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INTRODUCTION TO THERAPY |
Home Therepy means rehabilitation or remedial
assistance provided to the patients at their own homes. The Home
Therepy is generally categorized in different segments or classes
according to the services provided. There are some professional
teams in various cities that regularly extend such services on
contract basis. Home based therapies permit clients or patients
develop independence with routine activities in an appropriate
setting, allowing the care takers and the family members to be
closely involved in their rehabilitation process.
Importance of Therapy: Therapies of any description is very
important for curing the patient of his ailments. There are
different types of therapeutic services available at home, such as:
physiotherepy wherein the physician attends the patient at home and
helps him performing required physical exercises or movements of his
limbs in order to set them right. The other therapies like
occupational therapy, speech pathology, dietetics, social work and
clinical psychology.
Introduction of Medical Therepy: Medical therepy comprises of
physical treatments based on the advanced medical sciences. The
treatment could be oral, intravenous or intramuscular injections,
medical surgeries, massaging of the body parts with appropriate
medications etc. There may be different therapy for different
ailment or condition. Certain basic medical therapies could easily
be taken at home but for thorough treatments, the patient is
required to go to the clinics or hospitals.
However, for the patients having diseases like cancer or depression,
some specific style of medical therapies are involved which are not
convenient to be taken at home. Home therepy is especially useful
for the patients who are literally disabled to leave their homes due
to some typical health conditions.
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