Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Physiatry, also known as Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, is a medical specialty dealing with neuromotor rehabilitation resulting from:

• an injury;
• a disability following an accident;
• a congenital disability;
• orthopaedic surgery;
• a stroke or heart attack;
• a vascular disease;
• a neurological problem (sclerosis, paresis…).

It manages every aspect (work, sport, psychological, relational) of the patient’s disability or post-traumatic period, drawing up a suitable, personalised rehabilitation plan.

Through the physiatry consultation and the completion of the medical record, the physiatrist defines the specialist rehabilitation protocol and the methods and duration of the physical and rehabilitation medicine treatments.

The physiatrist is responsible for the rehabilitation plan and coordinates its technical interventions, works with the physiotherapist and the occupational therapist, and diagnoses the impairment causing the disability, as well as making the functional diagnosis and the rehabilitation prognosis.

The interdisciplinary nature of physiatry is perhaps the feature that most characterises the physiatrist.

Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy is a branch of medicine dealing with the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with congenital or acquired musculoskeletal, neurological and visceral conditions or dysfunctions, through a wide range of therapeutic interventions.

The physiotherapist assists the patient in functional recovery from motor impairments and disabilities, whatever their cause.

Within a treatment programme, the physiotherapist therefore applies basic and specialised therapeutic exercise and functional re-education techniques, massage therapy methods and instrumental physiotherapy. In the post-acute clinical phase, the physiotherapist uses therapeutic techniques based on physical exercise aimed at recovering lost abilities. This includes physical, psychological, emotional and social wellbeing.

Physiotherapy can be used in various fields involving bone, nerve and muscle conditions, with a medical diagnosis: orthopaedics, neurology, rheumatology, geriatrics, cardiology, pulmonology, paediatrics and the stomatognathic system.

Home physiotherapy

Among the flagship services of our rehabilitation centre are postural exercise, Tecar therapy and home physiotherapy. Our commitment is to provide, in our patients’ homes, the same standard of quality that we guarantee in our physiotherapy clinics.