We are young, we are enthusiastic and we have a will to change the face of healthcare in India.
An exclusive physiotherapy camp was conducted in collaboration with TMM at Prabhadevi, with the purpose to treat & counsel the people reguarding their health conditions and to spread physiotherapy awareness to achieve 'drug-free long term solutions'.
40+ patients were assessed and treated, by 7 physiotherapist within 4 hours. They were explained about their condition it's causes and Risk factors, taught exercises and given ergonomic advices.
There were patients of middle age and old age who has various problems varying from just mechanical job related functional and reversible problems to degenerative irreversible conditions where only palliative care could be given. A proper functional diagnosis was done based on the examination and available reports.
Shoulder pain, neck pain, low back pain and knee pain were the most common conditions we encountered for which appropriate physiotherapy exercises which were patient specific were prescribed. Also manual therapy techniques like myofascial release and Maitland/Mulligan approaches were used by our therapists for instant pain relief.
Proper referral and follow up services to near by hospitals was provided to patients who needed a long term therapy. A few neurological and vascular conditions that we encountered were also referred to specialists for further investigations and better diagnostic and prognostic services.
At the end pictures were taken to capture memories and the experience of a lifetime. I’m grateful to Switch India and TMM for giving me an opportunity to learn and grow. I hope to participate in many more events like these, and through them serve humanity and contribute my share to ‘small acts of kindness'. Happy faces of people leaving with improvement and satisfaction made my day.
