How Often Should I Do My PT Exercises?

At Home Advantage Rehabilitation Solutions, one of the most beneficial aspects of our services is that we will travel to provide care from the comfort of your own home. This means patients in pain don’t need to travel to receive care. However, the healing process should not stop when we leave after the appointment is over. If you’re serious about recovering, you should be completing the exercises we teach you to perform even after we are gone. But how often should you be performing them? Our team has the answer to these questions.

What Is Physical Therapy?

Before addressing how often you should be completing these exercises, our team first needs you to understand physical therapy. This healing process involves the use of therapeutic stretches and activities targeted to the affected area. Our team will perform a full assessment to determine the level of physical output the injured area can handle and then move forward with a treatment plan. Examples of the benefits that come from doing so can include:

• Improved flexibility.
• Increased range of motion.
• Regained strength.
• Elimination of pain.
• Mitigated risk of future injuries.

Performing Exercises On Your Own 

As previously stated, just performing the exercises during your scheduled appointments will not be enough for you to make a full recovery. If you choose to go down that route, the recovery timeline will be vastly extended. You also increase the risk of suffering from certain medical complications. For the treatment to be effective, we highly recommend performing these exercises around 3 to 5 times a week for 2 to 3 weeks. In order to stick to this plan, we’d like to lay out the below advice:

• Block off 30 minutes in your calendar on days you’d like to perform these exercises.
• Set an alarm for when you’d like to start exercising.
• Record your pain level to watch it change. Please report any suspected issues with your pain levels to our team.
• Ask our team which exercises you should be prioritizing.
• Pair your physical therapy exercises with regular daily activities.    

Should You Do Rehab Exercises Everyday

Dealing with an injury can be annoying. Just remember that rest is an extremely important part of the healing process. Taking part in rehab exercises is key to gaining strength and mobility back in the injured area. With that being said, there must be rest days in between; without it there will be no progress. That is due to the fact that the muscles don’t have time to recover.

Contact Our Team

At Home Advantage Rehabilitation Solutions, we understand the importance of our services. That is why we are always here to help. If you’d like more information regarding how often you should be performing your physical therapy exercises, contact us today.