– Dad, What are you doing?

– I do an exercise.

– and why?

– Because my physiotherapist sent it to me.

– And for what?

– To improve my back.

– but my son, Weren't you going to get massages and stretch your back??

– Grandma, you don't know anything. My dad goes to the physio not the masseuse.

– You will see, I'm going to tell you what the physiotherapist explained to me and so we can all clarify:

“The other day I went to the clinic because I had pain in my neck.. I had been thinking for several months that it would go away on its own., but since he no longer let me look in the rearview mirror of the car when I take you to school, I decided it was time to get cured.”

Then the physio asked me a lot of questions., He looked at me and got me moving., and he explained to me that it was to see if he could do something for my neck.. Then he said yes, that could help my neck, but the best thing was that he could help me too.”

– how dad?

“He told me that if I really wanted to improve my neck I had to start by thinking that he was not going to cure me.”, but the one who cured me was me."

– Sure daddy, We don't know if the physio's neck hurts.

"Exact. “He asked me how much time I could dedicate to healing and how much time I could dedicate to taking care of myself.”

– I don't understand.

“Normal, Me neither and that's why I told him to explain it to me well.. And then he showed me some drawings and some exercises that resembled the movements he had done on the stretcher and that at that moment had taken away my pain.”

– But if I had taken them away from you!! Why does the pain have to come back??

“There I understood it, son. He told me that with this exercise that I am now doing in front of you and grandma, I could maintain that pleasant feeling of no pain even at home and safely. And I loved it because I can dedicate a little time to something so useful.”

– And what about taking care of yourself?, son? Because my neck hurts too.

– Grandma, don't interrupt him.

“This is very simple. You can dedicate a few days to improving pain or be interested in knowing what you are doing to make your neck complain., and when you know, avoid it.”

– What if you don't know how? ¡Ah, I know! Calling your physio and asking?

– That's my son! And now I'm going to continue with my exercises.

– Well, son, let's see if you can leave me the phone number, I'm going to call too..

– Just one more question dad.

– Dime.

– Will you take me to school by car tomorrow?? Because I don't want to get up earlier.

Therapeutic exercise is defined as the prescription of a physical activity program that involves the patient in carrying out the contraction of voluntary muscles and / or movement of the body in order to relieve symptoms, improve function or improvement, retain or delay the deterioration of health.

The physiotherapist is the expert and competent health professional for the definition of those exercises that are agreed upon for therapeutic purposes to fulfill the objectives that are established between them within the framework of health and the improvement of the patient's quality of life..