‘Therapist’

Miofeedback: Advantages and Disadvantages

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Advantages of the Miofeedback technique
The advantages of the Miofeedback technique allow:
* Direct observation of the therapeutic activity, both the patient and the therapist.
* The patient quickly understand and learn the task assigned.
* The patient is encouraged in their level of participation.
* You can see the evolution of the process objective.
* May apply modifications to avoid errors or adapt to changes.
* The method or protocol is customized for each patient.
* It helps in the process of paralysis.
* It is a safe method (except in intracavitary applications).
* Allows you to treat children by the ease of adapting to the computer entertainment gadgets.
* Lets try it facilitates the concentration of elderly in therapy.
* Can be used by patients with some level of intellectual disability.

Disadvantages of the Miofeedback technique
* It takes good quality equipment and high performance.
* For incontinence therapies requires appropriate facilities, specific working methodologies, domain and very specific expertise in these techniques and hygiene care with the material.
* The parasitic electrical waves abound and frequently alter the normal treatment.
* The care and handling of electrodes and wires for the patient should be exquisite.
* The small and portable equipment greatly limit the possibilities of therapy.

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Physiotherapy Information

Monday, July 5th, 2010

Physiotherapy Information

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.

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History and Types Masage

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

History and Types MasageTouching is a basic human experience: touching, hugging, shaking hands and kissing up a fraction of the repertoire of tactile contact has our species. Whether to insult, expressing affection or repression, the sense of touch provides us with a broad form of communication that goes from the deepest recesses of human beings as sexual contact, even the most social or comforting as massage.

For reasons of stress, muscle pain or other discomfort, massage is becoming increasingly popular. From those that cause pain to those who do not even touch the body with the same objective: to feel good.

Without falling into the purely private or its opposite, massage involve different social ranks and their use can be focused to eliminate discomfort left by the extra effort in a sport, back pain or to stimulate your partner sexually. (more…)

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