In Moscow, you can become a specialist in exercise therapy by graduating from the Russian National Research Medical University named after N. I. Pirogov or Peoples' Friendship University of Russia.
A person must recover from illness and injury, gradually increasing physical activity. During this period, he really needs the help of specialists in physiotherapy exercises - exercise therapy.
The exercise therapy doctor must have a higher medical education, have basic knowledge in the field of anatomy, physiology, pathological physiology, master psychology and methods of restoring health through various physical exercises.
He is engaged in the appointment of a patient who has undergone an illness, injury or operation, an individual complex of physiotherapy exercises. The doctor also monitors the patient's well-being, adjusts physical activity depending on the results and decides when it needs to be limited or temporarily stopped.
The exercise therapy instructor must have a secondary specialized medical education. He performs exercises prescribed by the doctor together with the patient or teaches and supervises the performance of therapeutic exercises.
The instructor is responsible for the person's well-being during classes, measures the pulse, pressure and monitors the patient's breathing before and after exercise. It is located directly in the classroom and is responsible for inventory and room temperature.
You can get a diploma of a specialist in exercise therapy in Russia by completing special additional courses for medical workers. They are conducted on the basis of educational medical institutions: colleges, institutes and universities.
At the same time, it is imperative to get a basic medical education, only then you can get a job in hospitals and rehabilitation centers and restore the health of patients.
You can also complete a course of study at the Department of Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy at the Institutes of Physical Culture and Sports, but there may be restrictions on work in clinics and rehabilitation centers.
Such a specialist can work in educational institutions, for children and adults, centers for additional education, at sports facilities, in sports schools and sections.
It is important to understand the differences between working with people who have had an illness or injury and those who want to do yoga or Chinese gymnastics. For the former, compulsory medical supervision is required, and for the latter, the main thing is to master health-improving gymnastics.
A general exercise therapy specialist needs to have two education: medical and a diploma from the Institute of Physical Culture and Sports. In this case, you can find a job wherever people are helped to restore health with the help of medical gymnastics.
