PT & OT, What's the difference? - 卒中 中心 - 司羿 智能的

What is physiotherapy?

Physiotherapy is also known as 物理治疗. It's the core of 康复 治疗. It uses physical methods such as massage, heat 治疗 and exercise rather than drugs or surgery to help 患者 recover and improve functional impairment after illness or injury. It's widely used in 神经学的 康复, musculoskeletal 康复, postpartum 康复, pediatric 康复 and other fields. Many people may think physical therapists simply manipulate 关节, soft tissue and nerves through 手-on techniques. In fact, PT is not just Manual 治疗.

 

PT mainly includes the following three 治疗 methods:

Manual 治疗

Physical therapists use their 手 to treat diseases through specific techniques, such as 关节 mobilization, myofascial release, soft tissue mobilization, strain-counterstrain 治疗, etc., to help 患者 recover 功能.

Physical agents modalities

It's a method to study and apply various natural or artificial physical agents on the human body to treat and prevent diseases. The 常见的 modalities include heat and electrode stimulation. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) that provides constant electrical stimulation is an electrical modality that controls 疼痛.

司羿 TENS 治疗 设备 enables users to lift wrists through electrical stimulation

Exercise 治疗

It is mainly used to promote movement, relieve 疼痛, and 恢复 功能 through functional exercise. The types of exercise mainly include ROM training, 肌肉力量ening exercise, postural correction training, and neurophysiological 治疗.

 

What is occupational 治疗?

As an 重要的 part of 康复, OT is to help people return to society and regain independence. It's usually used as an auxiliary 治疗 for conventional exercise 治疗 to improve 患者' self-care ability.

OT primarily serves people with 神经学的 injuries and musculoskeletal system diseases. As 康复 is a long-term process, OT may be slower to achieve results than PT; moreover, 患者 often only focus on recovering 肢体 functions and ignore the significance of 功能恢复. OT is often overlooked by 患者.

 

In the OT room, you will see 患者 building blocks, writing, dressing and other activities of 日常生活. Occupational therapists design an intervention plan according to the 患者's gender, age, interests, educational level, and degree of 残疾 to reach the 患者's goals. OT generally includes 手-功能 治疗, 认知的 perceptual 治疗, mirror 治疗, etc., among which 手-功能 治疗 is the most 重要的.

Wooden pegboard training with 司羿 手 康复 机器人

Eating exercise with 司羿 手 康复 机器人

Pouring water with 司羿 手 康复 机器人

Both PT and OT belong to non-drug 康复 治疗, and they are both involved in anatomy and neuropsychology. However, they are different in focus. PT focuses on improving people's ability to 移动. OT focuses on improving their ability to perform activities of 日常生活. Their 治疗 modalities also vary considerably. You can choose OT or PT depending on your goals and 状况.