Physiotherapy Services Market: Overview
Physiotherapy also known as physical
therapy is provided by physiotherapist to the patients suffering from
disabilities and impairments of mobility. Physiotherapists are
healthcare professionals who are efficient in diagnosis and treatment of
aforementioned medical conditions. Physical therapy also involves an
interaction between patient and physiotherapist in order to access and
diagnose the potential movement in the patient. It also helps in setting
certain goals for early and effective physiotherapy. Quality of life
coupled with functional ability of various body organs are enhanced by
availing physiotherapy.
Physiotherapy Services Market: Segmentation
Based on the mode of treatment,
physiotherapy services market can be segmented as exercise, manual
therapy, specialized treatments and others. Specific exercises are
advised to patients for the ailment of their disabilities. Manual
therapy includes massage, mobilization and manipulation. In massage,
pressure in applied on soft tissues of the body, in order to increase
blood circulation and relax muscles. In mobilization, slow motioned
movement activities are performed on patient to mobilize muscles.
In manipulation, pressure is applied on
joints with the help of specific machines or manually (via hands),
enabling their movements. Specialized treatments include vestibular
rehabilitation, wound care, pelvic health, oncology and decongestive
lymphatic drainage. Vestibular rehabilitation is helpful to patients who
have problems like vertigo. Wound care therapy is provided to those
whose wound is not healing soon due to poor blood circulation. Pelvic
health therapy is advised to the patients suffering from urinary
incontinence and pelvic pain.
Oncology therapy is provided to patients suffering from cancer in order to relieve them from pain and to enhance quality of life. Decongestive lymphatic drainage is special form of massage that helps reduce swelling lymphatic system due to improper draining of fluids from tissues.
Physiotherapy services market can also be
segmented based on the area specification of the therapy such as:
orthopedic, geriatric, cardiovascular and pulmonary, integumentary,
neurological, pediatric, women’s health and palliative care. Among all
these, orthopedic and geriatric physiotherapy services market accounted
for the largest share of the total market. This large market size is
attributed to their wide application in orthopedic field coupled with
catering the requirements of geriatric population. Also, increasing
geriatric population that usually suffers from mobility, disability and
joint problems due to weak bones is also expected to propel the demand
for availing physiotherapy to increase the quality of life.
Physiotherapy Services Market: Drivers
The market for physiotherapy services is
expected to increase at a significant growth rate owing to rising
geriatric population across the world. Elderly people usually suffer
from various ailments such as arthritis, cardiovascular diseases and
chronic pain. Hence, they accentuate the demand for availing
physiotherapy services to relax their body from the ailments. Elderly
people are also raising the demand for palliative care that is provided
via physiotherapy.
The World Health Organization has
projected that by 2050, global geriatric population will reach a count
of nearly 2 billion which was around 547 million in 2010. Similarly,
increasing incidences of orthopedic disorders will further accentuate
the growth of physiotherapy services market. Likewise, increasing
women’s healthcare concern will also augment the growth of physiotherapy
services market. Pregnant women require special physiotherapy services
for maintaining their fetus growth and their health.
Hence, all the aforementioned factors
will boost the growth of physiotherapy services market. The major
players operating in physiotherapy services market include AmeriCare
Physical Therapy, Meier & Marsh Physical Therapy, Rehab
Alternatives, FullMotion Physical Therapy, Elam Sports Oahu and Minsu’s
Healing Oasis amongst other significant players.
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