| | The Spring Garden Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Centre PHYSIOTHERAPIST Ms. R. Sharmila Siju MPT. The Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Centre is unique in that it functions in close consultation with the doctors of the clinic. It offers innovative and effective treatment procedures for a wide range of health disorders and clinical conditions like cerebro-vascular accidents, paralytic states, post-operative or post-traumatic pain or limitation in mobility, disabling and painful conditions affecting the bones, joints, muscles, tendons and nerves, etc. 
Properly executed physiotherapy helps in the management of : 1. Physiotherapy in Orthopaedics - Arthritis (of the hip, knee, ankle etc.)
- Stiffness in shoulder joints (due to diabetes or IHD)
- Post-traumatic stiffness of all joints (after surgery or immobilization)
- Foot and heel pain
- Myalgia and muscle degeneration
- Cervical spondylosis with radiating pain or numbness in the upper limb
- Stiffness of neck
- Low back pain
- Repetitive strain injury
- Sacroiliac dysfunction
- Hypomobile joints
- Scoliosis
- Intervertebral disc prolapse with radiating pain
- Sciatica / Piriformis Syndrome
- Calcification of shoulders
- Elbow pain, wrist joint pain etc
- Osteoporosis etc
- All kinds of sprains / strains
2. Physiotherapy in Neurology - All stroke cases
- Hemiplegia and paraplegia
- Parkinson’s disease
- Motor-neuron diseases
- Myopathy and myositus
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Facial paralysis
- Radiculopathy etc
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Cerebral Palsy
- Carpal / tarsal tunnel syndrome
- Ataxia
- Gullian-Barre syndrome
The purpose of including a physiotherapy regimen in the treatment of such neurological conditions is to relieve spasticity and rigidity of joints, to help in regaining proper gait, to relieve pain and to improve recovery of paralyzed muscles. 3. Physiotherapy for cardio / pulmonary diseases Physiotherapy has been found to be effective in the treatment of the following conditions: - Obstructive pulmonary diseases
- Asthma
- Chronic chest infections
- Restrictions in respiratory movements
- Ankylosing spondylitis etc
- Post operative physiotherapy for heart & lung surgeries.
- Myocardial Infarction
4. Physiotherapy for the Obstetric patients - Diastasis Recti
- Low back & pelvic pain
- Pelvic floor dysfunction
- Post operative PT for LSCS
- Flabby abdomen following normal delivery
Thus planned physiotherapy can be a very effective supportive measure in a wide range of common and not-so-common disabling conditions.
Equipments and therapies available at Spring Garden 
- Nautical/ Shoulder wheel
- Arm and chest exerciser
- Abduction exerciser
- Hand exerciser
- Quadriceps and hamstring exerciser
- Foot and ankle exerciser
- Short wave diathermy
- Nerve stimulator
- Ultrasound therapy
- Wax therapy
- Gait therapy and postural correction
- Cervical traction
- Pelvic traction
- Skin traction
- Belts and braces
- IRR
- Massager
- Interferrential therapy
- Manual therapy
- Mobilization (Peripheral & Spinal)
- Manipulation
- Massage
- Myofacial trigger point release
- Muscle energy technique
- Exercise therapy
- Strengthening exercices
- Flexibility exercises
- Range of motion exercices
- Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation techniques
- Advices for weight reduction & physical fitness
- Ergonomic advices
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