Lunedì 12 Aprile 2010
THERMAL REHABILITATION RENEWAL
Global Integrated Physiotherapy
A complete itinerary to get back a better quality of life
In a society in which you cannot stop, a rapid and efficient rehabilitation after an operation or a trauma has become essential. To allow patients to quickly come back to active life is the most important objective of modern physiotherapy and, in particular, of Thermal Rehabilitation, which tries to make the most of the integration between thermal and rehabilitative treatments.
By definition, rehabilitation represents everything that takes part in the global recovery of disabled people and that aims at giving them back their maximum physical, mental, social, working and economic capability.
Global Integrated Physiotherapy (G.I.P. or F.I.G. in Italian) is a modern rehabilitative technique that has already been studied by international and national scientists. It has been applied in thermal field and it has proved to be efficient thanks to the combined action of the most modern physiotherapy treatments and of the benefits of the hydrokinesis therapy in thermal water. G.I.P. helps each patient to reach a full recovery and a highest level of quality of life in the shortest and better way.
Nowadays a number of thermal institutes have well-equipped Rehabilitation Divisions with thermal water pools, manual and instrumental physiotherapy stalls and gyms for neuromotor re-education. In order to put into practice complete G.I.P. programs it is necessary to have an highly professional rehabilitative staff : a team of specialists, physiotherapists, osteopaths, masso-physiotherapists that will assure the patient a safe and efficient, but above all personalised, rehabilitative itinerary. G.I.P. has the person as its centre and it takes advantage from the benefits deriving from the thermal environment that favours relax and concentration, guarantees each patient a comfortable stay in a sanitary structure and improves their quality of life perception. This way it is possible to achieve great results both in those patients with common articular rheumatisms like osteoarthritis and in those who suffered trauma to the musculoskeletal system or underwent orthopaedic surgery. Modern Thermal Rehabilitation, with the use of G.I.P., is also ideal for sport traumas, thanks to specific rehabilitative programs aiming at reducing the duration of the recovery and that integrate a re-athletisation program to strengthen muscular force and resistance for an excellent return to high level performances. Nowadays spa is the ideal place in which you will find perfect conditions to gather energy and achieve a full and rapid recovery.
Dr. Marco Conti
Specialist in Physiotherapy and Medical Hydrology
