The word “rehabilitate” means to bring back to total efficiency, that is, to restore a situation compromised by trauma or acute or chronic disease.

In physiotherapy, therefore, “rehabilitate” is to bring all elements of the human organism back into close correlation with each other, so as to achieve full functional efficiency in complete interaction between the musculoskeletal system and the nervous system; this includes both the myo-skeletal and neurological spheres.

In fact, the injury or deficiency of one anatomical structure results in suffering or pathological reactions in the others as in a vicious circle.