Obesity and overweight, or abnormal body weight, is an increasingly serious health problem. It is usually also accompanied by other diseases such as cardiovascular, diabetes, obstructive sleep apnoea or osteoarthritis. As it turns out, the use of physiotherapeutic techniques supports the diet used to reduce body weight. So what makes the rehabilitation of overweight and obese patients different? Abnormal weight...
Cervical spine pain syndromes are increasingly observed in seniors as well as young adults and adolescents. They are manifested by pain and restricted mobility of the organ in which the dysfunction occurs. They are also characterised by other unusual symptoms. These include nausea, dizziness, visual, hearing and balance disturbances. The latter most commonly occur in the course of cervicogenic syndrome, known as...
Physical therapy and physiotherapy are often confused. However, they are not the same concept. This is because physiotherapy is a more general term than physical therapy and is implemented to restore and maintain physical fitness. Physical therapy is one of its branches. It is that part of rehabilitation in which the therapeutic stimulus is not the therapist's hands, but currents, lasers, ultrasound,...
One of the causes of back pain may be a discopathy occurring with root compression. How does it manifest itself, what causes it and how can it be treated? What is a discopathy? Discopathy is a spinal condition in which the intervertebral discs, known as discs - elastic elements lying between the bony structures of the spine - are damaged. Their function is to facilitate the range of...
Herbal medicine, is also known as phytotherapy. It deals with the study of the mechanisms of action of plant medicines on humans. We owe the development of herbal medicine in particular to the ancient Egyptians and Greeks. What is herbal medicine ? Herbal medicine is treatment with preparations of plant origin, known as natural medicines, phytopreparations or phytopharmaceuticals. They can be helpful in the treatment of many diseases and ailments, including...
Respiratory physiotherapy refers to activities performed to treat and prevent disorders of the respiratory system. Respiratory rehabilitation is the exercise to be used for patients suffering from lung and bronchial diseases, as well as after thoracic surgery and cardiovascular diseases and respiratory infections. It serves to increase the vital lung capacity of exercise tolerance....
The human hand is made up of many muscles, nerves, bones and ligaments. Hand injuries can occur in patients of all ages. If left untreated and rehabilitated, they can lead to disability in the hand. Wrist injuries are some of the most common hand health problems. Even a minor fall can dislocate or fracture the wrist and limit...
Moxotherapy takes its name from the moxa used in its treatments, which are dried herbs that, when burning, are used to heat acupuncture points. It is based on stimulating these points on the human body. While acupuncture uses needles as the tool for stimulation, moxa therapy uses burning dried herbs. What is moxotherapy? Moxotherapy is a treatment...
Pregnancy causes intense physical and hormonal changes in a woman's body, which can cause pain of varying severity and location. Physiotherapy treatments can contribute to their alleviation. However, not all physiotherapy methods are suitable for mothers-to-be. Which treatments are therefore advisable and which should be avoided? Pain during pregnancy and...
If the immune system is strong, it will fight any infection: whether parasitic, bacterial or viral. So what can be done to strengthen immunity? What is immunity? Immunity is the complex of the body's ability to defend itself against pathogens, bacteria, viruses, toxins, as well as mutated cells.The immune system, or immune system, is one of the most important systems of the human body, because it protects...