Types of Therapeutic Exercise Intervention

By Carolyn Kisner PT, MS and Lynn Allen Colby PT, MS on April 16th 2008

Therapeutic exercise procedures embody a wide variety of activities, actions, and techniques. The techniques selected for an individualized therapeutic exercise program are based on a therapist’s determination of the underlying cause or causes of a patient’s impairments, functional limitations, or disability.The types of therapeutic exercise interventions presented here are listed below. Additional exercise interventions are used by therapists for patients with neuromuscular or developmental conditions.

• Aerobic conditioning and reconditioning
• Muscle performance exercises: strength, power, and endurance training
• Stretching techniques including muscle-lengthening procedures and joint mobilization techniques
• Neuromuscular control, inhibition, and facilitation techniques and posture awareness training
• Postural control, body mechanics, and stabilization exercises
• Balance exercises and agility training
• Relaxation exercises
• Breathing exercises and ventilatory muscle training
• Task-specific functional training

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