14/10/2021
Physiotherapy helps to promote healing of injury. There are 4 stages of healing:
1. haemostasis (body stops bleeding by creating clots)
2. inflammation (body gets rid of bacteria and debris. Starts repair of the injury)
3. proliferation (injury is now clean. blood vessels are formed. The centre of the injury contracts and pulls the tissue back together.
4. maturation (the new tissue starts to gain strength and flexibility)