Physiotherapy in Israel — a wide range of effective methods

Doctor Yuli Treger

Head of the Rehabilitation Department

Physiotherapy in Israeli clinics is a well-developed field of medicine that specializes in the therapeutic use of natural or artificial physical factors. This field allows for the treatment of a wide range of diseases without resorting to medications or invasive treatment methods (surgery, etc.).

Any major Israeli clinic, and Top Ihilov Center is no exception, is equipped with a wide range of physiotherapy equipment. By using heat and cold, electric and magnetic fields, light, ultrasound, and electric currents, Israeli specialists effectively alleviate pain, reduce inflammation, and activate trophism and blood supply in affected organs or joints.

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Indications for Physiotherapy

Patients with acute and chronic pain syndromes, soft tissue injuries, cartilage damage, arthritis, muscle pathologies, neurological disorders, endocrine system disorders, and musculoskeletal disorders come to our clinic for physiotherapy assistance.

A very wide range of diseases can be treated at early stages using physiotherapy. In addition, physiotherapeutic methods are used in the rehabilitation of patients after surgical operations, injuries, heart attacks, strokes, etc. In this case, physiotherapy is part of a broader field of rehabilitation medicine.

Procedures

Each physiotherapy department in Israel is equipped with a large amount of modern equipment. The procedures used are extremely diverse.

Therapeutic Exercise — using therapeutic exercise methods, doctors rehabilitate patients with degenerative joint disorders, individuals who have had limb prostheses and joint endoprostheses, and patients with chronic ischemic heart disease. Exercises can be tailored individually, and group sessions are also popular. Moderate physical activity, walking, training on exercise machines, water exercises, stretching, flexibility, and balance exercises positively affect the overall condition of the patient and, in combination with other physiotherapeutic methods, provide a pronounced therapeutic effect.

Electrotherapy — using low and high voltage electric currents, stimulation of nerves, organs, and tissues is conducted in the treatment of rheumatic pain and inflammatory processes in soft tissues. Through electrophoresis, medicinal substances are introduced into the body — this method allows for the introduction of small but effective doses of medications, in their most active form (as ions). One type of electrical stimulation is called TENS therapy, which allows for the stimulation of receptors in the brain responsible for pain relief and normalization of the psychophysiological status using pulsed electric current.

Magnetotherapy — during physiotherapeutic procedures, magnetic fields are also widely used. These are various types of magnetotherapy using alternating and static magnetic fields. The field alters the chemical and physical properties of aqueous environments in the body and thus stimulates a number of biological processes. A particular advantage of magnetotherapy in Israeli clinics is that in Western countries, this method is viewed with bias, as are many other advanced treatment methods, and therefore it is not practiced there. The magnetic field can also be used to stimulate the cerebral cortex in the treatment of extrapyramidal disorders and dystonia.

Phototherapy — is based on the use of visible, ultraviolet, and infrared light. The patient undergoes a course of procedures with irradiation from diode, fluorescent, and laser light sources. Phototherapy is used in the treatment of seasonal and non-seasonal depression, skin diseases. For example, using ultraviolet types A and B, Israeli doctors successfully treat psoriasis, eczema, and neurodermatitis. By supplementing this method with the introduction of photosensitizers — substances that increase the skin's sensitivity to ultraviolet radiation, doctors achieve impressive results.

Ultrasound Therapy — relies on the use of mechanical vibrations at frequencies of 20 kHz and above. It provides a pronounced anti-inflammatory effect, alleviates pain, activates tissue trophism, improves blood supply, and stimulates lymphatic movement. This type of physiotherapy is used by doctors to treat injuries and diseases of the musculoskeletal system, remove scars, and treat conditions associated with neurological disorders, gastrointestinal diseases, and cardiovascular diseases.

Oxygen Therapy — treatment with oxygen stimulates a whole cascade of biological processes in the body. Oxygen-enriched air has a beneficial effect in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, osteoarthritis, arthritis, traumatic brain injuries, cystic fibrosis, and a number of other diseases. A separate direction of this therapy involves hyperbaric oxygenation — the patient is placed in a transparent hyperbaric chamber where oxygen is supplied under pressure. A course of oxygenation allows for quick healing of skin burns, combating soft tissue necrosis, treating osteomyelitis, asthma, depression, migraines, and accelerating the healing of wounds and injuries.

Balneological Treatment with Dead Sea Waters — is the hallmark of Israeli physiotherapists. The unique mineral composition of Dead Sea water allows for the effective treatment of a wide range of diseases. Every year, thousands of foreign tourists with rheumatoid and degenerative joint diseases, chronic pain syndrome, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriasis, eczema, ichthyosis, etc., come to the country for a course of balneological treatment.

In addition to the methods listed above, Israeli physiotherapists have a wide range of other treatment methods at their disposal — therapeutic massage, mineral water treatment, aerotherapy, phytobaths, mud therapy, and acupuncture. Each method used in Israeli hospitals has undergone clinical testing and proven its effectiveness.

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