30-1-25 
12:33 Blog News 
By Manos Kasapakis, PT, MT, MSc Sport Physiotherapist, Head Physio Panathinaikos FC
Physiotherapy is the most appropriate specialty to design a rehabilitation program for specific population groups. By knowing the peculiarities of a traumatized person with haemophilia, the physiotherapist may follow appropriate therapeutic approaches to enhance the process of injury recovery. Both with specific remedies and with individualized exercise programs, a person with haemophilia can return to their daily activities faster.
We all have the right to exercise and with the appropriate adjustments, anyone can participate in sports activities. It is important to analyze the risk parameters in each sport and to take appropriate protective measures to prevent any bleeding events. Physiotherapy can help reduce bleeding episodes through muscle strengthening, patient information, neuromuscular training, and posture improvement and through fall prevention programs.
Injury recovery begins by analyzing the risk factors that led to this injury and assessing the individual’s condition. This aims to perform localized interventions based on the different needs of each person with haemophilia but also to get them into an information and training process aimed at preventing future injuries.
For example, if during a sport activity bleeding in the quadriceps (thigh muscles) occurs, it should be treated promptly according to the instructions of the treating physician while the person should also act appropriately: rest, ice, compression and lifting. Then the necessary physiotherapeutic rehabilitation will follow with special physical means and quadriceps pump exercises (specific exercises to reduce edema) which all contribute to the reduction of swelling, pain and restoring the elasticity of muscle and the overall health of the patient.
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