Comments on the ergonomics of the physiotherapist’s work and suggestions on cooperation with other members of the therapeutic team and people from the patient’s close environment (family, friends)

Cooperation with psychiarists/psychologists  

Physiotherapists receive many patients for psychomotor therapy who do not first see the connection between their physical and emotional/social problems. The aim of psychomotor therapy is give the patients better contact with their emotional life. When there are changes in the body and respiration is released , the patient registers a deeper contact with feelings.   

If conflicts and emotions start becoming a problem, or treatment comes to a standstill, then the question of psychotherapy becomes to relevant.   

Usually psychomotor therapy and psychotherapy are used in combination. The psychomotor therapy, when followed immediately by psychotherapy, is most effective.   

If the patient’s life is full of conflicts, then maybe psychotherapy alone will prove sufficient for a while. It is rarely necessary to discontinue psychomotor therapy altogether because it can be used to stabilize the patient. In the other words, help the patient to stand on his own feet, so that he finds it easier to look face reality.   

When considering emotional crises, the use of sedatives and antidepressant drugs can be useful for limited period of time.