Physiotherapy
What is
Physiotherapy is the medical rehabilitation technique indicated in degenerative diseases of the neuro-musculo-arthro-kinetic apparatus, arthrosis, joint, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, as well as in all pathologies affecting the human body. Physiotherapy includes a whole range of procedures: electrotherapy, high-frequency laser therapy, ultrasound therapy, magnetotherapy, galvanic baths. A physiotherapy treatment can be a stand-alone option or can support other treatments. The classical branches of physiotherapy are: hydrotherapy, electrotherapy, thermotherapy, phototherapy, laser therapy, therapeutic massage.
How to apply?
Electrotherapy
Low-frequency electric current used in physiotherapy has excito-motor effects on nerve fibres and muscle tissue. The diadynamic current with its various forms inhibits pain perception. Medium-frequency currents are sinusoidal alternating currents, the use of which induces: analgesic, decontracting-myorelaxant, striated and smooth muscle stimulating, hyperemic, trophic effects. Interferential current is the result of the crossing of two medium frequency currents, obtaining at the endotisular crossing site therapeutic effects through intensity modulated waves. Short waves use the properties of the condenser field generated by high-frequency currents, which have the property of producing heat as they pass through deep tissue.
TENS current (Transcutaneous Electrical Neural Stimulation) is a physiotherapy procedure involving the use of direct electrical current to treat local symptomatic pain by exciting nerve endings.
Laser therapy
Phototherapy is the medical technique that useshigh-frequency lasers to stimulate or inhibit certain cellular functions. Laser therapy has multiple applications in physiotherapy, from pain therapy to cell biostimulation. There are two types of applications: laser focused on pain points and divergent laser, laser scanning, which offers the possibility of treating larger areas. Laser therapy is non-invasive, using intense beams of light to help reduce pain. When infrared rays are directed towards an area of the body, physiological changes occur in the cells. Unlike surgical lasers, therapeutic lasers pass easily through the skin without damaging it.
Ultrasound therapy
Ultrasound treatment produces a micro-massage in the tissues, ensuring a deep penetration of anti-inflammatory substances in gel form, depending on the dose can make a heating of the treated tissues.
This physiotherapy treatment has a relaxing effect and stimulates blood circulation.
Magnetotherapy
Magnetotherapy acts in a punctual or dispersed manner. The topical application is performed by placing static magnets directly on the patient’s body on the painful areas in order to restore the electromagnetic fields of the cells affected by the disease, thus restoring the balance of the affected areas of the body. Dispersed Magnetotherapy – has the same therapeutic effect as the Magnet Belt, only it works over a larger area because the magnetic waves act in a dispersed way.
Cupping therapy works on the principle of producing negative pressure inside a suction cup or cup applied to the skin. The suction effect causes the skin to arch and bulge. Suction cups can be made of various materials and come in different shapes and sizes, from simple glass or rubber ones to devices designed specifically for vacuum therapy, which have suction cups of different sizes and provide different levels of suction.
What conditions does it treat?
Physiotherapy treats arthritic-degenerative, post-traumatic, neurological conditions as follows:
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Strokes, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, neurological disorders
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Spinal or brain damage resulting from an accident
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Orthopaedic problems, rehabilitation of fractures, sprains or strains
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Musculoskeletal problems such as neck or back pain
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Degenerative conditions such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis
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Benefits
The effects of physiotherapy on the body are multiple: improvement of muscle tone, reduction or even elimination of joint and muscle pain, anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects, muscle relaxation.
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