Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

The clinic of physical medicine and rehabilitation provides, through the instrument of the visit and functional assessments, to take charge of the disabling neurological, orthopedic and rheumatological diseases, also including painful affections of the spine and joints, para-dysmorphisms, postural disorders, traumatic outcomes etc. All the activities have the aim of facilitating the functional recovery and rehabilitation of the patient and the contrast of the painful syndrome, through the use of therapeutic protocols that use kinesitherapy, manual and physical therapies, joint or soft tissue infiltrations, and oxygen ozone therapy, according to scientifically proven standards. The rehabilitation team is made up of specialist doctors, physiotherapists, mass physiotherapists, speech therapists, neuropsychologists and occupational therapists with experience and specific training in the various techniques and manual skills used for patient care. The service is located at both Villa Gemma and Villa Barbarano which operate synergistically according to shared models. Among the diseases that are treated are reported: neurological (outcomes of cerebral vasculopathy, para-quadriparesis, neurodegenerative diseases, Parkinson’s disease, neuropathies, disorders of muscle tone and balance, spasticity, etc.); orthopedic and post traumatic: traumatic outcomes, including road or work, joint sprains, fractures, muscle-tendon injuries, outcomes of minor and major orthopedic surgery, such as osteosynthesis, muscle or tendon sutures, prosthetic joint replacement, arthroscopy, etc.; pathologies of the sportsman: traumatic outcomes, functional overload disorders, changes in the sporting gesture, etc.; painful and dysfunctional pathologies of the spine: paramorphisms and dysmorphisms, postural disorders, back-lumbar cervical rachyalgias, radiculopathies, sciatica, discopathies, hernias and disc protrusions, osteoarthritis, road traumatism; inflammatory and degenerative arthropathies: arthritis, arthrosis, painful and dysfunctional joint syndromes; subacute and chronic respiratory diseases (COPD, pneumonia, pleuropneumonia, respiratory failure, pulmonary emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis); post acute and chronic cardiological pathologies: outcomes of AMI, heart failure, cardiac surgery outcomes. Particular attention is paid to the management of the waiting list in order to ensure rapid treatment of all patients, with priority for the outcomes of trauma at work INAIL, traumatic outcomes in general, pathologies in the acute or sub-acute phase, outcomes of recent surgical interventions, neurological pathologies. The types of treatment available are particularly numerous and are divided into the following main groups: motor rehabilitation, logotherapy services, neuropsychology and occupational therapy, physical therapies, manual treatments)