Fisiomotion (Locarno)

Gino Gregorio's physical therapy practice offers you treatments and therapies :

Physiotherapy improves your quality of life, creates new perspectives and increases your well-being in every age group.

Through health promotion, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and pain relief, physiotherapy aims to re-establish the functions and predisposition of the 'individual to move in daily life, both in acute and chronic phases.

We are specialized professionals to answer your questions regarding movement, pain of the musculoskeletal system, and mobility. We go deep to understand and recognize your problem and explain its causes.

We set, in accordance with you individual goals, strategies and therapeutic methods, making our knowledge and expertise available.

Physiotherapy can also be a differential diagnostic tool. If there are no absolute contra**indications, it is sensible and more economical, to carry out as a trial treatment a series of 9 physiotherapy sessions. If, for example, shoulder pain decreases, then one has taken a step forward in diagnostic and therapeutic management. If physiotherapy does not bring success, the cost generated is around 400 francs. Compared to surgery or further diagnostic investigation a relatively small sum.

Myoreflex-therapy puts the 'focus on. the functional muscle chains

Through acupressure we work on the sensors of muscles that are in close connection with the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord).

Pain can be considered as a signal of disturbed physical balance, thus signaling nonharmonious movement geometry. During treatment, muscle chains are treated and stimulated. The therapist's finger acts as a tool for 'self-regulation: Through spinal reflexes the muscles regain their optimal tension and the patient feels less pain.

Treatment

Myoreflex- therapy has been applied in our practice since 1998. Together with other physiotherapeutic methods (e.g., muscle stretching, kinesiotaping, dry needling) we want to offer comprehensive treatment and actively involve the patient in the management of his or her pain.

Indications

Disorders of the entire musculoskeletal system, e.g:

• low back pain, lumbosciatica
• lumbar and cervical intervertebral disc herniations
• functional joint blockages
• whiplash
• torticollis
• migraine headaches, headaches, dizziness, tinnitus
• temporomandibular joint dysfunction
• cervicalgia, cervicobrachialgia
• functional problems of the upper and lower extremities
• epicondylitis
• fibromyalgia

Benefits are paid by the Health Insurance Fund (LaMal), according to medical prescription.

**What is the Temporo Mandibular Joint (TMJ)? The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) functions in pairs and is one of the most complex joints in our body: it connects the jaw to the skull and allows us to speak, chew, swallow and make mimicry movements.
Disequilibria of the masticatory muscles, alterations and movement deficits can impair TMJ function, causing various types of disorders.

Indications

• Joint pain and tension in the masticatory and mimic muscles, both at rest and during its use
• headaches: muscle-tensive headaches
• pain in the 'ear that may radiate to the face
• limitation in the 'opening of the mouth up to the actual blockage
• noises caused by the 'joint itself when opening or closing the mouth: clicks, rattling, sandy noises
• tension starting from the neck up to the head with difficulty in cervical movement
• grinding or clenching of the teeth (bruxism)
• ringing in the ears, dizziness
• rehabilitation after trauma on the 'joint, such as fractures of the condyle and mandible
• inflammatory disorders such as osteoarthritis or arthritis
• very stressful physical and mental situations

Treatment

The patient receives anatomical and functional knowledge to better understand his or her problem through functional and biomechanical assessment. Manual techniques on joints and muscles serve for better recovery of TMJ.
With active exercises performed under the careful and direct supervision of the trained physical therapist, the patient subsequently learns to maintain the results achieved and will be able to perform them at home independently.
This is a very delicate field where the 'interaction with the prescribing physicians (Family Physician, Dentist, ...HNO) is crucial to the success of treatment.

Benefits are paid by the Health Insurance Fund (LaMal), according to a physician's prescription.

Dry Needling (DN)

Dry Needling is an effective alternative to manual treatment of Trigger Points. In DN, sterile, disposable needles are used that are precisely and hygienically introduced into the Trigger Points of the muscles responsible for pain.

Doing so relaxes muscle tension, local blood flow improves, and local inflammatory reaction decreases.

DN is applied:

• in the case of pain and functional problems of the locomotor system
• in orthopedic rehabilitation
• in the physiotherapy of sportsmen

Despite the 'use of the same needles, DN has nothing to do with Acupuncture.

**DN is painful?

Normally the puncture in the skin is painless. A slight 'dull' pain is felt when the needle searches the contracted muscle bands (bandelettes). When the therapist pricks the bandelette it causes a sudden contraction. This can be unpleasant because it intervenes/subtends very quickly and unexpectedly.
Some patients perceive the sudden muscle contraction pleasantly because they realize that immediate relaxation will follow.

DN is it dangerous?

No! DN is an absolutely safe manual therapeutic method. Thorough training and excellent three-dimensional knowledge of Anatomy and palpation are natural prerequisites.

The therapist must always know in which anatomical structure the tip of the 'needle is located. In this case, knowing the contraindications, the therapist follows the principle that 'when in doubt do not prick' there is no danger of complications.
It may happen that a small hematoma forms after a DN session.

The benefits are paid by the Health Insurance Fund (LaMal), according to medical prescription.

Urogynecological rehabilitation

Indications for urogynecological rehabilitation

• loss of urine, gas, or stool
• lowering of the bladder, uterus, bowel:
• feeling of heaviness in the region
• overactive bladder
• 'slow' bowel
• pelvic pain
• preparation for childbirth and postpartum
• before or after operations in the urogenital area
• disorders of the sexual sphere
• pain during penetrative sexual intercourse
• erectile dysfunction

Treatment

• Medical history
• Information on anatomy, location of structures involved
• Manual testing of muscle function and organic position
• Instruction of proper pelvic floor activation
• Behavioral methods; bladder training, urination schedule
• Posture correction, Streching
• Electrotherapy and Biofeedback
• Customized exercises and home program
• Investigating sexual patterns to find possible individual solutions

>> For many people it is not easy to activate the pelvic floor, as it is a hidden muscle, in a 'tabou' area and bound often with feelings of shame.

Personalized urogynecological rehabilitation takes into account the patient's resources and emotions. Treatment methods are determined by the physical therapist and the /patient.

The benefits are paid by the Health Insurance Fund (LaMal), according to medical prescription.

Foot reflexology according to Hanne Marquardt

The condition of our feet provides information about our health. Taking care of one's feet is a good approach toward overall well-being.

Classic massage

Massage is the oldest form of physical therapy for relieving pain and decontracting muscles. (from: en.m.wikipedia.org)

It is performed through manual contact and with precise, sequential maneuvers.

Massage is recognized by the Complementary without a prescription.