Catalina Escobar Valeria Marin Catalina Giraldo

1. Catalina Giraldo Sánchez
Catalina Escobar Dávila
Valeria Marín Moncada

2. The two world wars make it clear in Western countries the need to adequately attend to the huge number of people with amputations
in the locomotor system that caused dysfunctions, which affected the population, causing functional deficits. To this situation
diseases considered then endemic were added. The clearest example is Poliomelitis, which affected a large number of children,
causing highly disabling situations for the individual. Orthopedic surgeons and traumatologists improved the situation of many
patients with the treatments applied, but there was a lack of continuity to try to restore the lost function, either in its entirety or in its
most appropriate functional substitution in each case.
From these needs arises the great impulse of Physiotherapy in the Western world. Thus, both in the United States and the United
Kingdom, there was a notable increase in Physiotherapy professionals, who were called Physical Therapists and Physiotherapists,
respectively. This increase spread shortly afterwards to the rest of Europe, leaving only Spain, Italy and Greece without incorporating
it until many years later.
Physiotherapy was officially born in Spain through the Decree Law of June 26, 1957, which establishes the specialty of
Physiotherapy, Health Technical Assistant, Practitioner and Nurses, with two years of training and dependents of the Faculties of
Medicine. With this regulation the training of physiotherapists is structured and, to all those who were performing physiotherapist
functions with the title of ATS, Practitioner or Nurse, by means of Complementary Resolutions are given the opportunity to obtain the
title of Specialist in Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy was born as a university career in Spain through Royal Decree 2,965 / 80, of December 12, 1980, on the integration in
the University of Physiotherapy Studies as a University School of Physiotherapy. Subsequently, the Order of the Ministry of Education
and Science of June 1, 1982, which establishes the Guidelines to develop the Study Plans of the University Schools of
Physiotherapy. With this new regulation, the training premises are changed substantially, going from two years of ATS specialty to
three years, giving the opportunity for it to be more appropriate and focused on the Diploma in Physiotherapy, with a teaching load of
3,600 hours. , comparable to what is contained in the Study Plans in the EEC

3. • neurophysiologist physician who
developed the TFNO techniques
(proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation
techniques)
• Herman Kabat, MD, PhD, initially trained
as a basic science researcher and then as
a linical neurologist during the 1930s. He is
best known for a physical therapeutic
ethod, “proprioceptive facilitation,” now
referred to as “proprioceptive
neuromuscuar facilitation” (PNF) [1-3], that
he developed with physical therapist
Margaret “Maggie”) Knott to treat patients
with neurologic disorders. However, Kabat
must be emembered for much more than
the development of this one method.

4. Physiotherapists work in clinics and hospitals,
special education schools, homes for the elderly
and health centers, research centers, both in
primary and specialized care with a great capacity
and professional independence while being an
essential element in multidisciplinary teams in
health. Likewise, in free exercise cabinets, health
centers, work or traffic accident mutuals, sports
clubs, day centers, geriatric centers, special
education schools, spas and spas, sick
associations, gymnasiums and sports centers,
attention domiciliary
There are also teaching physiotherapists in
universities or continuing education centers.

5.  Cardiovascular and pulmonary physiotherapy.
 Geriatric physiotherapy.
 Pediatric physiotherapy.
 Neurological physiotherapy.
 Orthopedic physiotherapy.
 Sports phisiotherapy.
 physiotherapy in rheumatology.
 physiotherapy in urology, gynecology and obstetrics.
 physiotherapy in palliative care and oncology.
 physiotherapy in optometry and ophthalmology.
 physiotherapy in otolaryngology.
 physiotherapy in veterinary.

6. • English allows us to have good communication with different people, to create progress in
our lives, giving us personal satisfaction and seeing the world from different perspectives; It
is also very useful for job offers and that is the language.

7. • Physiotherapy is a liberal profession that allows the development of independent works or associated
with other professionals. This allows improving professional expectations and being able to start
working autonomously and is a career that focuses on providing needed help to people.