Heat Therapy and Physiotherapy SingaporeHeat therapy helps the muscles and soft tissue in your body to relax (especially if they tend to tighten up), improving blood flow and circulation - this causes your body and muscles to heal at a faster, more soothing rate. This will be extra helpful and useful if a muscle or joint is stiff from arthritis or osteoarthritis, or as a result from not moving for some time, or simply to relax the muscles before exercise.One thing to note is that when used inappropriately, heat can also cause swelling to occur in an injured body part if used too soon post injury or post operative. Your physiotherapist will recommend a more suitable or appropriate time to use, how long and where to use the therapy modality, where we often use it as part of our treatment program to relief pain and stiffness. Hot packs and warmth therapy is greatly useful for:
The main purposes of heat in our physiotherapy clinic are:
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Disclaimer
We are a wholly Singapore Private Limited group of licensed physiotherapists and occupational therapists practicing in our scope of rehabilitation and its areas of specializations. As listed in our website are the list of services we provide our clients as referred by their medical doctors.
The range of rehabilitation results vary from patients to patients, depending on a variety of factors and reasons such as severity of condition, genetics, gender and age. However, we will still deliver the best evidence-based-practice of physiotherapy, occupational therapy and hand therapy that we can deliver.
The information available on this site is for educational purposes only, if you need a full professional advise on physiotherapy, hand therapy and occupational therapy, please schedule an appointment with us by contacting our staff at +65 6510 18989, thanks!