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Physical Therapy Affects

Introduction

Physical therapy helps the person by giving them more mobility, strengthening the injured

part, and controlling pain levels. The participant of this experiment had the following

injuries: the participant broke both hips and right femur. They also got surgery to repair

the right hip and femur, and on their left knee, they got surgery to repair ligament damage

to the ACL, MCL, and PCL. This experiment will last six days. It will consist of three

days of one-hour physical therapy, and after each day gathers results on how the

participant is feeling and how It affected them while measuring their mobility, strength,

and pain levels. Then it will proceed with three days of not doing physical therapy, and

after each day gather the results of how the participant felt and how it affected them when

not doing any activities. This experiment examines how one hour of physical therapy for

an injured person impacts overall mobility, strength, and pain.

Mobility

We got a significant number of results from this experiment on how physical therapy affected

a person injured from their hip and knee. When it came to the three days of physical

therapy, there was an effect on the participants. Their mobility improved during those

three sessions, which positively affected them. In session one, on the first day of the

experiment, the participant did one hour of physical therapy. They did several activities

to help mobility on the hips and knee. After they finished, they asked how they felt and

how they thought it affected them. They said that it was tiring and a little challenging to

do the exercises, but overall felt good and were able to move around more. In session 2,
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after the second day of physical therapy, the participant stated that their mobility

increased slightly. Session 3 after the third session of Physical therapy the subject stated

that the mobility of his hips and knees increased. Day 4 on this day of the experiment, the

participant did not do any physical therapy and the results of how the person felt are as

follows. They claim that they feel the same. They do not feel adverse effects, they feel

fine when trying to move around and they do not feel any aches or pains. Day 5 would be

the second day of no physical therapy at all. The claims being made by the subject are as

follows. Regarding their mobility, they felt a difference in the overall movement of their

hip and knee saying it felt stiffer than usual. On day six, on the third day of no physical

therapy, the participant claimed they felt many differences in their body. As for their

mobility to their knee, they felt it stiff and had a decrease in mobility. They also felt

stiffer and had less mobility in their hip.

The results show that physical therapy does help increase mobility and is an excellent overall

factor in the recovery process of the individual used for this study. As for the part of the

experiment where there was no physical therapy for three days the results were as

follows. On the first day, they noticed no difference in mobility and they felt fine. In the

following days, they started to feel different and noticed adverse effects on their injured

areas. They felt stiffness in their mobility and could not move around much because of

the lack of physical therapy, therefore showing that physical therapy does indeed help

mobility.

Strength
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We got several results from this experiment on how physical therapy affected a person

injured from their hip and knee and how it affected strength. In session one, on the first

day of the experiment, the participant did one hour of physical therapy. They did several

activities to help strengthen the hips and knee. In session 2, after the second day of

physical therapy, the participant stated that their strength increased slightly. In session 3,

after the third session of Physical therapy, the subject stated that the strength of his knee

was increased but not their hip. Day 4 on this day of the experiment, the participant did

not do any physical therapy and the results of how the person felt are as follows. They

claim that they feel the same. They do not feel any negative things about it, and they feel

fine when trying to move around and do not feel any aches or pains. Day 5 would be the

second day of no physical therapy at all. The claims being made by the subject are as

follows. As for the strength, they did not notice any changes to the hip or knee. On day

six, on the third day of no physical therapy, the participant claimed that they felt many

differences in their body as well as in strength, but they did not notice any effects on their

knee or hip.

Physical therapy's effects on strength during this experiment were affected positive. With the

help of therapy, the subject could increase in strength within three days. Over time it

helped strengthen the injured areas, such as the hip and knee, that were looked at in this

experiment. The part of the experiment where no therapy was used for three days did not

affect the participant. They did not feel any differences towards their injuries and only

noticed positive outcomes towards physical therapy sessions. The results show that

physical therapy does help improve strength, and even when not doing therapy, it did not

have any effects.

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Pain

Pain levels were one of the variables in this experiment that showed a big difference in how

physical therapy helps control pain in the injured areas. In session one, on the first day of

the experiment, the participant did one hour of physical therapy. They did several

activities to help mobility on the hips and knee and strengthen them. After they were

finished, the researcher asked how they felt and how they thought it affected them. They

complained about aches and pains when exercising in the affected areas. Once they were

thirty minutes into the session, they mentioned that the aches and pains were a lot less. In

session 2, after the second day of physical therapy, the participant stated that the pain was

less before starting the therapy, and the pain decreased ultimately after the session.

Session 3 after the third session of Physical therapy the subject stated that the pain levels

decreased substantially. Day 4 on this day of the experiment, the participant did not do

any physical therapy and the results of how the person felt are as follows. They claim that

they feel the same. They do not feel any negative things about it, and they feel fine when

trying to move around and do not feel any aches or pains. Day 5 would be the second day

of no physical therapy at all. The claims being made by the subject are as follows: they

noticed a slight increase in pain levels, but it was only periodically when they would

move around. On day six, on the third day of no physical therapy, the participant claimed

they felt many differences in their body. When it comes to pain, they also mentioned that

it increased, so they felt more pain when trying to move around toward their knee and

hip.

Pain and physical therapy during this experiment, they tested pain levels after physical

therapy sessions. The subject relayed positive results during the study that pain levels
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decreased with more therapy sessions. They felt better and had less pain when trying to

move around. Then we proceeded with the experiment and started no therapy for three

days. On the first day, they did not notice any effects, but as the days increased, the pain

levels started to increase, and it became more complicated for the participants to move

around. Overall, the pain levels decreased with therapy, so the results showed that

physical therapy does help and is effective.

Conclusion

This study yielded positive results regarding how physical therapy for one hour affects an

injured person. In detail, it rendered that physical therapy for one hour does help improve

mobility, strength, and pain, making the recovery process a lot easier and more effective.

Also, the study yielded that no physical therapy has some adverse effects on mobility and

pain as their mobility decreased and their pain levels increased. As for the strength the

results were the same. They did not increase or decrease. Overall, this experiment had

some positive and negative results regarding mobility, strength, and pain. Concluding that

therapy is an essential factor and does help recover from injuries more successfully.

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