Functional training: Difference between revisions

Functional training has its origins in [[therapy|rehabilitation]] [[Physical therapy|Physical]] and [[Occupational therapy|occupational]] therapists and [[Chiropractic|chiropractors]] often use this approach to retrain patients with movement disorders. Interventions are designed to incorporate task and context specific practice in areas meaningful to each patient, with an overall goal of functional independence.<ref>{{cite book|last=O'Sullivan|first=Susan B.|title=Physical Therapy 5th Edition|year=2007|publisher=F.A. Davis Company|location=glossary|isbn=978-0-8036-1247-1|pages=1335}}</ref> For example, exercises that mimic what patients did at home or work may be included in treatment in order to help them return to their lives or jobs after an injury or surgery.  Thus if a patient's job required repeatedly heavy lifting, rehabilitation would be targeted towards heavy lifting, if the patient were a parent of young children, it would be targeted towards moderate lifting and endurance, and if the patient were a [[marathon]] runner, training would be targeted towards re-building endurance. However, treatments are designed after careful consideration of the patient's condition, what he or she would like to achieve, and ensuring goals of treatment are realistic and achievable.