No doctor no problem physiotherapy myths you still believe

One thing is really important, night pain is the king. So, now we're going to cover frequently asked questions about musculoskeletal physiotherapy what I ran into quite frequently. What is physiotherapy? Physiotherapy is a part of social and healthcare area when we are focused on the moving and the maintenance and reducing the pay.

During the physiotherapy sessions we might use guidance and counseling. We can use therapeutic exercises and also we can use different kind of manual approaching. For example, using the fascia metorosimilia like that or joint mobilization. But the big aim is to increase the health, prevent issues and get those symptomatic areas going to the payer, so they won't be causing that much issues causing the pain or dysfunctions of the joints or in overall health.

What kind of help can we get from the physiotherapy? Physiotherapy focus on different musculoskeletal issues and to pick a reason why people who go to physiotherapy are neck and back pain joint issues. For example, knee, hip, shoulder or elbow pain and also there is these issues what is caused by really stiff and tensioned muscles. In physiotherapy we can reduce the pain, improve mobility and improve functions.

So the point is to get yourself faster to the regular pain-free situation after for example surgeries or accidents. What do we do in physiotherapy? The session always starts with the discussion with the clients. What is the issue on the background, how it started and how it has developed.

After that we need to have some sort of examination so we can figure out what is the causing the issues and to pick those treatments might be for example increasing the range of muscles in the joints, during the fascia treatments or muscles in the different areas we can use the taping and most of the cases we need to have some sort of specific exercises and guidance how to reduce the issues. Best results can be done when we combine active therapy, manual treatment and guidance. The clients' targets might vary from the reducing of the pain to get themselves to the better working condition or get rid of the issues what is caused by the fraction or different kind of traumas on the background. So rehabilitation of the issues.

Do you need prescription to go to physiotherapy? And no you don't. So you can put yourself time to the physiotherapy without that. Nowadays it's quite common that people attend to physiotherapy first because it's saving the time, it's saving the cost and after that you will going to get yourself treatment plan how to get yourself into the better situation.

But for example doctor's description might be helpful when we are thinking about longer term goals or if there is for example fractures or traumas on the background when we need to have the paper from the doctor. Can you get refunding from the visits in physiotherapy via KELA? Yes, you can have it. From the starting of 2025 KELA has pro-tactish option so you don't need doctor's prescription to go to physiotherapy and still you can get yourself small refund from the visits.

You can visit 4 times in physiotherapy and from one visit you will get 15 euros back per visit. But remember there is only a limit to 4 visits per year. Can the insurance company pay for the physiotherapy visits? In many cases yes.

For example if you have a trauma on the background or there is some sort of car accident, typically those are covered with physiotherapy payments. For example if you have a prescription from the occupational health care to physiotherapy then the insurance company or health fund might pay the visits in physiotherapy. So typical you will need prescription from the doctor and you need assurance from the insurance company Maxus et. almost that they will pay the bills.

Typically the insurance company has these agreement places where you need to have your physiotherapy. If you don't want to go in that kind of places you can choose the spot where you want to have yourself treated. But after that you will get a refund from the insurance companies. But make the agreement possible first so always check the Maxus et.

almost because you need to have it covered before you go to the physiotherapy. What is the difference between the massage and the physiotherapy? Typically when you go and visit the massage therapist you will get yourself treated and nowadays they are guiding the staff to do how to prevent the similar issues coming back. In physiotherapy we usually attend to go to the direction where we need to guide the clients to get rid of the problem on the background and how to get it solved.

Massas is excellent way to get yourself relaxed and for example good way to treat minor pain feelings so you can get yourself reduced concerning about that. But for example in physiotherapy we will focus more if the symptoms keep coming back or if you have some sort of chronic issues on the background. For example you can think the massage as a car maintenance ideology. All that the car gets the more maintenance it needs.

So in that cases if you want to train yourself really hard you need to have good ways how to recover from the training and massage is excellent for that. If you have pains should you preferably rest or do active movement? Typically it's easier to stay active because for example if we think about most of the low back pain cases staying active is the best way to get rid of the issues. Longer periods in passive for example laying down on your bed all the time it doesn't make the overall health go better so overall health goes better when you start moving.

In some cases minor recovery period might be beneficial but in big picture the activity is way more better. If you start having resting pains during the night what blocks your night sleep that is the thing what we need to get rid of. So if something is causing the night pains then we really need to get rid of that. One thing what you need to remember from this video night pain is the king.

So how to get rid of it? Can muscle be so after the physiotherapy visit and yes they can. Typically when you go for the physiotherapy you might end up in situation when you need to do some sort of exercises or you will going to get yourself some sort of treatment. So that is quite normal that you will going to get 2 or 3 days after the visit some sort of resting pain what is quite mild.

But this is typically short period and it will going to eventually go away. And if you have questions about what is the normal pain after the visit then you need to consult your physiotherapist because they will going to tell you what is the issue on the background and what is normal pain after the visits. Will you going to get exercise program to home from the physiotherapy visit and typically yes. When you go for the physiotherapy visit you will going to get always some sort of guidance how to get rid of the issue so there will be in most of the cases some sort of exercises.

The issue is that we need to guide you to do the stuff in regular everyday activities so you can do really easy exercises between the physiotherapy visits and get yourself back on the track reducing the issues. Can you avoid surgery with the physiotherapy? Yes, in many cases yes you can do. For example if we check the results concerned about the shoulder or knee issues typically we can reduce the need for the surgery from physiotherapy.

And that is quite often the best way to get yourself treated because when you go for the surgery there is also risk about the sleeping and other factors. But in most of the cases it is always individually check it out who will going to get good benefits from the surgery who will going to get good benefits from the physiotherapy and it always goes case by case. How to treat your own issues and get rid of those? To understand the problem on the background we need to have a good idea from the pain mechanism and how they differ from each others.

If you want to have more guidance on that check this video.