Physical therapy is one of the most used recovery methods after surgeries or any kind of severe injury. It is used to create a medication- free recovery so the body will learn to recover naturally without prescription drugs. Additionally, it can be used to lower stress levels after surgery and produce a healthier mental recovery. Physical therapy is often a more affordable method of recovery than buying prescriptions drugs every month. Therefore, physical therapy should be used after surgeries or as a treatment because it has been proven to lower medical costs and be more beneficial for the patient’s overall health. Natural recovery is something many people would prefer to do rather than going through numerous prescription drugs and surgeries…show more content… However, physical therapy allows for that relaxation. It enhances the patient’s ability to concentrate which is also an important key to their recovery (Life and Health Wellness N/P). It lowers their stress levels and creates a calm mind so they can focus on working to the best of their abilities. When a patient is working hard they are releasing stress from their body ( Life and Health Wellness N/P). Stress is an evil in many people's heads that prevents them from completing the task at hand. When patients have stress and an unfocused mindset they are not going to want to do the exercises and techniques to get to their best recovery. “A few studies and researches show that the person who exercises daily has less stress, depression and other mental issues” (Life and Health Wellness…show more content… The most common prescription drugs prescribed to cure an injury are narcotics. Narcotics are medicines used to decrease or take away severe pain, they often make users feel very fatigued and/or drowsy (“Narcotic Abuse” N/P). This could be harmful to a patient’s recovery because it will lower their efforts of keeping their body healthy. It cannot be stressed enough, how important exercise is to the recovery process. If the patient is not working their body, they are allowing themselves to not only higher the risk of gaining weight but also allowing the doctors to manipulate them into buying more high priced prescription drugs to relieve the
