What Is Functional Mobility?
Do you notice that you struggle with everyday tasks such as sitting up in a chair or getting out of bed without assistance? There’s a term for that. The ability a person has to navigate their environment (including their workplace and their home) is referred to as “functional mobility.” Functional mobility can include sitting down, walking, standing up, or moving around while lying down in bed.
There are three kinds of functional mobility; transfers, bed mobility, and ambulation. Transfers refer to the act of moving from one place to another. Bed mobility refers to lying in down or rolling over. Ambulation is a person’s ability to walk.
If you’re dealing with functional mobility issues, contact Clark Physical Therapy in Fairport, NY for assistance. Our licensed physical therapists are available to assess your condition and help you get back to navigating life as you normally would.
How Can Clark Physical Therapy Help With Functional Mobility?
The amount of assistance you might need to move around all depends on your condition, pain symptoms (if any), injuries you might have sustained, or disorders. There are different levels of assistance.
Independent
You can safely perform tasks on your own.
Dependent
Another person or an assistive device must support your mobility.
Maximal Assistance
Assisting device or person performs 75% of the work.
Moderate Assistance
You perform 50% of the work, assisting the device or person assumes the other 50%.
Minimal Assistance
You perform 75% of the work and the assisting person or device assumes the other 25%.
Contact Guard Assistance
The person assisting you only uses their hands to steady you during a task but provides no other assistance.
Stand-by Assistance
The person assisting you does not touch you, only watches to make sure you don’t need help.
At Clark Physical Therapy in Fairport, NY, our licensed physical therapists can help improve your mobility and make sure you’re able to move around safely. Your physical therapist will work with you to learn strengthening, balance, and flexibility exercises, and improve your range of motion.
Every patient’s condition is different, so our Fairport, NY physical therapist will assess your mobility levels to create the best possible treatment plan for you.
Contact Clark Physical Therapy For an Appointment
If you have suffered from an injury that has affected your overall mobility, now is the time to do something about it. Contact Clark Physical Therapy in Fairport, NY for more information on how one of our physical therapists can help you get your health back on track.
Request an appointment today to get started on the road to recovery!
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