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Muscle stretching techniques are fundamental in the therapeutic arsenal of the physiotherapist to maintain good muscle health. However, the practitioner must not only perform these stretching techniques, but also has to guide, teach and systematically monitor the athlete performs self-stretching. One of the joints that develop more muscle imbalances in the sport is the hip, so the self-stretching can become helpful to the athlete. The controlled and appropriate self-stretching is beneficial. However, a self-stretching improperly executed, besides not getting the stretch on the target tissue can damage adjacent structures functionally related. An understanding of why, when and how the muscles and other structures should be stretched is a prerequisite for the stretch cover more than degrade the function of the body. Many are the muscles that cross the hip joint, although their particular significance we will discuss only two: the hamstrings and rectus femoris. This analysis is based on a review of some of the most frequently performed self-stretching to suggest, then any self-stretching to respect the principles of specificity and safety of adjacent structures.
Conclusions

When instructing the athlete in the practice of self-stretching, the therapist must necessarily reflect on what procedures are safer and more specific to the athlete. In addition, the therapist must pre-test the condition of the joint and neural structures to avoid unwanted effects.

Physical therapy and, specifically, physical therapist, health agent, working for the prevention, cure and palliation of musculoskeletal and postural problems.

The practitioner develops its work in four main areas:
* Assistance: work to promote, prevent, cure and alleviate the health of patients using the breadth of knowledge acquired in their training.
* Teacher: your job is to educate and promote knowledge of physiotherapy in the public and private colleges as well as training proposals called for continued training of the physiotherapist.
* Researchers: your job is to find scientific evidence of the modes of action of physiotherapy, offering the patient, therefore, those actions with greater guarantees of success, proven scientifically valid studies of the scientific community.
* Management and Administration : carry out his work in the direction of health care centers, educational or professional associations.

What is it and does a physical therapist?
Based on the current concept of health, physical therapists operate from three levels: primary (prevention, education and empowerment), secondary (healing process) and tertiary (treatment of diseases and functional recovery in chronic and processes already in place).

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What is Physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy is a discipline of Health that offers an alternative non-pharmacological treatment, in many cases, helps to alleviate the symptoms of many ailments, both acute and chronic.

Physiotherapy is often associated with physical therapists or massage, but its array of therapeutic techniques is much wider.

Who is the therapist?
The Physiotherapist is a health professional university. Their powers are set out in the Law on Management of Health Professions. The qualification is ostentatious of Diploma in Physiotherapy (3 years). Under the new rules, fitness to the European, will be the bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy (four years).

As a professional in their training college is guaranteed by an official title, with the assurance of content and hours of mandatory practice that entails (some 2300 hours of training at present is about 4000 become the new bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy) .

Following his studies, his training is enriched with continuous training in innovative techniques and methods provided under the guarantee that gives you belong to the scientific community.

The therapist can offer multiple solutions to health problems, while ensuring security, reliability and efficiency.