A specialty of physical therapy defined as the art and science of treatment of traumatic pathology by physical agents.
Among them, we can mention: bone fracture, dislocation, polytrauma, sprain, muscular traumatic pathology, etc.
For the approach, the physiotherapist specialized in traumatology develops, from the medical diagnosis, a detailed assessment of the patient and develops a protocol of therapeutic action aimed mainly at:
- Pain relief.
- Reduction of inflammation.
- Recovery of mobility.
- Functional recovery of the patient.
For this purpose, he uses massage therapy, kinesiotherapy, magnetotherapy, electrotherapy, ultrasound therapy, hydrotherapy, FNP (Analytical Stretching in Physiotherapy), and any other technique derived from physical agents.