SIG Pain Physiotherapy
Declaration of intent:
The SIG “Pain Physiotherapy” goes far beyond the consideration of movement therapy for pain patients. It includes, for example, within a multimodal and interdisciplinary therapy within the framework of the bio-psycho-social model, interventions in the areas of training-induced hypalgesia (TIH), graduated movement programs, musculoskeletal manual therapy and DryNeedling, nerve mobilizations, electrotherapeutic applications such as transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) or thermotherapeutic interventions of local and systemic hypo- and hyperthermia.
The aims of the «SIG Pain Physiotherapy»
- Network: Promotion of therapeutic and scientific exchange and multi-professional networking of relevant specialists. Swiss Pain Society contact for pain physiotherapy issues. Overview of an evidence-based offer of pain physiotherapy for health professionals, patients and health partners according to the criteria of recommended do’s and don’ts in categorizations according to the IASP-ICD-11 structure of nociceptive, neuropathic and nociplastic pain.
- Public relations work: Establishment of a biopsychosocial understanding in the treatment of pain sufferers in the healthcare system and the general public. Exchange and publish information on treatment methods in pain physiotherapy.
- Services: The SIG is the point of contact for pain physiotherapy issues in
research, practice and further education. - Education: Provide continuing education opportunities for health professionals and publish and critically discuss current scientific findings on pain physiotherapy.
- Services: The SIG is the point of contact for pain physiotherapy issues in research, practice and continuing education.
Dr. Kay Hanusch
Berner Fachhochschule
Gesundheit
Fachbereich Physiotherapie
Murtenstrasse 10
3008 Bern
Activities of the SIG
2023/2024
- Development of an advanced training course “Special Pain Physiotherapy” in coordination and consultation with the Swiss Pain Society (SPS) to provide health professionals with profession-specific skills that develop and promote mechanism-based pain therapy as part of a multimodal concept.
- Creation of a list of therapists with competencies in pain physiotherapy for patients and medical referrers
Member list
An up-to-date list of all SIG members can be viewed here.
Annual reports
Founded in 2023