Can physiotherapy help Parkinson’s disease?

Parkinson’s disease affects the nervous system in the area responsible for coordinating activity, muscle tone and movement. It is a slowly progressing and disabling neurodegenerative disease, both physically, cognitively and socially. Physiotherapy can be of great help in improving the mobility and physical condition of people suffering from this disease, as it favours mobility, facilitates…

Lateral Epicondylitis

Lateral Epicondylitis, also know as “Tennis Elbow”, is the most common overuse syndrome in the elbow. It is a tendinopathy that involves the extensor muscles of the forearm, which originate from the bony protuberance on the lateral side of the elbow. Tennis elbow pain usually occurs right on the origin of the extensor muscles but…

Physiotherapy and Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is characterised by generalised musculoskeletal pain and painful sensations on pressure at specific points. In general terms, we can say that fibromyalgia consists of an anomaly in the perception of pain, so that stimuli that are not usually painful are perceived as painful. How can physiotherapy act in these cases of fibromyalgia? Because fibromyalgia…