Physiotherapy is the discipline of Health that offers a non-pharmacological therapeutic alternative to alleviate symptoms of multiple ailments, both acute and chronic, through therapeutic exercise, heat, cold, light, water, massage and electricity.
Its objective is to facilitate the development, maintenance and recovery of maximum functionality and mobility of the individual or group of people throughout their lives.
The tasks of the physiotherapist consist of preventing, curing, and recovering through the action and techniques of physiotherapy. The physiotherapist must establish a prior and personalised assessment for each patient, and issue the diagnosis.
The physiotherapist’s main tool is the hand, and consequently, manual therapy.
- Spinal and peripheral joint manipulation. Manual therapy.
- Therapeutic exercises.
- Global postural re-education.
- Joint mobilizations, neuro-meningeas.