Geriatric issues/ Problem:
1. Osteoarthritis : Has it become more difficult and tiring to get up from bed, trying to stand up after sitting back for a few minutes, Does the morning stiffness restrict you to keep going, Does your joints snap mostly when you try to walk, make complex movements, has it become a task to fulfil the basic daily living activities?
Well, that’s probably not any black magic or something yet Osteo arthritis commonly affecting people starting from young adults nowadays, reason being the general degenerative changes taking place inside the joints and making the movements and functions painful, disturbing the normal quality of life. The key is to find the notable features as soon as it strikes your brain and see a physiotherapist to have it manageable for having a better idea of living life and improving your physical lifestyle along with your musculoskeletal health.
2. Strength and Balance issues :
Did you ever realise, how the normal reflexes of body starts to slow down with ages? If you are just randomly supposed to stand up within seconds and reach somewhere else, to pick something up, to help someone from falling, to put the gas burner off and your body doesn’t allow you to move as faster as you imagined it going back inside your head. With aging, it might feel ordinary to sway while trying to walk on a path, to take a few extra minutes while changing postures, sitting to standing, standing to sitting, Whereas is that really okay to gulp it inside and not work for it?
To manage strength and balance issues at an appropriate moment, where it can start to lead and provide an individual most likely a normal life, saving the extra energy being used because of poor balance and low muscle strength. To work on increasing the muscle strength, balance and coordination with exercises and not with any other assistance coming along with the tag of geriatric population. Time to say goodbye to the canes and welcome independence!
3. Coordination and stability issues :
Whenever you are given two to three tasks to accomplish, no matter what age group one might belong from although being human in nature, we always find the easiest and much convenient ways of doing work. However, while turning into an old age group, it might become difficult to coordinate with complicated movements, to maintain stability, might be a difficult task to keep standing at a particular spot for longer than a few minutes, not being able to process which movement to focus and how to keep walking, how to climb stair, walk in different places, and most importantly not being able to cooperate with the stimulus given by the brain yet not having the right coordinate and stability skills to follow the instructions. Well, there’s nothing to be grieving about instead having to visit a physiotherapist to get it done the Right way. By working on different parts of the brain, adding a different physiotherapy treatment programme to enhance the brain and body functioning by creating new patterns of movements in brain.
To get help at the rightful moment, to provide the necessary assistance required and special Physiotherapy practices needed to gain the coordination and stability for a better life ahead.
4. Flexibility and pain issues :
Does this thought ever cross your mind, how your body’s flexibility starts affecting when you reach at an optimal phase in your life, where you even want to push yourself a little harder at the exercise programme you do at parks with a bunch of people, and it still doesn’t add up? Instead the joint, muscles and your random body parts starts to ache even after doing minimal amount of physical activity, ever witnessed?
If so, then you probably aren’t doing it the right way as it is supposed to be. Better method would be to go, have a visit with a physiotherapist and let them decide a basic, personalised and adequate treatment plan made for you as per your body strength in order to improve your flexibility to keep moving and living a comfortable life and to goal for painless movements and a pain-free, healthy quality of life.
5. Degenerative Diseases :
Since, the developmental changes have been taking place across all sorts of countries. The physical health of almost all the groups have been severely affected. So, it wouldn’t be odd to speak out loud if your joints start to ache and snap every-time you bend or straighten them. Young adults, Geriatric population or even as adults, there is no exception that Your body starts to give symptoms of degenerative Diseases, like arthritis and low bone density, decreased spaces between joints, yes that’s the new normal basically because of the sedentary, poor and physical inactivity lifestyle that has been adapted widely. No matter if you work all day and still feel weak physically, bear joint and muscle pains, because your body requires more attention other than the strain you have been suffering with working day and night. A few minutes of exercise program to guide you the new way of living, along with a healthy ergonomic care routine explained and practiced by you along with a Physiotherapist’s consultation.
6. Tremors :
To stay fit and fine, be able to complete all your functions without hesitating, to acquire a decent and appealing posture brings confidence for an individual. On the other hand, not being able to complete or hold any sort of movement, feeling shaky sensations or vibrations, constant involuntary movements to and fro at any joint, muscle, then it might turn into embarrassment and restlessness.
To give all these little details an umbrella and medical term, Tremors. It can happen to anyone due to various reasons, although it can be taken care of precisely. Whether to live with it or have it under control and be better at your physical abilities, is the choice to make by an individual. Speaking of physical abilities, Physiotherapy helps in reducing these restless movements and puts an end to it along with your efforts.
7. Diabetic Neuropathy :
Is your sugar under control? Since are you diabetic? Are you able to maintain your diabetic levels up to the mark?
Then why does you body ache, joints feel stiff and why do you ever feel numbness or discomfort in all your body mostly lower limbs and feet. Do you often feel lessened sensations while walking on the ground or grass? Did you ever witness pin pricking or needles being inserted in your calf’s.
These are all the signs of diabetic neuropathy and no other uninvited disease.
If the sugar level can be maintained, so as the physical symptoms, sensitivity and strength of the body to restore normal functioning of a human life. Physiotherapists have been making it possible ever since, If you wish to live a healthy lifestyle and need to strictly manage all your diabetic symptoms, it’s important to visit a physiotherapist now.
