APPLIED TREATMENTS
In the Kovacs Back Units all treatments
that have been scientifically proven to be effective are
used, to the exclusion of all others. For this reason, as
soon as the effectiveness of a new treatment is proven,
this is incorporated into the treatment plan and replaces
those recommended by available scientific evidence.
Each patient is studied and only recieves
the treatment or treatments which the most up-to-date scientific
evidence recommends for each particular case. The methods
which, having proven to be effective, are currently applied
in the Kovacs Back Units are:
The Spanish Back School: : the fastest
and most effective way to teach people at risk of suffering
back problems or who already suffer these how to protect
the back. It is effective as prevention in healthy people,
and in improving the autonomy and mobility of those who
have back complaints.
The Spanish BackSchool teaches what is
required to reduce the risk of suffering from back pain
in the exercise of daily activities, including work, as
well as the proper attitude to follow if pain reappears.
Its usual structure is made up of three theory and practice
classes each lasting 45 minutes, with a maximum of 10 pupils,
although customized courses are given for specific groups,
such as workers and elderly people, for whom these characteristics
may vary.
Exercises: muscular exercise programmes
which, lasting less than 30 minutes, are effective in preventing,
curing or speeding up the recovery of a complaint, as well
as to strengthen the back muscles and the abdomen. This
helps to have more confidence in the back.
Exercises that may be recommended for one
patient may be inadequate for another. The exercise program
prescribed for each patient is therefore strictly individualized
according to the specific complaint, to the previous state
of his/her musculature and the to the results of a thorough
physical exploration.
Drugs: Among all the studies performed
worldwide to evaluate the effect of drugs, the Kovacs Foundation
Scientific Department identifies those referring to back
complaints and evaluates their scientific quality, in order
to only select those with reliable results. This allows
the Back Units to prescribe the most suitable drugs for
each patient in order to achieve the maximum effectiveness
at the lowest risk of side effects.
Neuroreflexotherapy Intervention (NRT):
This is the superficial implantation of surgical material
(staples and burins) on the nerve ends of the skin, without
opening the skin. This stimulation triggers a neurological
mechanism capable of eliminating pain, muscular contracture
and inflammation in people with back pain, achieving the
cure or persistent improvement of their complaints. All
the surgical material is sterile and of a single use. Its
implantation is practically painless, does not require anaesthesia
and is perfomed on an outpatient basis.
NRT intervention is indicated for patients
in whom complaints persist after 14 days of pharmacological
treatment, or where this is contraindicated (for instance,
pregnant women), and no criteria exist for emergency surgery.
This is also one of the few treatments which are potentially
effective for patients with whom surgery has previously
failed.
Surgery: The surgeons of the Back
Units are not only specialists of the greatest skill and
ability, but the Kovacs Foundation also assures the continuous
updating of their scientific criteria. Patients are therefore
only operated on when surgery is truly indicated, and they
use the most appropriate surgical techinques for each case
according to current scientific studies and assessments.
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