“Can physical therapy help my daughter's juvenile arthritis?”
My daughter was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis and the only way that it's being treated is with NSAIDs. I'm looking for other ways to help her deal with it. Can physical therapy also help?
4 Answers
Yes PT can assist in the management of juvenile RA. I would recommend you find a local Pediatric specialist for a consultation as each case is different and unique. God speed and good luck
I am different than most doctors with that. Yes Therapy helps JAD. I recommend eating a good diet and exercise. Cilantro helps.
Yes, PT will definitely help her with pain relief. Depending on her age, you can try dry needling, manual therapy stretches, and exercises.
Yes, physical therapy is the perfect means of not only alleviating symptoms, but preventing them from returning. However, this is dependent on correctly finding and fixing the problem (which is in turn dependent on the skill of the PT assessing and treating your daughter). Prevention is only possible when the unconscious wrong movements are completely corrected.
