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#Repost @physioosteogram
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Great post by @optimize.physiotherapy on how important it is to MOVE and LOAD to recover faster from an injury! 🔑
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Rest is important when we are rehabbing an injury or are in pain. Rest is a broad term however, and does not mean that we should avoid movement at all costs.
➡️ Rehab of any musculoskeletal injury requires movement. Not only movement at the specific Injured area, but overall human movement must be restored as quickly as possible.
🔹 Yes, tissue sometimes needs time to heal (especially when dealing with surgeries, tears, bone breaks etc.). We must respect that. But this does not mean that we should restrict other forms of movement that don’t negatively hinder healing. In most cases, introducing load and movement as soon as possible after an injury or while in pain yields the best results.
🔑 Complete rest is rarely the answer. Relative rest and working around injuries is a much better solution…doing as much as you can while still respecting tissue tolerance.
❌ Examples:
1️⃣ Acute low back pain.
➖ I have had many clients come to me who have said that they literally laid in bed for days following a back injury. Yes, pain levels can be extreme at times, but introducing movement (even at the areas above and below the injury) and getting the body gradually moving is VERY important for recovery. It can be counterintuitive, but putting someone though a mobility session who is in acute pain can quickly chip the pain down to a fraction of what it was (neurologically).
2️⃣ Knee and hip replacement surgeries.
These major surgeries used to mandate 1 or more FULL weeks of bed rest in the hospital. Now, doctors enforce that patients get up and moving hours after the surgery and patients will often get out of the hospital in 1-2 days, walking on their own (with a gait aid of course).
✅ Whether a major or minor MSK injury, movement reintroduction is the answer.
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