8^th International Conference on Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation September 05-06, 2022 Barcelona, Spain

Physical therapy, commonly known as physiotherapy, is a health-care profession whose goal is to improve movement and potential in people who have physical disabilities. Physical therapists are the professionals who work in this industry. Physiotherapy patients frequently have a lower quality of life as a result of physical impairments or functional restrictions caused by disease or injury. Back pain sufferers, older people with arthritis or balance issues, wounded athletes, new-born’s with developmental difficulties, and people who have had serious burns, strokes, or spinal cord injuries are all candidates for physiotherapy. Prosthetic replacement devices are taught to people with limb impairments.

• Cerebral palsy physical therapy
• Multiple sclerosis physical therapy
• Stroke physical therapy

Track 2: Physiotherapy Techniques and Exercises

Because physiotherapy is marketed as a multifaceted profession, it can be difficult to know what to expect when beginning treatment. Physiotherapy aids in the improvement of mobility and physical performance. a patient's potential through a series of treatments that are tailored to each patient's specific needs A physiotherapist is likely to employ a variety of exercises and treatments, including...

• Range of Motion (ROM) Exercises
• Soft Tissue Mobilization
• Electrotherapy
• Cryotherapy and Heat Therapy
• Kinesio Taping
• Therapeutic Ultrasound

There is also a strong link between psychological state and the presence of many pain sites in other people. Not many physiotherapists understand that psychological state is the exclusive focus of their practise. The following remark, however, exemplifies this point: "There is no health without mental health." Physiotherapists are active in the prevention and promotion of health, including psychological state with fragile psychological condition, chronic musculoskeletal disorders, chronic pain, and psychosomatic disorders, as health care professionals.

• To organize specific (physiotherapy) care for different
• To ensure access to primary (physiotherapy) care for people with mental health problems
• To provide treatment in ‘community‐based (physiotherapy) services for persons with severe mental health problems

You will be examined to a qualified physiotherapist for a preoperative evaluation and preoperative treatment/intervention plan before to scheduled surgery (Hip, Knee, Ankle). The goal of this visit is to establish a baseline of information about your pain, including the nature and degree of your pain, your functional abilities, strength, the range of motion accessible in each knee, and your breathing pattern.

• Pre-operative treatment allows to have a speedy  recovery from any orthopaedic surgeries
• Post-Operative Physiotherapy Treatment Physiotherapy treatments are often provided after the surgery in order to help decrease stiffness and pain

Physiotherapy has come a long way since its inception. Previously, it was a neighbourhood rehabilitation centre with only two main services: electrotherapy and exercise therapy. However, there are many more areas of interest within the profession of physiotherapy that have emerged over time.

• Movement based
• Effect of weightlessness on our body systems
• Ergonomics
• Sports physiotherapy and exercise rehabilitation
• Biomechanical study and analysis of human motion

Physiotherapists (Physical Therapists) and other clinicians frequently have direct contact with patients, making them vulnerable to infectious illness transmission. Physiotherapists and other health professionals must therefore be familiar with COVID-19 and how to prevent its spread, as well as how they may participate in workforce planning. They must use their professional judgement to decide when, when, and how to offer care, keeping in mind that this is not necessarily the best environment for everyone concerned. At the same time, we must remember that our profession is critical to the health of our community, and that there are people in our communities whose health may be adversely affected by care disruptions.

• Stay current
• Minimize exposure in your setting
• Get involved in workforce planning
• Get educated - all staff should be trained

Sports and Physical Activity Physiotherapists are involved in the prevention and management of injuries that occur as a result of engagement in sports and exercise at all ages and levels of skill. These highly qualified physiotherapists offer evidence-based advice on how to safely participate in sports and fitness. Players have a clear grasp of the role of the sports physiotherapist, although it is restricted. They regard the sports physiotherapist as having a very injury-focused personality.

• Injury prevention
• Rehabilitation
• Performance enhancement
• Injury treatment

When alternative therapies aren't working, your doctor may send you to a physical therapist. Physiotherapy may be recommended by your doctor as a preventive, rehabilitative, or pain management practise during the healing process. In other circumstances, patients may be aware of their own limitations, such as stiffness in the neck and shoulder, and seek treatment on their own. Physiotherapy can help people of all ages improve their health and treat a wide range of disorders.

• Arthroscopy
• Lymphedema
• Back and Neck Pain
• Cerebral Palsy
• Dizziness
• Foot Pain
• Fractures and Dislocations
• Knee Pain  
• Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)  

Palliative care is a practise discipline that focuses on accelerating and life-threatening illnesses such as cancer, COPD, motor neuron disease, and multiple sclerosis, all of which can benefit from physiotherapy. Palliative care enhances quality of life for patients with life-limiting illnesses and their families by offering pain relief and managing uncomfortable and debilitating symptoms.  Palliative care is used in cancer when a cure is not achievable or likely. Palliative care is a comprehensive term that refers to the active inter-disciplinary care of the whole person, encompassing the person's physical, social, psychosocial, and spiritual needs. It also includes the period of bereavement.

Physiotherapy is a movement-based treatment that helps people re-establish, maintain, and improve their physical strength, function, motion, and general health by physically addressing physical disabilities.

• Hypnosis
• Phototherapy
• Arthroscopy
• Thermal treatment
• Treatment by mechanical effects
• Balneology

The treatment of patients with mobility and performance difficulties caused by problems with the nerve and neuromuscular systems of the body is known as neurological physiotherapy. Muscle weakness, poor balance and coordination, uncontrollable spasms and tremors, loss of function and diminished sensitivity are common symptoms of these illnesses. Acute neurological diseases such as a stroke, spinal injury or traumatic brain injury  may require emergency hospitalisation. Physiotherapy treatment may be requested by your doctor while you're in the hospital, depending on your symptoms and condition.

• Functional Neurological Disorders
• Stroke, CVA or TIA
• Spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries
• Multiple sclerosis
• Parkinson’s disease     

Physiotherapy assistants support patients in managing physical pain and regaining or improving mobility, whether they are children or adults. They work in a variety of settings, including private practises, hospitals, fitness centres, and sports facilities, under the supervision of physiotherapists. The purpose is to prepare nursing and health-care professionals to accept full responsibility for prevention, treatment, nursing, and rehabilitation at all levels of health and social care. Individual, family, community, and public health protection and rehabilitation, as well as health and social services, are the foundations of their knowledge.

• Degenerative Arthritis
• Inflammatory Arthritis
• Infectious Arthritis

Chest physiotherapy is a collection of physical therapies that help you enhance your lung function and breathe more easily. Chest physical therapy, or CPT, works to expand the lungs, strengthen the breathing muscles, and relax and enhance the outflow of heavy lung secretions. Chest PT aids in the treatment of disorders like CF and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). It also keeps the lungs free after surgery and throughout periods of immobilisation, preventing pneumonia.

• Chest percussion and vibration
• Controlled coughing techniques
• Deep breathing exercises
• Incentive spirometry
• Positioning and turning from side to side

Yoga is having a big influence on traditional physical treatment. Yoga combines meditation, breathing exercises, self-reflection, body alignment, and balance to promote physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. Its popularity has grown throughout time as a result of its adaptability to fit any age, condition, or athletic aptitude. New research suggests that yoga can help heal numerous muscles at once when used in conjunction with traditional physical therapy, potentially speeding up recovery, increasing muscle action and focussing the mind. The more we learn about the benefits of those seemingly disparate areas of health, the more we realise that combining the two extends far beyond flexibility and strength.

• Vinyasa Yoga
• Hatha Yoga
• Ashtanga Yoga
• Yin Yoga
• Iyengar Yoga
• Bikram Yoga
• Power Yoga
• Restorative Yoga

Pregnancy and childbirth can be wonderful experiences, but they can also be taxing on your body. Simple exercises and the formation of healthy habits can help you cope with many of the changes that occur in your body. It can also aid in the prevention of future injuries and disorders. As your body changes throughout pregnancy, your muscles, particularly those in your belly and pelvic floor, stretch. Ligaments also soften. Ligaments connect bone to bone and provide crucial joint stability. Simple workouts are frequently used to help strengthen these muscles and take care of your body during pregnancy and after childbirth.

• Abdominal exercises
• Pelvic Floor
• Back Care

Importance & Scope:

Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), also called physiatry, is the branch of medicine emphasizing the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders – particularly related to the nerves, muscles, bones and brain – that may produce temporary or permanent impairment. Our aim is to collect researchers, students, industrialists and physiatrists belonging to the field of rehabilitation and to provide them a platform for discussion about recent developments in this field and showcasing of new products by industries.

Physical Medicine-2022 is an international platform for presenting research about latest trends and developments in the field of rehabilitation, contributes to the dissemination of knowledge in marketing for the benefit of both the academia and business. It will discuss about various fields related to physical medicine like chiropody, occupational therapy and pain management.
 

Global Market Analysis

The overall market for wearable therapeutic contraptions was regarded at $4.8 billion of each 2015. This market is required to increase from $5.5 billion of each 2016 to about $19.5 billion out of 2022 at a compound yearly improvement rate (CAGR) of 28.8% for 2016-2022.

The overall recuperation robots market will create at a CAGR of around 23% by 2022. Restoration devises showcase in Europe is relied upon to witness a languid development attributable to decelerating financial development and human services industry. The tremendous R&D speculations by sellers have brought about fast innovative improvements that will, thusly, prompt the rise of cutting edge recovery robots.

The physiotherapy hardware advertises is separated considering items, end clients, applications, and topographies. In view of the sort of items, the physiotherapy hardware advertises is divided into gear and extras. The hardware segment is additionally characterized into ultrasound, hydrotherapy, warm treatment, cryotherapy, persistent uninvolved movement (CPM), electric incitement, remedial activities, and others like laser treatment, wax treatment, and footing. The extras portion is additionally bifurcated into orthoses and other assistive gadgets (walkers, wheelchairs, and braces). Hardware represented the biggest offer ~65% of the worldwide physiotherapy advertises in 2014.

List of Physiotherapy Universities around the World: 

• University of Queensland
• Harvard University
• Monash University
• University of Oxford
• University of Cambridge
• Stanford University
• University of Cape Town
• Yale University
• Imperial College London
• Ain Shams University
• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

List of Physiotherapy Companies around the World:

• MediTouchva
• Ekso Bionics
• Kinestica
• Hocom
• Kino
• SynTouch
• Touch Bionics
• You Rehab
• Rehab-Robotics

Related societies:

USA: American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), Colorado Physical Therapy Network (CPTN), Connecticut Physical Therapy Association (CPTA), Doctor of Physical Therapy Visionary Foundation, Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy, Illinois Physical Therapy Association, Missouri Physical Therapy Association, Nebraska Physical Therapy Association (NPTA), New York Physical Therapy Association (NYPTA), Oklahoma Physical Therapy Association (OPTA), Pennsylvania Physical Therapy Association, Tennessee Physical Therapy Association.

EUROPE: Austria Physiotherapy Association, Physical Therapy in Belgium, Croatian Council of Physiotherapists, Union of Physiotherapists of the Czech Republic, Association of Danish Physiotherapists, Finnish Association of Physiotherapists, French Federation of Physiotherapists, Georgian Association of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Deutscher Verband fuer Physiotherapy, Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists, Italian Association of Physiotherapists, Norwegian Physiotherapist Association, Polish Society of Physiotherapy, Portuguese Association of Physiotherapists, Romanian Federation for Physiotherapy, Association of Physiotherapists of Serbia, Slovak Chamber of Physiotherapists, Slovenian Association of Physiotherapists, Spanish Association of Physiotherapists, Swedish Association of Physiotherapists, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, United Kingdom

MIDDLE EAST: Turkish Physiotherapy Association, Syrian Physical Therapy Association, Israeli Association of Physiotherapists, Order of Physiotherapists in Lebanon, Jordanian Physiotherapy Society, Pancyprian Association of Physiotherapists, Iranian Physiotherapy Association, Saudi Physical Therapy Association, General Physical Therapy Syndicate of Egypt, Emirates Physiotherapy Society, Jordanian Physiotherapy Society, Bahrain Physical Therapy Association, Kuwaiti Physical Therapy Association

ASIA PACIFIC: Australian Physiotherapy Association, Bangladesh Physiotherapy Association, Cambodian Physical Therapy Association, Fiji Physiotherapy Association, Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association, Japanese Physical Therapy Association, Korean Physical Therapy Association, Malaysian Physiotherapy Association, Myanmar Physiotherapy Association, Physiotherapy New Zealand, Pakistan Physical Therapy Association, Singapore Physiotherapy Association, Taiwan Physical Therapy Association, Physical Therapy Association of Thailand