Physiotherapy  

In any of the below situations Physiotherapy can be very helpful:

• Presence of body pain;
• Every time that you have a loss of functionality with or without pain (e.g. difficulty to move your neck towards one side; difficulty to bend or extend your knee; difficulty to stand up from a chair easily,  difficulty to move up your shoulder, etc.);
• Sprains, minor trauma, presence of swelling/redness in a joint;
• Presence of neurological signs (that do not require immediate medical intervention) such as tingling, numbness, pins, and needles. Loss of strength or alteration in the sensitivity, burning/electrical pain.
• to regain a full functionality: after a fracture; immobilization with a plaster cast/boot; surgery;
• to increase your sports performance; after a sports injury to get fully back to your previous sport activity;
• after a sports injury to get fully back to your previous sport activity.

Physiotherapy can also have a preventive role – depending on your characteristics, a Physio in collaboration with your personal trainer can develop an exercise therapy program to improve your strength and muscle mass.
In several types of research, good muscle mass and strength have demonstrated a high correlation between good health, good aging, preventive effect and good outcome for several conditions.

Massage

In any of the below, a massage can be the right choice:

• General muscle tension;
• To increase joint mobility and flexibility;
• The need for general relaxation and stress hormones reduction;
  To improve circulation, the flow of the oxygen and nutrients of the muscles;
  Stimulation of lymphatic system;
  To improve the recovery of soft tissue injuries;
• to treat the muscle knots.