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History of Physiotherapy!

24 May 2013
The two world wars make Western countries reveals the need to respond adequately to the huge amount of people with amputations in the musculature system that generated dysfunction that affected the population causing functional deficits. In this situation then joined as endemic diseases considered. The clearest example is the Poliomyelitis, affecting large numbers of children, causing highly disabling situations for the individual....
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Physiotherapy and Osteopathy!

24 May 2013
Physiotherapy is the health branch that by physical agents such as movement, water, cold, heat, or one's own hands, treats and prevents diseases, thus the patient to return to do their job, sport or activity daily life. The word Physiotherapy comes from the union of the Greek words: physis, meaning Nature and therapeia, meaning treatment....
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What is Muscle Hypertrophy?

24 May 2013
Hypertrophy: This is the name that designates an increase in size of an organ, for the corresponding increase in the size of the cells that form, in this way, the body has cells hypertrophied older (larger), and no new cells hyperplasia. So if we talk about muscle hypertrophy is the increase in muscle size (Muscle Mass) By Increased...
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Physiotherapy Information!

24 May 2013
What is Physiotherapy? Physiotherapy is a health discipline that offers a non-pharmacological therapeutic alternative in many cases, helps to alleviate the symptoms of many ailments, both acute and chronic. Physiotherapy is often associated with physical therapists or massage, but his arsenal of therapeutic techniques is much wider. Who...
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