Physical therapy (physical therapy) - a method of treatment that uses the means of physical culture with a therapeutic and preventive purpose to restore the health and working ability of the patient, prevent complications and consequences of the pathological process. The procedure of therapeutic gymnastics is carried out by the group, small group method and individually, daily, throughout the course of treatment. The duration of the procedure is 30 minutes.
The procedure is effective in the absence, weakening or change of functions that occurred as a result of the disease or its complications; positive dynamics in the patient's condition on the totality of clinical and functional data; improving health, reducing the frequency and intensity of painful attacks, improving the data of functional and clinical and laboratory examination.
Contraindications
Physical therapy is contraindicated in the absence of contact with the patient due to his serious condition or mental disorders; acute period of the disease and its progressive course; increase of cardiovascular insufficiency; sinus tachycardia and bradycardia; frequent bouts of paroxysmal or atrial tachycardia; extrasystoles with a frequency of more than 1:10; negative dynamics of ECG, indicating a deterioration of the coronary circulation; atrioventricular block; hypertension on the background of a satisfactory condition; frequent hyper or hypotonic crises; bleeding and thromboembolism; the presence of anemia with a decrease in the number of red blood cells to 2.5-3 million, ESR more than 20-25 mm /h, marked leukocytosis.
