Latest And Advanced Innovations In The Field Of Physiotherapy Dubai

Just think of how your lives were going 15 years ago some people especially millennial will think of it as a tough time as they cannot survive without their Iphone now. Lots of things have changed. One major development is in the field of medicine and rehab. 15 years ago we had only those hands on techniques of rubbing and eradicating pain.

Times have changed for sure including the field of physical treatment. A number of new and exciting advancement have entered this field like vibrating posture sensors, fitbit a movement tracking device and gait correcting shoe insoles. These advancements not only take the way of treatment ahead but also involve new advancements and innovations which assist in the diagnosis, engaging patients and in the treatment of them involving new techniques.

Let’s discuss some of the other innovative advancements in the field of physiotherapy Dubai.

Mobile apps are now used for the treatment of patients. This trend of using Smartphone and iPad apps for the physical treatment of patients is very handy, efficient and time saving. Most of the apps are very low in cost and some are even totally free. These apps provide lot of useful things which are quite handy for the patients like exercise videos of all kinds, clinical tests, orthopedic diagnosis tools, glossaries of physiotherapy and visual anatomy of 360-degrees.

Lot of helpful apps are specially designed to help patients with HEPs (home exercise programs). These innovative apps come with the option of printable and email able exercises, evaluation forms, protocols, pictures and so much other options that are really helpful not only for the patient but also for the doctors. These revolutionary apps provide clinics convenience of time and money saving and with that improve patient compliance.

A company by the name of Ekso came up with a gait training suit called Ekso suits. These bionic suits are made with aluminum and titanium that help patients to move freely who are suffering from different degrees of paralysis or movement hemi paresis. This bionic suit helps the patient to walk with progressive step modes of movement. It enables to correct the gait patterns by enforcing biomechanical alignments. Patients start to walk in their first session of this bionic suit.

These suits are specially developed to cater busy therapists. These suits allow the therapist to check many patients in short time by doing most of the work automatically once put on.

In the last few years a number of therapists incorporated the Nintendo Wii in treating their patients and in home exercise programs (HEPs). Motion sensitive controls and repetitive movements are used in these games which are very much the similar to the exercises that are assigned to the patients. Wii-has Hab a common name for it been proven to engage the patients better to shorten their recovery time and it also eases the physiotherapy Dubai treatment burden in the clinics.

Wii-hab benefits are more suited to the HEPs where it is more likely fot the patients to feel comfortable and participate in these activities which will increase the enjoyment factor and decrease the recovery time.