Group therapy
- 1. Group Therapy Dr. Camy Bhagat(PT)
- 2. Group Exercise • Group therapy is a form of therapy in which one or more therapists treat a small group of clients together as a group. • Provides the opportunity for the patients to build up his endurance and increase the speed of his performance. • Give him confidence in his own abilities
- 3. Group Exercise • comprised of 6-8 people having common disability • Because of the common group ,exercise should be taught simultaneously, then time is being alloted for free exercise • Patient perform exercise accd to his own capacity, being helped, resisted,encouraged and corrected by the therapists accd to individual need.
- 4. Advantages 1. Learns to take responsibility for his own exercise. • In group, amount of attention given to individual patient decrease in proportional to number in the group, but measure of help, supervision and encouragement is available
- 5. 2. Learn to work with each other and no longer consider himself apart from his fellow-men because of his disability. 3. Given confidence in treatment and stimulated for further effort 4. Effort is stimulated by some activities which call for a mild form of competition.
- 6. 5. Patients are helped to forget their disability temporarily by objectivies and games. This help to promote natural movements ,natural activities and cheerful outlook 6. From physiotherapists point of view much of her time is saved
- 7. Disadvantage • Misunderstanding of the system due to faulty selection of patients, inadequate explanation to the patients, grading of groups, overcrowding of group, poor technique of explanation by the therapists
- 8. Organisation of group exercise • Selection of patients • Grading of groups Grp A- traumatic, non wt bearing ex Grp B- traumatic, Partial wt bearing ex Grp C-traumatic, wt bearing ex Grp D- non- traumatic, non wt bearing ex Grp E- weight lifting and pulleys • Explanation of patient • No of pt • Technique of instruction
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