DOHA: More than 60 percent of the patients — male and female — admitted at the Physiotherapy Department of the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) suffer from back pain, says an expert at HMC.
Noora Al Mathahika, Chief of Physiotherapy at HMC explained that back pain cases could occur due to accidents or injuries including all kinds of fractures, slip disks, joint replacements, spine correction, joint removal and some movement challenges due to accidents.
It can also occur due to sports injuries such as damaged cruciate ligaments (pairs of ligaments arranged like a letter X that occur in several joints of the body, such as the knee).
Al Mathahika added that neurodynamic technique is proving successful in the treatment of back pain, which currently affects more than 60 percent of all cases, both males and females, admitted by the department.
The female clinic receives around 150 to 180 cases daily while the male clinic sees between 250 – 280 cases among those aged from 14 years and above.
The Orthopaedic unit of the Physiotherapy Department in Rumailah Hospital in collaboration with Australia-based Neurodynamic Solutions recently organised a training course to develop the neurodynamic skills of physiotherapy specialists at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC).
Neurodynamic relates to or involves communication between different parts of the nervous system and is also known for relieving pressures off the limb nerve. Neurodynamic is also a type of hand treatment for pains resulting from the pinch of the limb nerve.
Twenty-seven physiotherapy specialists from HMC attended the pioneering four-day workshop held at the Medical City Club Hotel. The lecturer at the workshop was Swiss-based Physiotherapy Specialist, Alfio Albasini.
Aymen Ibrahim Rafat, Physiotherapy Orthopedics Supervisor of male outpatient clinics in Rumailah Hospital said that comprehensive treatment is available to patients complaining of pain in the neck, back, shoulder and the wrists.
He said the neurodynamic technique is equally good for those suffering from numbness or pain in their joints, which could be as a result of pressure on the limb nerve due to severe muscular spasm.
“The success of this procedure lies in the severity of the injury, its duration and the patient’s age. If the patient is younger and the injury has only occurred for a brief time, the possibility of full recovery increases,” he said.
On the neurodynamic procedure, Albasini said: “Ancient Egyptians were the pioneers of this technique in physiotherapy. It was later developed to become more flexible after various research and studies. This method is important to specialists in physiotherapy, especially in hard to diagnose cases such as painful pressure on the nerve.”
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