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  After surgery, many patients attend physiotherapy sessions to regain mobility in a specific part of their body. From personal experience, my father had surgery on his left knee, and he went to physiotherapy. After two years of hard work, my father regained almost a full range of motion in his left knee. When people think of physiotherapy, they often think of basic exercises that improve ordinary movements. However, physiotherapy is far more complex than that.  General Information           Physiotherapy not only focuses on helping patients get mobility but also focuses on relieving any pain that patients feel. Physiotherapists often use manual therapy, a physical therapy used to treat musculoskeletal pain and disability, to manipulate, mobilize, and massage the body tissues to increase blood flow to specific muscles or relax overworked muscles.     To an ordinary person, exercise is "a subset of physical activity that is planned, structur...

     Hi, my name is Yoga Nori, and I am a rising junior in high school. On July 10, 2023, I observed a radical prostatectomy on a patient with prostate cancer. It was my first time watching a surgical procedure.      While watching a surgery, you might feel anxious, nervous, and maybe even excited. Many people have different experiences from observing a surgery, but some common points will happen most of the time.      First, when you enter the surgical ward, you are given a pair of scrubs and a jacket. After wearing these scrubs, you must wear a mask to cover your nose and eyes, a surgical cap, and surgical shoe covers. The regulation on whether you should wear a face shield if you wear glasses varies, but most hospitals mandate that you wear one. After being prepared, a nurse will guide you to the correct operating room (OR) where the surgery will happen. There are two kinds of surgeries: open surgery and laparoscopic surgery.    ...