Physiotherapists attend training course

Participants at the training course.Rumailah Hospital, in collaboration with Australia-based Neurodynamic Solutions, organised a training course to develop the neurodynamic skills of physiotherapy specialists at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC).Neurodynamic relates 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.About 27 physiotherapy specialists from HMC attended the pioneering four-day workshop held at Medical City. The lecturer at the workshop was Swiss-based physiotherapy specialist Alfio Albasini.Noora al-Mathahika, chief of physiotherapy at HMC, said: “The neurodynamic method is the latest advancement in physiotherapy treatment procedures that relies on releasing the tension of the nerve to eliminate pain.” She stressed that the department is very keen to improve the skills of its physiotherapy specialists by facilitating training courses on new treatment techniques. “The workshop was organised for a selection of specialists who handle treatment of joints, spinal cord and muscles,” al-Mathahika added.She said that neurodynamic technique is proving successful in the treatment of back pain, which currently affects more than 60% of all cases, both male and female, admitted by the department. The female clinic receives around 150 to 180 cases daily while the male clinic sees between 250 and 280 cases among those aged from 14 years and above.Al-Mathahika said 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.Aymen Ibrahim Rafat, physiotherapy orthopaedics supervisor of male outpatient clinics, Rumailah Hospital said the workshop was within the framework of HMC’s goal of improving and developing its physiotherapy services into best practice through training courses on methods of diagnosis as well as inspection of types of injury.