Kolan International Hospital Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation department is a unit organizing diagnosis and treatment services of musculoskeletal system, enabling free and painless movement of patients by using physical technological equipment and exercises, and providing high quality service to enhance the quality of life.

In Physical Treatment and Rehabilitation department, specialist physicians and physiotherapists display a holistic approach to chronic disorders such as musculoskeletal problems, neurological diseases, and disabilities associated with chronic pain and cancer. In addition, it provides services of prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of medical conditions leading to disability in all age groups.

Treatment Fields of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Department

• Herniated Disc and Cervical Disc Hernia
• Painful disorders in areas such as shoulders, elbows, lower back, buttock, knees, feet, ankles and heels (e.g. meniscus, heel spur, arthrolith),
• Rheumatic diseases causing joint pain and stiff movement (arthrosis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis),
• Soft tissue disorders such as fibromyalgia, myalgia, trigger finger, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, cellulitis etc. and nerve compression, 
• Back, neck and lower back pains caused by postural disorders,
• Osteoporosis commonly known as bone loss,
• Joint restrictions caused by fractures and other orthopedic causes, hand surgeries, pre- and post-process of prosthesis surgeries,
• Half body paralyses called as stroke (Cerebral hemorrhage or paralysis induced by occlusion of brain vessels) (stroke),
• Facial paralysis,
• Spinal cord injuries,
• In spinal cord injuries due to occupational or traffic accidents, congenital or acquired paralyses and spastic conditions in children,
• Probable joint pain and movement restrictions following fractures,
• Spinal curvatures called scoliosis, kyphosis (roundback), aging associated spinal problems,
• Sports injuries (such as anterior-posterior cruciate ligaments, meniscus injuries).
  
  

Most Commonly Used Physical Therapy Methods in Our Physical Treatment and Rehabilitation Unit

• Thermal therapies: Infrared, Hot pack, paraffin
• Cold therapies: Cold pack, cryotherapy
• Electric current therapies: TENS, interference, Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation, Compex
• Ultrasound therapy, shortwave therapy
• Vacuum therapy methods: Classical vacuum
• Laser therapies: Hilterapia (High-density laser)
• Shock therapy (ESWT)
• Specific exercise therapies (Exercise with and without equipment)
• Ozonotherapy

In Physical Therapy unit, various methods are applied as 1-1.5 long sessions, and average number of sessions is 15 to 20. Rehabilitation, on the other hand, is a much longer process that may last for years in some cases.

Kolan International Hospital Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Unit works with the aim to combine its knowledge and skill with modern technology in order to relieve the pains of patients with a disease or disability, and to help them regain mobility and independence within the community as soon as possible.

For detailed information call: 444 1 443