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Gym sessions: more than just physical therapy
The gym represents the space par excellence where much of the rehabilitation process takes place. Precisely for this reason, in Isokinetic centers it is an open space environment equipped with technologically advanced equipment capable of meeting every therapeutic need of the patient.
However, the gym is conceived first and foremost as a welcoming, positive and stimulating place in which to feel comfortable, socialize and benefit from the exchange of energy with other patients. In this space, people confront each other, stimulate each other, and make friends.
Each gym session varies in duration, ranging from 90 to 120 minutes, depending on the therapeutic protocol drawn up by the physician.
THE CENTRAL ROLE OF EXERCISE IN THE ISOKINETIC METHOD
At Isokinetic, sports rehabilitation means bringing the patient back to full psychophysical efficiency, not merely alleviating symptoms but aiming for complete recovery of functionality.
Our specialists do not finalize therapies to a specific anatomical district or type of pathology, but focus on the patient as a whole. In other words, they act in such a way that the recovery of function involves the individual in 360 degrees.
The Isokinetic method primarily relies on therapeutic exercise focused on functional rehabilitation, serving as a means to achieve genuine and long-lasting results.
A fundamental characteristic of Isokinetic centers is the use of a single large therapeutic space where patients are welcomed.
Sharing this space enables patients to engage in therapy together. This brings with enormous advantages in terms of energy derived precisely from the interactions and exchanges they have with each other
- Patients share their experiences when they have similar conditions
- Patients inspire one another during rehabilitation sessions, and if someone begins to lose confidence, the others encourage them to keep going
- Friendships are formed among patients, regardless of their age, physical shape, or walk of life. These interactions provide for a consistently uplifting and motivating environment.
The use of instrumental therapies(cryotherapy, electrostimulation, laser therapy, tens, ultrasound, iontophoresis, and hyperthermia) prepares the patient to perform the exercises correctly.
PREVENTIVE AND THERAPEUTIC MASSAGES
During the Isokinetic rehabilitation process, massages serve both preventive and therapeutic purposes for muscle injuries, muscle fatigue, tendon injuries, and swelling.
Massage is a system of metered mechanical actions, practiced by our Reeducators, on the surface of the body, with the purpose of restoring the functionality of certain tissues or optimizing the healing process. There are different types of massage:
- DECONTRACTING MASSAGE: this has a preventive effect before training and a therapeutic effect in the case of injury or muscle fatigue.
- MYOFASCIAL MASSAGE: this is used for both preventive aims and to treat muscle stiffness and tightness.
- REFLECTIVE MASSAGE: Has the effect of reflex stimulation of the muscle, through precise manual maneuvers. It serves to strengthen a specific muscle and improve its extensibility.
- DEEP TRANSVERSE MASSAGE: this prevents ongoing inflammation in the injured fibrous tissue and also promotes the development of strong scar tissue.
- FUNCTIONAL BANDAGING OR TAPING: this is a dynamic support methodthat employs a combination of extensible and non-extensible adhesive bandages to protect specific muscle-tendon and ligament structures.
- PROPRIOCEPTIVE NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION: this improves the patient’s sensorimotor abilities, reestablishes balance in muscle actions, influences strength and endurance, and aids in regaining better neuromotor coordination.
- JOINT MOBILIZATION: this restores normal mobility and promotes the correct biomechanics of the involved structures by means of a neurophysiological response and a biomechanical reaction.
- POMPAGE: a manual technique applied at the level of the cervical spine that acts on both the muscular and articular components. It consists of assisted vertebral tractions, which are very gradual and progressive.
- CAPSULAR STRETCHING: involves stretching the joint capsule in all its planes and is used, especially, in the presence of an underutilized joint, which therefore loses elasticity to the point of stiffness. Capsular stretching facilitates the sliding of joint surfaces.
