WHAT IS EXERCISE?
Therapeutic exercises are exercises aimed at ensuring the mobility of the person for the purpose of preventing or treating problems that cause physical disability and targeting the improvement of the person's functions. Exercise is the most commonly used treatment method in the field of physical therapy. It is necessary to evaluate the patient before exercise, determine his functional disability, determine the relationship of this disability with anatomy, and examine him kinesiologically. Exercise programs are created according to the determined requirements. However, it should not be forgotten that the movement system is a whole; for example, in addition to a single joint limitation, solutions should also be produced for the obstacles and problems that this limitation brings to the person's life. There is specificity of the exercise applied, for example, exercises that increase muscle strength and endurance have no effect on cardiovascular endurance.
WHAT IS THE GOAL OF EXERCISE?
The goals of therapeutic exercises are to increase the individual's mobility and flexibility, muscle strength. To improve endurance, coordination and skill. The basic basis of exercise therapy is the adaptation of the organism to the load.
WHAT ARE THE EXERCISES THAT INCREASE MOBILITY?
The range of motion of the joint is affected by the soft tissues surrounding the joint such as muscles, tendons, ligaments, joint capsule, and the bone structures that form the joint. determines. Muscles that cross the joint, especially those that are effective in both joints, greatly affect joint movement. Normal joint range of motion may vary from person to person; it is higher in women than in men, and decreases with age.
WHY IS THE MOVEMENT OF THE JOINT RESTRICTED?
The ligament located within the muscle and around the joint, affecting the joint range of motion. Although its tissue has contraction and relaxation properties, it also has plastic properties that allow it to extend. In cases such as inflammation, edema, spasticity, pain, paralysis and restriction of joint movement due to the application of devices such as splints, which occur as a result of long-term immobilization, disease or trauma, the length of the connective tissue may shorten with the development of fibrotic changes. As a result, contracture and limitation of joint movement occur. There is a shortening of the ligaments and tendons on the looser side of the joint. Also especially hamstring g There may be tension in the muscles that cross two joints, causing a slight limitation at the end of the joint's range of motion. Connective tissue density increases even after a week of inactivity. Collagen fiber coverage increases. The college's water coverage decreases. The slipperiness of collagen fibers decreases, cross-links form, and adhesions occur.
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