for patients suffering from a broad variety of injuries.
The goals of this form of therapy can range from alleviating muscle weakness and dysfunction to reducing the risk of unfavorable cardiovascular outcomes. In addition to these physical benefits, exercise rehabilitation can be of significant benefit where mental function, quality of sleep, stress levels and even the overall psychological outlook are concerned.
Exercise rehabilitation can be particularly beneficial in treating:
- Chronic injuries such as long term back or knee pain.
- Injuries that are not responding to manual treatment, possibly due to muscle weakness or poor posture.
It can also be of benefit to those seeking to improve strength and fitness as a way to reduce the risk of injury.
If a significant number of your patients have the therapeutic needs described above, you should consider an investment in exercise rehabilitation equipment.
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Balance Boards & Pads10 Products
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Exercise Putty1 Product
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Fitness Equipment1 Product
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Foam Roller6 Products
A foam roller is a therapeutical exercise device made from compressed foam and having a cylindrical or semi cylindrical shape. It is used for many purposes, including increasing patient flexibility, eliminating muscle knots and reducing general soreness.Foam rolling can be done to treat skeletal muscle immobility and pain through the relaxation of contracted muscles. It also conveys the benefits of improved blood, oxygen and lymphatic fluid circulation. Foam rolling also stimulates muscles stretch reflex (muscle contraction in response to stretching within the muscle). As a result it offers many of the benefits of myofascial release. A foam roller can come in varying lengths and degrees of firmness. In general, a softer texture is best for less experienced users. Foam rollers with different levels of firmness often have colour codes, with different colours representing different firmness levels (similar to resistance bands).Is It Better To Use A Smooth Or Bumpy Foam Roller?
In general, smooth rollers offer less intense pressure levels. They are therefore better suited for less experienced users. For experienced rollers. a more textured (bumpy) foam roller aims to simulate the hands of a masseur. The ridges and knots on the surface can provide targeted treatment to help resolve muscle knots or other problems.Should Foam Rolling Be A Daily Activity?
Once you have gained some proficiency with this activity, you should use a foam roller every day (or at least several times a week) as part of your exercise routine. Foam rolling should be like stretching and, indeed, it conveys many of the same benefits. These include improved blood flow, less soft tissue density and muscle relaxation. Foam rolling also improves overall flexibility.These all add up to lower risk of injury.Can Foam Rolling Help With Weight Loss?
While foam rolling may not provide direct help with weight loss, it will help you recover more quickly from your workouts. With its blood circulation benefits, it will allow you to more quickly get rid of your sore and aching muscles and be ready for your next workout. By allowing you to exercise more consistently and rigorously, and with less risk of injury, a foam roller will help you to ose weight. -
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Mats29 Products
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Resistance Bands13 Products
Resistance bands are a portable and versatile exercise option that will allow you to keep fit while you are on the road or social distancing at home. The advantages offered by these bands also include lower risk of injury, improved flexibility and increased range of motion.Lower Injury Risk
In contrast with free weights, resistance bands don't depend on the force of gravity to be effective. As a result, there is less risk of joint compression and the resultant joint injuries.Improved Flexibility
Many resistance band exercises incorporate stretching movements. As a result, by exercising with these bands, you warm up your muscles by performing repeated and active muscle contractions against resistance together with a dynamic lengthening of your muscles. Resistance bands also allow you to combine flexibility improvement with strength training. You an use the elastic nature of the band to let your body go through the full eccentric phase of each rep, with your joints and muscles 100% mobilized and stretched. In addition, you can vary the planes of motion to exploit angles that you simply cannot reach by doing body weight or free weight strength training. A third aspect of the flexibility improvement that is available through using resistance bands is the ability to intersperse low intensity, high rep training sessions with more aggressive training sessions. These low resistance, high rep sessions will allow the soft tissues to be lengthened and challenged without the creation of inflammation that would lead to muscle pain and joint stiffness. Instead, the low intensity, high rep sessions improve blood circulation and provide fatigued tissues with freshly oxygenated blood, thus shortening the time needed to recover. -
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