About the Department of Orthopedic and Sports Rehabilitation at Rehabilitation Clinic Medical Park Borussia Moenchengladbach
The Department of Orthopedic and Sports Rehabilitation at the Rehabilitation Clinic Medical Park Borussia Moenchengladbach offers comprehensive rehabilitation programs for patients with degenerative joint diseases and spinal pathologies and injuries. The medical facility has exceptional expertise in the rehabilitation for sports injuries. The department also offers preventive fitness programs to improve overall health: regular exercise under the supervision of professionals helps improve joint function, relieves stress on the spine, improves posture, strengthens the cardiovascular system, and allows for maintaining a normal weight. Rehabilitation is provided on an outpatient basis. The patient visits the clinic 4 times a week. The rehabilitation program is developed on an individual basis after assessing the rehabilitation potential using special tests. The course of treatment involves the use of highly effective methods of physiotherapy, sports therapy, and physical therapy. The department's specialists regularly demonstrate excellent results, thanks to which the medical institution has gained a leading position in the European medical arena. The department is headed by Dr. med. Stefanie Alberg.
The department is an expert rehabilitation center for patients suffering from arthrosis. This disease causes degenerative changes in the joints, potentially threatening their function. As arthrosis progresses, it causes severe pain and limited mobility. A competently selected set of rehabilitation activities can relieve pain, improve mobility, and delay or even avoid joint replacement surgery. Rehabilitation programs for patients with arthrosis include therapeutic exercises, medical training therapy, manual lymphatic drainage, and electrotherapy (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and/or iontophoresis).
Many patients with chronic back pain seek medical help from the department. Pain occurs against the background of degenerative changes, herniated discs, radiculopathies, compression syndromes, scoliosis, ankylosing spondylitis, spinal injuries, and other pathologies. Rehabilitation treatment relieves back pain and improves the patient's quality of life. The department's team of physiotherapists and sports therapists successfully uses manual therapy, training on the KG-G stimulator, and medical training therapy to treat chronic pain syndromes. In addition, the department offers special courses, in which specialists in the field of exercise therapy teach patients special sets of physical exercises that can be performed at home after the completion of the basic course of rehabilitation treatment to consolidate the results achieved.
The primary clinical tasks of the department's medical team include the rehabilitation of professional and amateur athletes after injuries of varying severity. A sports injury may lead to the development of chronic orthopedic pathologies, making a return to the world of sports impossible. When athletes receive effective rehabilitation treatment, they have high chances of continuing their career. The department's specialists successfully use manual therapy, manual lymphatic drainage, physical therapy, workouts on professional fitness equipment, and sports workouts to restore the functions of the affected part of the musculoskeletal system and improve the athlete's endurance.
The department provides the following rehabilitation activities:
- Therapeutic exercises
- Manual lymphatic drainage
- Manual therapy
- Medical training therapy, including the use of special fitness equipment
- Physical therapy: electrotherapy (TENS method and iontophoresis), heat therapy, and cryotherapy
- Balance training
- Relaxation techniques
- Other rehabilitation treatment methods
Photo of the doctor: (c) Medical Park Borussia Mönchengladbach