Kinesitherapy
Physiotherapy is an umbrella term for physiotherapy ( physical therapy ) exercises. These can be passive, assistiv, active or resistive performed. Physiotherapy is a classical manner by a / physiotherapist / in (formerly: Physical Therapist / in ) performed and / or instruction. The term physiotherapy is also used interchangeably with the concepts in physiotherapy physiotherapy or exercise therapy. The MTD - law ( Law of Medical- technical services, with Austrian legislation ) meant by physiotherapy ( Physiotherapy, physiotherapy ) movement therapy with all exercise therapy approaches and techniques, as well as Perzeptionsschulung and manual therapy of the joints. These include, for example: PIR techniques (post - isometric relaxation techniques ), PNF ( proprioceptive neuromuskulöre facilitation ), manual concepts (eg Maitland, axis, Kaltenborn, Cyriax, etc ), techniques for mobilization of connective, nerve, and muscle tissue ( Faszientechniken, osteopathic mobilization techniques, craniosacral mobilization, etc.). Likewise, the field of medical training therapy physiotherapy is assigned. This includes the instrument-assisted physical therapy ( MTT medical training therapy ) and work with tools such as with Thera bands, exercise balls or tilt boards.
The therapeutic exercise can be considered as the field of physiotherapy.
Special (passive, assistive, active or resistive) exercises and / or manual, performed by the therapist measures that serve the physical and structural mobilization, improving posture, a regulation (eg, strengthening, stretching, coordination) increase the muscles or nerves and the body awareness in the patient.
The physiotherapy is used for example in orthopedic environment to prevent and repair damage to the skeletal and locomotor system. In the areas of internal medicine, it promotes far-reaching the functionality of the cycle, for example by circulatory and pulmonary function training ( respiratory therapy).
Applications of therapeutic exercise are not limited to:
- Orthopedics
- Surgery
- Neurology
- Pediatrics
- Pregnancy gymnastics
- Osteoporosis Exercise
- Rehabilitation exercises ( after accidents and operations )
- Pulmonology
The healing process of affected body regions should be promoted both confident and intense through therapeutic exercise and accelerated. (see: Rehabilitation, sensorimotor ).
In this sense, they have a link with the various forms of traditional oriental therapeutic exercises ( Qi Gong and others), which enjoy great popularity, especially since the last 20 years of the 20th century in Europe and successfully integrated into the European forms of physiotherapy methodology.
History of physiotherapy
One of the first who invented mechanical means for physiotherapy and built, was Karl Heinrich Klingert from Breslau. He published in 1810 a device that is already very similar to the present-day rehab equipment. With it, you could simultaneously train your arms and legs.