PHYSICAL THERAPY

The Villar-Aragón Clinic Team is formed by physical therapists with official university degrees and they are registered members of the Illustrious Professional School of Physical Therapists of Andalusia. The team is specialized in different branches of this Health Science discipline, forming a multidisciplinary team and approaching the patient integrally, in the following study areas:

• Physical Therapy Area
• Osteopathy Area
• Invasive Physical Therapy Area
• Neurologic Physical Therapy Area
• Alternative Therapies Area
• Readjustment, Biomechanics, Functional and Sport Recovery Area

What is Physical Therapy?

Physical Therapy is a discipline from Health Science which pays preventive curative attention to patients and reinserts them into the community using physical and manual means with techniques and models of specific treatments. Physical therapy is actively present in hospitals, health care centers, health insurances, physical therapist cabinets, sport centers and organizations, senior citizens centers, special education schools, universities, research centers, advising companies… guiding its multiple functions to healthy individuals as well as ill ones.

Types of Physiotherapy Treatment

Physical Therapy is more present in our society each day and its application is extensive to almost all the areas of life. Its effectiveness is fully demonstrated in the field of Geriatrics, Obstetrics, urinary and fecal incontinence, during menstruation, menopause, rehabilitation of patients with spinal injuries, and in diverse endless applications covering the world of cosmetic and beauty.

Applications

• Spinal injuries (paraplegia, quadriplegia,…)
• Neurological diseases
• Rheumatic and joint diseases (osteoarthritis, arthritis, osteoporosis,…)
• Respiratory and circulatory diseases
• Heart diseases
• Pre and postpartum
• Traumatology
• Sport injuries (sprains, contractures, …)
• Oncology
• Urinary incontinence
• Fibromyalgia
• Infantile
• Vertebral deviations (scoliosis, kyphosis,…)
• Amputees

Treatment Techniques

Among the diagnostic tests used by physical therapists are the muscular manual, electric, perceptual and sensory, and the measure of the range of motion of joints. The functional activity tests are important to determine the patient’s capacity to carry on with activities requiring self-care. During the treatment of a patient, the physiotherapist must use one or more of the following procedures:

• Massotherapy (massages, lymphatic drainage, deep transverse massage)
• Electrotherapy (analgesic currents, electro-stimulation, etc.)
• Exercises, mobilizations
• Chest physiotherapy
• Hydrotherapy (hot and cold baths, underwater massage, etc.)
• Vertebral and joint manipulations
• Proprioception techniques
• Early stimulation
• Heat Therapy (infrared waves, short length waves, paraffin, etc.)
• Cryotherapy
• Muscular and myofascial stretches
• Analgesic techniques
• Hydrotherapy (therapy based on the use of water and pools)
• Hypnotherapy (therapy with horses)
• Ultrasounds, laser, etc.

Physical therapists are health professionals, properly registered, with a university degree in Physiotherapy, after a long technical-practical training process. Their research capacity and high learning level make them expand their knowledge continuously in order to offer the best possible attention to their patients.

Info: Ilustre Colegio Profesional de Fisioterapeutas de Andalucía. www.colfisio.org

“La salud es movimiento, la enfermedad no”

Charles du Bos