This page is awaiting validation. It does not replace a consultation or a programme adapted to your situation.
Preparing your request
Describe onset, difficult tasks and concerns. Bring your prescription, relevant reports and injury or surgical instructions.
Treatment at Kiné Diddeleng requires a medical prescription. Practical and CNS information is available on the dedicated pages.
Understand the picture
A process to adapt
Assessment
Understand the difficulty and precautions.
Goals
Choose tasks that matter to you.
Review
Follow progress and reconsider decisions when needed.
Checking suitability
New leg swelling or a possible circulation problem needs medical assessment first. A significant injury may need specialist care.
Physiotherapy does not replace emergency care. New information may mean stopping exercises and redirecting treatment.
Assessing useful function
Depending on the situation, assessment covers movement, strength, walking and relevant tasks within restrictions.
The aim is not to provoke every symptom. Findings establish a suitable starting point and progress measures.
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Agreeing goals
A concrete goal, such as walking to a shop or accelerating again, helps define steps. Priorities differ.
Discuss what is realistic between visits. The programme should fit work, other care and your circumstances.
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Building active recovery
Movement and strengthening depend on the tissue, recovery stage and activity. Loading progresses gradually.
Daily and sporting tasks return in stages. The exercise sheet offers examples rather than an identical prescription for everyone.
Additional care options
A comfort technique may sometimes make movement easier. Judge its value by useful function as well as immediate sensation.
Evidence varies. This page promises no particular device, accelerated repair or guaranteed result.
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Coordinating care
Surgical restrictions, other illnesses or diagnostic uncertainty may require discussion with your doctor. Report important changes.
New weakness or swelling is not simply a reason to exercise harder; medical reassessment may be needed.
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In everyday life
Regaining a working day with walking
Describe
Routes, stairs and necessary breaks.
Prepare
Choose activity compatible with assessment.
Review
Compare actual function and adapt the plan.
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Reviewing and adjusting
Follow-up compares meaningful tasks, tolerance and goals. Limited progress prompts review of the plan and sometimes the original explanation.
This page cannot set a session count or recovery date. Reimbursement depends on applicable CNS documents and rules.
Your questions
Do I need a prescription?
Yes. Practice treatment requires a medical prescription. See the practical pages to prepare.
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How many sessions will I need?
That depends on assessment, goals and progress, not simply the body area.
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Will I only receive massage?
The plan follows assessment. Activity adjustments and progressive movement or strengthening may be important components.
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What if my leg swells before the appointment?
Seek same-day advice for new unexplained swelling. With breathlessness or chest pain, call 112.
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Sources and references
- [1] IQWiG: Muskelzerrung und Muskelfaserriss
- [2] Kiné Diddeleng — Contact
- [3] NHS: DVT (deep vein thrombosis)
- [4] NHS: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD)
- [5] JOSPT/APTA: Hamstring Strain Injury in Athletes (2022)
- [6] Hull University Teaching Hospitals: Soft tissue injury, calf strain
- [7] NHS: Compartment syndrome
- [8] CGDIS: Appeler le 112
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