What is physiotherapy?
With Physiotherapy, you can forget about the pain without poisoning yourself with pills. This is a very broad and rapidly developing field of medicine. In Body&Mind Clinic we rely on manual physiotherapy, i.e. treatment with hands of a therapist. A specially trained physiotherapist will examine, diagnose and cure problems with the spine, joints and muscles caused by overloading, sports injury or trauma. Manual therapy increases the flexibility of your body, and individually selected exercises will strengthen it, so that you can enjoy free movement without pain.
When do I have to go to the physiotherapist?
The physiotherapist will help you with any pain associated with muscles, joints and spine. Honestly, it is best to go to the physiotherapist as soon as you start feeling discomfort somewhere in your body. This discomfort will increase and eventually turn into pain. Most often we are visited by people who already feel such strong pain that they cannot bear it. Then the therapy lasts longer, so it is worthwhile to drop in as soon as the problem begins.
Many people think that you should go to the doctor first. Unfortunately, often the path to get the patient to the physiotherapist leads through the meanders of the NFZ system, rehabilitation doctors, orthopedists, neurologists. After a few weeks or months of wandering, the patient finally gets (and unfortunately, often never is) directed to the physiotherapist.
This does not have to be the case! It would be better to come straight to the physiotherapist with your pain. You do not need any medical referrals or imaging examinations, e.g. MRI. Image tests are only a small addition to the diagnosis conducted by the physiotherapist.
In other words: most patients with pain visiting the above mentioned doctors will (or should) eventually be referred to physiotherapy. So it is better to avoid a few months’ pathway. The physiotherapist will send you back to the right doctor if necessary.
Why is a comprehensive approach so important?
Body and mind are in constant interaction. More and more scientific studies confirm the influence of stress and negative emotions on body posture and muscle tension. The list of psychosomatic diseases is growing. Asthma, ulcers, high blood pressure, back and neck pains, irritable bowel syndrome, problems in the temporomandibular joint and many others are caused by stress, anger, frustration and grief.
The truth about being what we eat is known. Good nutrition is the basis of wellbeing. Moreover, a bad diet causes physical tension in the internal organs. Our digestive system is mainly made up of muscles (only smooth ones) and, like skeletal muscles, react with tension and shortening under the influence of stress and poor diet.
A huge amount of anatomical connections between the organs and the spine causes the condition of one to affect the other. A problem of the digestive system may cause back pain.
Man is a beautiful machine in which all cogs must work together to make us happy and feel good. That is why the therapy at Body&Mind Clinic includes the massage of tense muscles, but also visits to a dietitian, psychologist, meditation and movement classes if necessary.