Rehabilitative Exercises for Effective Body Healing and Well-Being

Rehabilitative exercises after an injury are the key to recovery. Whether you suffered a sporting accident, car accident or work-place injury, Dr. Hennie believes that the right diagnosis complemented with the right treatment program and rehabilitative exercises get you back to living your life without the pain of your injury.

At Homberg Chiropractic and Wellness, we have extensive experience of providing patients with holistic chiropractic care, which includes rehabilitation. After a thorough evaluation, we create a customized rehabilitative exercise plan for each patient based on the individual condition and symptoms.

What are the Rehabilitative Exercises?

Rehabilitative exercises are a crucial part of your treatment plan for optimal recovery. These exercises are as equally as important as spinal manipulation. They are designed to strengthen the muscles that are weakened by the injury. Think of it like this, you get your car aligned, but you don’t rotate your tires. Now, do you see the connection?

Objectives of Rehabilitative Exercises

The primary objective of rehabilitative exercises is to help you strengthen muscles and to regain mobility that was lost due to your injury. Other objectives include the following:

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  • Mobilization of injured joints

  • Improvement in blood circulation

  • Improvement in the coordination of muscle movements

  • Relaxing stiff muscles and tendons

  • Improvement in body balance

  • Improvement in respiratory capacity

Types of Exercises That Form a Part of Rehabilitative Exercise Program

The primary goal of any rehabilitative exercise plan is a reduction in pain and inflammation. After that, the focus shifts to regain range of motion and rebuild the strength of muscles. Your rehabilitative exercise plan includes:

  • Strengthening exercises: These exercises help to build strength. They emphasize heavy resistance with limited repetitions.

  • Flexibility exercises: In these exercises, the emphasis is on stretching and movement, which helps with flexibility.

  • Exercises for improving body balance and coordination: These exercises focus on improving your center of gravity that develops body balance and coordination.

At Homberg Chiropractic and Wellness, our professional and experienced staff carefully analyzes and evaluates your condition. Based on the findings, they develop a customized treatment plan that includes rehabilitative exercises that help in efficiently treating and preventing your condition in the future.

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Our professionals teach you the proper rehabilitative exercise techniques which you can also include in your daily life for improving your overall health.