PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC CARE IN MIDWIFERY PRACTICE

Discover a comprehensive guide that combines knowledge from the fields of physiotherapy and obstetrics, offering practical advice on caring for patients at every stage of their health. This book is an invaluable source of knowledge for both students and experienced professionals.

• Comprehensive approach: Physiotherapeutic preparation for gynecological surgeries and postoperative management.
• Conservative physiotherapy: Methods used in gynecological conditions that do not require surgical intervention.
• Improvement exercises: Correct techniques and promotion of healthy physical activity.
• Operative physiotherapy: Integration of surgical treatments with physiotherapeutic treatments for faster recovery.
• Prehabilitation: The role of preparing patients before procedures.
• Palliative care: Specialized medical and physiotherapeutic care for people after cancer and in palliative care.
• Teaching standards: A textbook that complies with the applicable curricula for midwifery students.

The book discusses in detail the physiotherapeutic preparation of the patient for gynecological surgery and postoperative management, taking into account the type of procedure, tissue traumatization, pain management and the recovery process itself. The first part focuses on issues related to conservative physiotherapy used in gynecological conditions that do not require surgical treatment. It describes correct improvement exercises and the promotion of healthy physical activity that builds patients' fitness.

The second part discusses issues of operative physiotherapy. Surgical treatment combined with physiotherapeutic treatments is an important element in the recovery process of patients. Attention was also paid to the role of prehabilitation, and issues related to medical and physiotherapeutic care for people after cancer and in palliative care were described.

The textbook was created on the basis of the applicable standards of the curriculum for students of the midwifery course, both in the first and second years of study. In addition to midwifery students and professionally active midwives, students of medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, as well as professionally active physiotherapists and specialist doctors will be able to use the textbook. It is an invaluable source of knowledge that will help you in your daily practice and improve the quality of patient care.

The book published by PZWL contains 220 pages, format 236x166 mm, paperback. Year of publication: 2024. It is a compendium of knowledge necessary for anyone who wants to deepen their skills in the field of physiotherapy in obstetrics.