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REHABILITATION OF RHEUMATIC PATIENTS

Rheumatic diseases are mostly autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic and degenerative diseases of joints and spine caused by cartilage degradation and joint rheumatism in which are damaged the joints, muscles, fascia, ligaments or tendons.

Symptoms of rheumatic diseases are typical: pain, difficulty in movement, swelling with possible redness and tenderness to touch and passive movement.

If symptoms are ignored, rheumatic diseases can lead to severe consequences, such as joint contractures and spine deformities of hands and feet, breathing problems and even the inability to start.

Treatment and rehabilitation of rheumatic patients includes:

• Inflammatory rheumatic diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis…)
• Rheumatism (epicondylitis of the elbow, hip peritrohanteritis, ahilitis of the heels…)
• Degenerative diseases of the spine (vertebrae change the discs, facets, instability of the spine, discogenic pain, spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis…)
• Degenerative joint diseases (arthroses)
• Vertebrogenic pain syndromes (with or without neurological)

Depending on the therapeutic indication and the objectives of rehabilitation, Topusko Health Spa offers:

• Individual exercises in the newly equipped hall
• Group exercise
• Group exercises in the pool
• Electrostimulation, galvanic, interferential and diadynamic currents, shortwave diathermy and laser
• Magnetotherapy
• Hydrokinesis therapy
• Individual underwater massage
• Galvanic bath
• Paraffin therapy
• IC lampu
• Occupational therapy