Neuro-rehabilitation: breathing exercises
Today we bring you from the Neuro-rehabilitation Unit a post dedicated to breathing exercises. We are going to explain what diaphragmatic breathing and middle or thoracic costal breathing are and their multiple benefits for our health, as well as useful tips to perform them correctly. Breathing exercises: These simple exercises help us become aware of […]
Home exercise for Parkinson’s disease patients
In the exceptional situation we are living, due to the Covid19 pandemic and having to be at home 24 hours a day, we wanted to write a post about home exercise for patients with Parkinson’s disease and other Parkinsonisms. In all circumstances, a regular exercise program tailored to the needs of patients with movement disorders […]
Fall prevention workshop
The risk of falls increases with age. Half of all people over the age of 65 suffer at least one fall a year, resulting in injuries that The consequences are physical, such as decreased mobility, and psychological, such as loss of independence. Fall prevention programs have proven to be effective in reducing this risk. Objective […]
What is Occupational Therapy?
Occupational therapy according to the definition given by the Spanish Association of Occupational Therapists is an: “Socio-health discipline that assesses the person’s ability to perform activities of daily living and intervenes when that ability is at risk or impaired for any cause.” In general there is a wide ignorance of the existence and usefulness of […]
October 26 – International Acquired Brain Injury Day
Last October 26th was celebrated the International Day of Acquired Brain Injury. A date full of activities by different entities to draw attention and raise awareness in society in general of the importance of this pathology of which there are 420,000 cases in Spain and it is estimated that there are 150 new cases per […]
Physiotherapy for the treatment of chronic headaches and cervicalgia
People who chronically suffer from cervical headaches or cervicalgia haveatrophy of the deepmuscles of the neck. Recommended exercises Magnetic resonance imaging studies have shown that atrophy selectively affects the deeper musculature1. It is common for these patients to present overload of the superficial musculature and therefore, there is an important imbalance. The deep musculature of […]
Occupational therapy in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
Neurological rehabilitation, including physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy, has a very important role to play. important in the care of people with Parkinson’s disease. However, while there is clear scientific evidence that physical therapy reduces disability and improves quality of life in this disease, few studies have evaluated the usefulness of occupational therapy. The […]
