What is Chest Physiotherapy?
Chest physical therapy is the term for a group of treatments designed to improve respiratory efficiency, promote expansion of the lungs, strengthen respiratory muscles, and eliminate secretions from the respiratory system.
The purpose of chest physiotherapy, is to help patients breathe more freely and to get more oxygen into the body. Chest physiotherapy includes postural drainage, chest percussion, chest vibration, turning, deep breathing exercises, and coughing.
Who needs chest physiotherapy?
Chest physiotherapy is the important adjuvant treatment of most respiratory illnesses from chronic respiratory illness ( COPD, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis), neuromuscular diseases (muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury), and during peri-operative care mainly in upper abdominal surgeries.