Via practica 1/2006

MEDICAL REHABILITATION, PHYSICAL THERAPY AND SPA TREATMENT – INDICATIONS FOR GENERAL PRACTITIONER

Methods of Physiatry, Balneology and Medical Rehabilitation (FBLR) – if they are promptly, correctly and individually indicated – are for patients safe, without side effects efective and without pain. They are solution for patients where is kontraindicated medicamentous therapy because of allergy or side effects from medicaments, damages of internal organs and for patients where we need to act only locally. The main target of methods of FBLR is to restore disturbed funcion , to redress the balance in muscle system and relief of pain . Analgetic effect of Physical Therapy (FT) can be obtained by more ways.

Keywords: physical therapy, medical rehabilitation, spa treatment methods, restored function, muscle dysbalance, analgetic effect.