In modern medicine,
physiotherapy
It applied to medical and medical - prophylactic purposes.
Methods of physical therapy
developed on the principles of health are closely linked to the public and the scientific development of physical culture.
Physiotherapy
- A relatively new method. But the main means of physiotherapy - exercises - has long been known in medical practice.
In an effort to alleviate the suffering in various diseases, even in the distant past, people were looking for appropriate remedies in the flora and fauna in the physical phenomena of nature, using for this purpose the water, light, motion.
In different periods of human development, traditional medicine is used in its arsenal of therapeutic agents also
physiotherapy exercises - Exercise
.
In this regard, we must admit that a retrospective look at the path, on the one hand, will help us to highlight the main stages in the development of this method, and the other - to identify and assess the misperceptions in
the use of physical exercise for therapeutic purposes
.
Method of exercise
to the overall strengthening and treatment of people employed at the various peoples of the ancient world, especially in the East.
So, the first remarkable historical work, which set out the foundations of ancient Chinese medicine, was the book "Huangdi Neytszin" (about nature and life), consisting of 18 volumes.
This work, representing an encyclopedia of medical knowledge at the time, served as an important guide for many generations of Chinese doctors. In some matters he has not lost its importance to the present.
In this book the first time reflected the experience of traditional medicine in ancient China on the use of exercise and, in particular, the breathing exercises.
One of the founders of the Chinese medical gymnastics was a doctor Huato (II century BC. E.), Which described
exercise technique, used for therapeutic purposes
.
In ancient China used physiotherapy in the treatment of spinal curvature, fractures and dislocations. Chinese doctors disseminate practical information on the use of the gym and massage.
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