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Hygienic and therapeutic gymnastics
Last reviewed: 19.10.2021
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Applied morning hygienic gymnastics and therapeutic gymnastics.
Morning hygienic gymnastics lasting 5-15 minutes is of great health value and includes simple gymnastic and breathing exercises, as well as relaxation exercises. The main task of morning hygienic gymnastics is activation of physiological processes, increase of general tone, creation of cheerful mood. This gymnastics (depending on the state of health) is spent at home, in the hospital department, rehabilitation department, sanatorium.
Therapeutic gymnastics is the main form of therapeutic physical education, it is usually performed once a day, but if it is necessary to increase physical activity, it is also possible to do exercises on your own. Individual exercises in physiotherapy are usually performed with comparatively severe pain. Group classes (the most common) are usually used in rehabilitation departments, sanatoriums and rest homes. Independent gymnastics classes are conducted at home after discharge from the hospital department or in the departments
Correct exercise of exercises by medical gymnastics provides for the distribution of physical activity in accordance with the optimal physiological curve - the body's response to physical exercises throughout the class. In the procedure of curative gymnastics, the distribution of physical load can be represented by a multi-vertex curve. To take into account the physical load, register the pulse, respiratory rate, blood pressure.
[Three periods of therapeutic gymnastics
- The introductory period (15-25% of the time) is the preparation of the organism for an increasing load. Apply the most simple gymnastic and breathing exercises.
- The main period (up to 70% of the time) is the implementation of a private method of curative gymnastics.
- The final period (15% of the time) is a gradual decrease in physical activity. Perform simple gymnastic exercises, more often for small joints, as well as breathing exercises, elements of autogenic training combined with relaxation.
The mode of movement is a necessary condition for the effectiveness of therapeutic gymnastics. The active regime, saturated with various movements, makes high demands on the patient's body. The rest and load regimes are calculated separately for exhausted, overworked, recovering patients. Patients who comply with this regime must strictly dose the load, exclude unnecessary stimuli and create conditions for passive rest.