Physiotherapist

The physiotherapist – the specialist who is engaged in treatment of diseases by means of physical factors namely: magnetic fields, ultrasound, cold or heat, ultraviolet radiation, etc.

Features of a profession

The physical therapy belongs to the section of the medicine devoted to medicinal properties of physical influencing factors, such as electric current, ultrasound, magnetic fields, the laser, heat or cold, etc.

The physical therapy is very widespread in modern medicine. Undoubtedly, it is not capable to replace surgical or medical treatment, but can perfectly add it. Therefore most often the physical therapy is used as a part of complex treatment of the patient.

The main advantage of physical therapy is that it is capable to reduce medicinal load of an organism.

The surgical method of treatment of diseases is the most radical and even after the most brilliantly performed operation forces and time for recovery are required for the patient. Physiotherapy helps to accelerate this process significantly.

When and what methods of physical therapy to use for each certain patient, the attending physician the physiotherapist solves.

As a rule, treatment is done the next way. The rheumatologist, for example, appoints to the patient drugs from a sore joint and at the same time advises it to descend on reception to the physiotherapist on ultrasound sessions.

The physiotherapist carries out reception in policlinic in department of physical therapy, or in the multi-profile or specialized medical center, in sanatoria and other medical institutions.

In what diseases the physiotherapist is engaged?

The profession of the physiotherapist consists in treatment of the most various diseases: nervous system, musculoskeletal system, ENT organs, vessels, eyes, respiratory bodies, etc.

In competence of the children's physiotherapist there is a treatment of diseases of digestive tract, an urinogenital, nervous system and other bodies by means of natural factors.

When it is necessary to descend on reception to the physiotherapist?

Consultation of the experienced physiotherapist will not prevent at:

• Mastopathies;
• Urological diseases;
• States after operations;
• Pain syndrome;
• Commissural process;
• Injuries of the musculoskeletal device;
• To preparation for EKO and in general to pregnancy;
• Pelvic ganglioneuritis;
• Chronic inflammation of a uterus and appendages;
• Genital infantility and hypoplasia of a uterus;
• Disturbance of a menstrual cycle;
• Diseases of a backbone and joints.

When it is necessary to address the children's physiotherapist?

The physical therapy is irreplaceable during rehabilitation of a children's organism, recovery after serious illnesses. Also it is necessary to address the children's physiotherapist for prevention of exacerbations of various diseases, for strengthening of an organism, maintenance of a tone, increase in endurance and physical effeciency.

What main types of diagnoses are carried out by the physiotherapist?

The most widespread diagnostic methods which are used by the physiotherapist are:

• Electrophoresis – the method consisting in impact on an organism of electric current and introduction with its help of medicinal substance. This method is resulted by long medicinal impact on an organism. By means of an electrophoresis in a zone of the center of pathology or defeat high concentration of medicinal substances is created, but at the same time there is no saturation medicine of all organism. It allows to avoid many side reactions from the administered medicines. Advantage of this method consists in absolute painlessness and a set of medical effects: the calming, anesthetizing, antiinflammatory, secretory, weakening, vasodilating, limfodreniruyushchy, improving metabolism.
• Magnetotherapy – the medical method combining shifts in system of blood, endocrine, vascular, the central nervous system by means of influence of magnetic field. This method possesses protective action on an organism concerning various external activators. The physiotherapist appoints magnetotherapy for activation of a metabolism in fabrics and bodies, for acceleration of healing of wounds and elimination of infiltration.
• Laser therapy – a method at which the physiotherapist uses laser radiation, strengthening, thus, protein synthesis and nucleic acids, promoting splitting of molecules of carbohydrates and fats, formation of energy in cells. Often physiotherapists use this method for strengthening of activity of immune system, removal of hypostases of the inflamed fabrics, decrease in painful sensitivity in the inflammation center. 

Also on the prima the physiotherapist can appoint to the patient ozonotherapy, laser reflexotherapy, massage, diadynamotherapy, фонофорез, SMT-forez, Ural federal district therapy, OUSE therapy, sinusoidalnomodulirovanny currents, OKUF-therapy, an abdominal decompression and other.

Physiotherapists divide all methods of impact into two groups:

• Natural (natural methods) which treat: climate (mountain, sea, forest), fresh water (douches), mineral waters, peloida (dirt).
• Artificial methods: impulse current, direct current, alternating current, magnetic field, electric field, heat, cold, mechanical factors (manual therapy, massage), optical radiation.

What qualities and knowledge the physiotherapist has to have?

The profession of the physiotherapist means not only interest in medicine, but also aspiration to help people, interest in the equipment, good intelligence and responsibility, desire to develop constantly, ability to development of new technologies.

To use competently the knowledge, the physiotherapist has to understand well the nature of chemical and physical impact, own treatment techniques. He has to know the main syndromes and symptoms of various diseases at which it is possible to use physical therapy methods, and also to be able to work with the medical equipment.