Therapeutic exercise

Therapeutic exercise is one of the fundamental pillars of physiotherapy intervention in most neuro-musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory, metabolic and urogynecological dysfunctions.

PhysiUZerapy is committed to this line of research with the commitment to demonstrate the benefits of therapeutic exercise and to design and plan the most appropriate therapeutic exercise intervention programmes for different population groups. 

PhysiUZerapy’s therapeutic exercise line develops different projects with the following objectives:

Design and validate different therapeutic exercise programmes and modalities in elderly subjects (frailty syndrome, osteoporosis, chronic musculoskeletal dysfunctions associated with ageing).

To analyze the effects of therapeutic exercise based on the diaphragm-abdomen-lumbar-pelvis-hip complex in preventing and treating pathologies related to pelvic floor dysfunctions.

To analyze the effects of therapeutic exercise on different cardiac pathologies and the reduction of cardiovascular risk factors.

Design therapeutic exercise programmes for different respiratory pathologies.

To analyze the effects of specific therapeutic exercises on the cervical spine and its different pathologies.

Cardiovascular pathology

Numerous scientific studies have shown that physical exercise not only helps to prevent obesity and maintain optimal physical fitness but also helps to prevent heart disease and stroke, reduce anxiety, prevent hypertension, and prevent certain chronic diseases or cognitive impairment.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of premature death and disability and contributes significantly to rising healthcare costs in industrialized countries. Cardiovascular disease is strongly related to modifiable risk factors (blood pressure, sedentary lifestyle, basal blood glucose, cholesterol, and obesity) and unhealthy lifestyles (smoking, physical inactivity, diet and psychosocial stress). 

Regular physical exercise is associated with a decreased risk of cardiovascular disease and fatal and non-fatal coronary events, not only in apparently healthy individuals but also in cardiac patients. Aerobic endurance and muscular strength exercises have a high degree of recommendation and evidence for improving functional capacity in cardiac patients.

Our research focuses on the effect of therapeutic exercise on different cardiac pathologies and the reduction of risk factors.

Cervical spine dysfunction

The therapeutic exercise research line focuses on studying the effects of specific therapeutic exercises in various clinical populations and subgroups. The prevalence of conditions associated with ageing has been observed with the increase in life expectancy. This has generated the need to explore therapeutic methods further to address these diseases and improve the quality of life of affected patients. This line of research focuses primarily on the increase in non-communicable diseases and musculoskeletal disorders, such as neck pain.

Therapeutic exercise research in the cervical region focuses on the biomechanical study of the cervical spine and on improving the diagnosis of different clinical subgroups in this region, such as cervicogenic dizziness, cervicogenic headache, tension headache, cervical radiculopathy, cervical instability and chronic mechanical cervicalgia. This approach allows for a more precise understanding of the specific conditions affecting patients and, thus, a better tailoring of treatments.

In addition, it evaluates the effects of specific therapeutic exercise on symptom relief and improvement of cervical neuro-musculoskeletal function. 

Currently, this line of research focuses on the effects of specific therapeutic exercises of the deep cervical flexor and extensor musculature in different clinical subgroups of the cervical spine. This involves detailed investigations on how these exercise protocols can influence biomechanics, muscular strength and endurance, stability and functionality of the cervical region to optimize treatment protocols and improve patient outcomes.