Fisiocentro Muralto

Fisiocentro Muralto by Ron van Gogh takes care of your health. Physiotherapy treatments are used to treat conditions related to motor disorders; we provide physiotherapy for adults—manual therapy, exercise, rehabilitation, craniosacral therapy—and we also offer physiotherapy for children, including neonatal and pediatric physiotherapy.

We are also interested in osteopathy : treating the person, restoring movement or applying osteopathy to preserve movement and maintain balance and health. Physiotherapy and osteopathy treatments, as well as massages and fitness with personal trainers, are offered at our main location in Muralto and in Ascona and Vira Gambarogno.

HEALING THE PERSON, RESTORING MOVEMENT,
PRESERVING AND MAINTAINING BALANCE AND HEALTH

The power of self-healing

In the philosophy of osteopathy, humans form a unity of body, spirit, and mind with a strong self-healing power. The body's purpose is to maintain the balance of its constituent systems. This is a dynamic balance, i.e., it changes in response to the various stimuli and stresses to which the body is subjected (e.g., surgery, trauma, childbirth, malnutrition).

 

This adaptation continues to repeat itself throughout life, but sometimes the body is unable to regain a good balance and symptoms begin to appear. It is therefore clear that some problems can arise, even long after the traumatic event.

Regaining movement

 

The body remains healthy as long as all fluids are intact and the tissues are elastic, soft, and mobile. The ability to move is therefore essential. The osteopath seeks to correct the source of the disorder, working mainly where there is a lack of mobility. In this way, the osteopath stimulates the body's self-healing power.

 

Mobility is corrected on three levels:

PARIETAL SYSTEM

The musculoskeletal system: bones, muscles, and connective tissue.

 

VISCERAL SYSTEM

The liver, intestines, uterus, bladder, etc.

 

CRANIOSACRAL SYSTEM

The skull, spine, nervous system, cerebrospinal fluid.

 

INDICATIONS

 

General:

• Abdominal disorders: stomach disorders, intestinal disorders, dysentery/constipation, nausea, bloating

• Headache, migraine

• Urinary and pelvic disorders (including pre- or postpartum): bladder or uterine problems, pain, prolapse, menstrual irregularities

• Back pain: lumbar, dorsal, cervical

• Post-accident and post-operative pain: whiplash, scars

• Pain or heaviness in the upper and lower limbs

• Pregnancy support: lumbar and cervical pain, pubalgia, heavy legs

• Non-disabling neurological disorders: sciatica, tingling or numb hands

• Joint and muscle pain

• Respiratory problems: bronchitis, sinusitis

• Support during growth

Children and infants:

• Restless children, sleep disorders, and difficulty concentrating

• Plagiocephaly or brachycephaly

• Difficulty sucking

• Abdominal disorders: constipation, colic, reflux

• Hip dysplasia

• KiSS syndrome

• Recurrent otitis

• Decreased immune defenses

• Growth support

WE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU
S THROUGH A PERSONALIZED PROGRAM

Physiotherapy is the set of methods implemented by a specific professional, the physiotherapist, to treat a series of pathologies related to motor, higher cortical, and cardiorespiratory disorders.

The work necessarily starts with a careful analysis of the elements that characterize, in the individual, the events that led to the suffering and its clinical and cognitive manifestations. It is therefore a question of first of all assessing elements relating to the physical disorder (impairment), its effect on functional activities (disability or deficit), and the limiting consequences in work, social activities, etc. (handicap), attributing a more or less marked value to aspects related to purely physical factors.

Next, the sensations reported by the patient themselves are taken into consideration with regard to the location, extent, intensity, and quality of the disorders, with any specific checks, clarifications, and further investigations. All these initial elements already contribute to guiding the planning of the clinical assessment and the subsequent therapeutic intervention by the physical therapist. The clinical assessment is carried out through highly specific active and passive motor and functional tests and trials, chosen on the basis of a precise investigation strategy that is gradually formed and articulated simultaneously with the collection of information and as a result of it.

PHYSIOTHERAPY FOR ADULTS

• manual therapy (Maitland, Cyriax, Kaltenborn-Evjenth)
• gymnastics
• back rehabilitation
• sports physiotherapy (IAS)
• physiotherapy for golfers
• craniosacral therapy
• lymphatic drainage
• Bobath (neuro-rehabilitation)
• respiratory therapy
• massage
• thermotherapy (hot/cold packs/hay flowers)
• electrotherapy (US, Novodyn, TENS, Tecar)
• medical fitness
• foot reflexology
• vestibular therapy
• trigger point
• dry needling

 

PHYSIOTHERAPY FOR CHILDREN

The neonatal and pediatric physiotherapist deals with issues related to psychomotor development from 0 to 16 years of age.

 

The pediatric physiotherapist is a specialist in the prevention, assessment, and rehabilitation of the neuropsychomotor and respiratory systems in children.

The therapist helps young patients move to the best of their ability through play and fun.

 

Thanks to close collaboration with osteopaths, we can pay special attention to conditions that may slow down the normal development of a child (baby), preventing them from exploring their environment to the fullest.

HOME TREATMENT

We also offer home treatment if it is not possible to come to the clinic.

PERSONAL TRAINER

MEDICAL MASSAGE

Medical massage is most effective when personalized and aimed at combating poor circulation, physical pain, anxiety, mental and physical fatigue, sleep and appetite disorders, as well as all symptoms and disorders resulting from depression.

TREATMENT OF VARIOUS SYMPTOMS
Massage therapy consists of various manipulation techniques which, when performed professionally, can alleviate and eliminate orthopedic and psychosomatic pain in the back and throughout the body, such as:

• neck pain
• back pain
• lower back pain
• sciatica
• limited movement
• headaches
• tendinitis
• joint pain
• muscle pain

OTHER TREATMENTS

• Lymphatic drainage
• Foot reflexology
• Group exercise
• Homeopathy
• Orthomolecular medicine (with oligoscan)
• Dry needling
• Kinesiotaping
• The swimming pool as a therapeutic tool