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Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy can be helpful when your mobility or work has become difficult due to pain or you need rehabilitation after surgery or because of an illness. Physiotherapy also supports preventing musculoskeletal injuries.
Physiotherapy in brief
- Physiotherapy is helpful when your work ability or functional capacity is limited or you suffer from neck, back or other musculoskeletal pain, dizziness or headaches.
- Physiotherapy also helps to prevent problems with mobility.
- Welcome to physiotherapist’s appointment – also without a referral.
Related services
Geriatric physiotherapy
Individual and comprehensive rehabilitation.
Neurological physiotherapy
Helps to improve functional capacity if a neurological illness or injury is complicating your life.
Paediatric physiotherapy
Rehabilitation provided by a physiotherapist that aims to promote the child's functional capacity and mobility.
Sports physiotherapy
Helps to prevent sports injuries, start exercising or improve your performance.
Physiotherapists solve problems with functional capacity
A physiotherapist is a specialist in functional capacity and mobility. At an appointment with a physiotherapist, the physiotherapist will carry out examinations and tests to determine the cause of your symptoms and prepare a treatment plan that suits your daily life.
There are various methods of providing physiotherapy services:
- guidance and instructions for everyday choices to support your health
- therapeutic exercises strength or mobility exercises or pool therapy
- manual therapy stretching, massage or fascia, vertebra or joint manipulation
- physical therapy the utilisation of heat, cold or some other physical effect with various devices and equipment
- needle therapy, such as acupuncture
- LPG therapy or suction roller therapy
- aids, such as a wrist supports or reacher grabbers
- supportive taping, such as kinesiology taping without restricting limb movement.
Who is physiotherapy suitable for?
Physiotherapy is suitable for everyone.
Our physiotherapists treat customers of all ages and backgrounds. Everyone is welcome to our clinic.
Our physiotherapists have extensive expertise in the treatment and prevention of a wide range of ailments. Many of them are familiar with different areas of physiotherapy, certain diseases or special methods.
You can learn more about out our physiotherapists in the online appointment booking system, where you can also book an appointment with a specialist of your choice.
Physiotherapy – help with various ailments
Physiotherapy alleviates a wide range of physical symptoms. We provide help with neck problems caused by display screen work, back pain that impairs your everyday life or when you need rehabilitation due to a neurological disease, for example.
You can also book an appointment if you want to start exercising and prevent stress injuries. We are happy to help you, whether you are physically inactive or an enthusiastic athlete.
Physiotherapy may be helpful in situations such as:
Here is how physiotherapy proceeds
Physiotherapy is always planned individually. The best results are achieved through cooperation between the physiotherapist and the customer.
At the first appointment, the physiotherapist will discuss with you your problem and how it affects your everyday life. The physiotherapist examines you as a whole as the treatment is always planned according to your wishes and schedule.
The physiotherapist examines your ailment carefully, for example, by examining your posture and mobility and feeling your body. Based on the examination, the physiotherapist will prepare treatment plan with you.
At the appointment, the physiotherapist can provide instructions for targeted exercises and various movements. Manual therapy and physical or other treatments can be used to alleviate pain. Physiotherapists can also assist in the selection of assistive devices.
In most cases, the physiotherapist will give you advice to support your rehabilitation in everyday situations, as well as instructions for home exercises that will promote your recovery. The exercises are always planned with your possibilities and preferences in mind. The more actively you exercise and make the right choices in your everyday life, the better your rehabilitation will progress.
Follow-up appointments are scheduled to monitor your rehabilitation and adjust the treatment plan, if necessary. At the end of physiotherapy, the ailment has become easier to tolerate and you will have tools to help you promote your own well-being. In some cases, the treatment of the ailment requires regular physiotherapy.
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Fysioterapeutti OMT
Revised 8/23/2023
You can find expert-specific prices in the physiotherapist's information in our online booking system.
Take into account in the price list
Price per visit.| Service | Price estimate |
|---|---|
| Physiotherapy consultation, 30 min Book an appointment with a physiotherapist Prices 47,00–115,00 € | from 47,00 € No Kela reimbursement |
| Physiotherapy consultation, 45 min Book an appointment with a physiotherapist Prices 60,00–131,00 € | from 60,00 € No Kela reimbursement |
| Physiotherapy consultation, 60 min Book an appointment with a physiotherapist Prices 67,00–162,00 € | from 67,00 € No Kela reimbursement |
| OMT-physiotherapy consultation, 30 min Book an appointment with an OMT physiotherapist Prices 62,00–115,00 € | from 62,00 € No Kela reimbursement |
| OMT-physiotherapy consultation, 45 min Book an appointment with an OMT physiotherapist Prices 63,00–137,00 € | from 63,00 € No Kela reimbursement |
| OMT-physiotherapy consultation, 60 min Book an appointment with an OMT physiotherapist Prices 90,00–174,00 € | from 90,00 € No Kela reimbursement |
| RecoveriX therapy (first visit), 90 min | 165,00 € No Kela reimbursement |
| RecoveriX therapy, 60 min | 123,00 € No Kela reimbursement |
Frequently asked questions about physiotherapy
A physiotherapist is a specialist in functional capacity and mobility. Physiotherapy promotes your functional capacity, treats musculoskeletal pain and dysfunctions and prevents various types of stress and sports injuries.
Physiotherapy is helpful when your work ability or functional capacity is limited or you suffer from neck, back or other musculoskeletal pain, dizziness or headaches. Physiotherapy also helps to prevent problems with mobility.
Physiotherapy may be helpful in situations such as:
- neck and back pain
- hip, knee, ankle and foot pain and dysfunctions
- stress and sports injuries
- joint problems
- body misalignments
- dizziness
- headache
- post-operational recovery
- problems with mobility caused by neurological and other diseases
- starting exercise safely
In physiotherapy, the physiotherapist will carry out examinations and tests to determine the cause of your symptoms and prepare a treatment plan that suits your daily life. The methods used in physiotherapy include guidance and counselling, therapeutic exercises, manual therapy, physical therapy, aids and supportive taping.
Physiotherapist
- provides advice on issues related to maintaining and developing functional capacity
- provides instructions for therapeutic exercises, such as different sets of movements
- treats pain and tension manually, for example, by massage and stretching
- provides treatment with physical effects like heat, needle treatment or LPG treatment (suction roller therapy)
- assists and guides in selecting the right type of aid and
- performs supportive taping.
The therapy carried out at the physiotherapist's appointment is only one part of physiotherapy. Everyday life and home exercises between appointments play an important role in the outcome of treatment.
Everyday actions and choices mean more than individual appointments with a physiotherapist once a week or less frequently.
The degree of physiotherapist is completed at a university of applied sciences. After graduation, physiotherapists update their competence and develop their professional skills in continuing education and courses.
The profession of a physiotherapist may only be practised by a professional who has completed a degree in physiotherapy and is registered with the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health.
