What is rheumatism?
Rheumatism may occur in many different ways - it is not a disease in itself. All "inexplicable" pains of the locomotor system, of the sinews, muscles, ligaments, joints or within connective tissue are attributed to rheumatism.
There are many different kinds of rheumatism, that's why the diagnoses are often delayed or inaccurate.
The course of the rheumatic disease depends greatly on intensity and quality of the treatment. The early diagnosis and the consistent treatment are essential. The optimal use of all available measures requires special knowledge and experience.
With special laboratory and x-ray examinations our rheumatologist will narrow down your kind of rheumatism.
What causes rheumatism?
Rheumatism develops mainly from four different basic diseases:
- diseases of the soft-tissue (sinews, muscles, etc.)
- inflammations (arthritis, polyarthrits)
- degenerative joint diseases (arthrosis)
- secondary symptoms of diseases (gout)
Rheumatism requires a consistent therapy, aimed at the cause of the disease. We offer you the right choice of the method at the right time.
What methods of treatment are there?
- drug-based treatment
- pain therapy
- acupuncture
- physiotherapy
- ergotherapy
- physical therapy
- operation
Our medical specialist for physical and rehabilitative medicine will devise the individual therapy plan and will go through it with you.
Rheumatic patients need many aids and competent treatment within a team.
The close collaboration of specialists, rehabilitation institutions and orthopaedic technology enables the complex, demanding treatment of the rheumatic patient.
As rheumatism affects the entire person the treatment in our institution will also aim at the entire person.
Many patients can be spared lasting, secondary damage with an early and effective treatment.
Lasting limitations in function can be reduced or even totally avoided and the mobility can be substantially improved. Because mobility means independence and life quality up to a ripe old age.