Medical Services

Admittance visit to treatment

Customers who enter the Thalassotherapeutic Institute, "Terme di Lignano" with an authorized medical prescription must still undergo an on-site medical exam in order for the staff to assess the patient's present health condition and to prescribe the most appropriate means of treatment. According to the results of the physical exam the doctors may prescribe particular medical controls in order to facilitate the success of the visit.

Specialistic visit

The Thermal Institute has its own team of specialists who administer all treatments. Their fields of specialization include endocrinology; pathologies that derive benefit from marine climatology, i.e. obesity and cellulities; plastic surgery fro skin disorders (coetaneous inestetisms); orthopedics; and fully prescribed physical therapy to alleviate problems of "every day stress". Terme di Lignano is one of the few spas that provides a psychological support system for problem brought on from the frenetic rhythm of every day life. These treatments provide mental and physical solitude in a comfortable, warm and relaxing marine environment tailor made to the customer's personal needs and expectations.

Check visit

A thorough treatment plan is followed carefully during the customer's stay at the Terme. This is monitored even more carefully when specific orthopedic, physical therapy, or respiratory tract plans were prescribed upon admission. When appropriate, final instructions are given to the customer for the continuation of therapy at home.

Electrocardiogram (ECG)

Some exams, such as electrocardiogram, are necessary in order to safely prescribe certain therapies (sand baths, sea water baths, etc.). Other test may be warranted when the doctor needs more medical accuracy; these test will be administered both for the assurance of the customer as well as the physician.

Medical and Nursing care

Since Emergency Rooms of the National Health System are not nearby, the Thermal Institute provides a needed urgent care facility in one the most beautiful corners of North Adriatic Sea. Touristis and residents alike can get urgent treatment during operating hours; CPR specialists are on call and nursing is also available.

Services

• Ear washing
• Audiometric exam
• Impedenzometria
• Intramuscular injections
• Intravenous injections
• Gravity (without medication)
• Dressings
• Blood pressure check

Physiokinesitherapy

Integrated Thalassotherapy

Integrated Thalassotherapy: a sea of energy: a revolutionary natural technique to promote health and strength. Thalassotherapy is a treatment that uses the combined action of climatic and marine elements (seawater, sand, seaweed). The sea becomes a completely natural source of treatment to restore our bodies’ wellbeing and inner peace. This is the secret of Thalassotherapy, an ancient science shores. Today it is built upon by the most advanced scientific research from the incredibly professional team at Thaermae di Lignano, led by Dr. Flavio Romano. What is thalassotherapy Integrated Thalassotherapy: a sea of energy: a revolutionary natural technique to promote health and strengthThalassotherapy is a treatment that uses the combined action of climatic and marine elements (seawater, sand, seaweed). The sea becomes a completely natural source of treatment to restore our bodies’ wellbeing and inner peace.This is the secret of Thalassotherapy, an ancient science born on Mediterranean shores. One of the most effective, natural and complete ways to regain unity and harmony.Seawater is the most important and complete mineral water that exists in nature. It should therefore come as no surprise that man been using seawater for therapeutic reasons since ancient times. Euripides (450 BC), while being treated by Egyptian doctors, said: “the sea cures all of man’s illnesses”. In fact, various elements of the sea environment were empirically used in many ancient medical applications. Today Thalassotherapy finds a new important role not only in the cure of important and widespread diseases (arthrorheumatic diseases, stress and neuroanxiety syndrome), bu even in the wellness medicine, seen as an integration to the traditional preventive medicine and addressed to healthy men. Seawater, scientifically defined as "salt bromoiodic and hypertonic chloryde water", has actually precise theraupetical indications from skeleton diseases (i.e. arthrosis, osteoporosis) to the skin diseases (euthrophic, cleanser, antiseptic and antiedematous action) and the respiratory system diseases (chronic bronchitis, allergies) or diseases of cosmetic medicine interest. Thalassotherapy is today one of the most effective, natural and complete way to find again unity and harmony.
Very good addition to thalassotherapy is the exploitation of little seaweed, collected during a specific spring full moon, treated with a cellular membrane explosion technique in order to preserve all citoplasma qualities. This mixture is then applied on the suffered body surface an don the face as well. Its skills acts at the body contact. The patent of this technique, still valid, belong to the famous Thalgo, French leader. With an experience of fifty years on this area. The cosmetic area has been particularly studied by the biggest French centres of the Breton coasts.

Massage kinesitherapy - Functional Rehabilitation - Rehabilitation global posture

"Magic hands" of professional therapists are offered to accomplish the most difficult and complicated medical prescriptions. Our therapists have all been trained in the best Italian medical colleges and have as much as twenty years of experience. The study of posture and the muscular frame provides solutions for problems related to chronic pain and vicious pose.

Lymphatic drainage massage - Osteopathy

Osteopathy is a manual therapy, complementary to traditional medicine, which deals with various diseases without using drugs, using a causal approach and non-symptomatic; it studies the individual as a whole and looks for the cause of each disorder that can find its location even in another area of ​​pain. Osteopathy is a form of therapy that emphasizes the holistic approach and a wise use of manual and physical treatments in the prevention and treatment of disease and, in particular, on musculoskeletal problems like back and neck pain as well as postural and visceral problems. In addition, the esteopata facilitates the healing powers that the body has on itself, treating the musculoskeletal, somatic and nervous disorders.

Hydrokinesitherapy pool with Therapist

Astronauts, before traveling in space, practice movements in the only substance of the world that almost defies gravity: water! Crystal clear sea water, rich in vital elements and pre-heated to 34°C restores a sense of kinesthesia (well being). Physical therapy administered in the sea water pool is much stronger, thorough, less painful, and far more pleasant and enjoyable (even in complicated situations) than normal pool therapy.

Tecartherapy with Therapist, Massage Therapist diver spear, Compex - Iontophoresis - Electrotherapy, Ultrasound, Laser Therapy

Even in a naturalistic place like Terme di Lignano the use of specialized technology is a compulsory requirement for special prescriptions sometimes given by our orthopedic and physical therapy specialist. These technologies are disegned to enhance and nurture the synergy created between expert hands and sea water.

Inhalation Treatments

Inhalation healing

Treatable diseases: sinusitis, rhinitis, otitis, tubal, pharyngitis, laryngitis, bronchitis. Methodology: Using different techniques, with inhalation treatments can be introduced into the upper airways and in the respiratory system both the thermal water divided in fine particles, and the gas contained therein, or the ​​salt sea water with trace elements that contains.

The devices for inhalation therapy are based on a fundamental principle: the chipping in water drops by compressed air or steam under pressure. During the first days of treatment the sulphurous waters and salt waters, from both the upper and lower respiratory tract, may initially lead to transient congestion of the mucosa with increased flow of mucous or mucopurulent secretions and a slight cough, which may cause local irritation. Only after there is an improvement of local conditions and then of the symptoms to refer to the anti catarrhal, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic action; helping the local microcirculatio, there is also an improvement of mucosa conditions.

Inhalation

Treatable diseases: chronic diseases of the nose, throat, bronchial tubes. Methodology: The inhalation are with single direct, warm and humid jet. The starting jet, bumping against the filter coil, loses the biggest water particles and decreases of temperature. At the exit nozzle results a thick mist of water particles to a temperature of about 38°. The biggest particles are deposited on the mucous membranes of the nasopharynx and larynx, causing an action of cleansing and stimulating the mucous membranes of the upper airways: the same ways receiving the maximum damage by the inhalation of dust and smog, smoke , cold air and by the inhaled microbes. Run mode: The patient stands with his mouth open at the same level of the jet at a distance of about 20-25 cm.

Aerosol

Treatable diseases: chronic diseases of the upper and lower airway diseases and especially of the paranasal sinuses, pharynx, larynx, trachea and bronchial tube. Methodology: Such as in the inhalation, in the aerosol too the sea water or sulfuric water is transformed into a dense mist whose particles have a size of 2-4 microns under pressure and through a tube come out at a temperature of 2830 ° C, the patient is placed in front of it and inhales the dense fog through the use of nasal prong or mask nose-mouth.

Humage

Treatable diseases: chronic diseases of the nose, throat and bronchial tube. Methodology: The humage is a care with relatively dry gas, made with single devices that allow to inhale sulphide hydrogen, stilfurea water basic principle, that is obtained by bubbling and liberation of the sulfide hydrogen. According to the doctor, the care can be performed through nose and / or oral way. The humage gas reachs all districts of the airways, both upper and lower, so it is suitable and necessary in each disease attributable to spa. However, since the gas is hot and in some cases could cause a slight irritation, would be appropriate that this treatment is never the last in the daily cycle.

Sonic aerosol

Treatable diseases: Rhinosinusitis and aid in the treatment of catarrhal media otitis, BPCO, chronical bronchitis and bronchiectasis. Methodology: It is distinguished by normal aerosols for important changes that make this type of care much more specyfic. The feature is the light positive pressure stamped on aerosol particles. At regular intervals, the particles are subjected to vibration by a stream of sound waves at a frequency of 100 Hz, thus increasing the capacity of the thermal gas to reach the sinus cavities and middle ear, and thanks to the special micronization of droplets of spa waters both sulphurous and salt-iodine, as far as the smallest lung alveolos, scientifically proven ability, with performed experiences using radioactive isotopes.

Shower Micronized

Treatable diseases: it is a new type of inhalation treatment, particularly suitable for all chronical catarrh problems of the nose and throat (sinusitis, rhinitis, otitis and tubal as well). Methodology: The drops of water have a higher volume than the traditional aerosol and they are driven under pressure directly into the nostrils: this copious flow cause an instant fluidication of the catarrhal secretions, both in the nasal and in the throat. To allow the washing and cleaning of the catarrh also from the middle ear, it is necessary to close the contralateral nostril with your finger and frequently swallow, doing then a therapeutic action on thesinusitis cases, and also a gentle physiotherapy of the eustachian tube, that regains elasticity. Specialties: it is a very well tolerated cure also by children, even very young.

Nasal irrigation

Treatable diseases: rhinitis. Methodology: The mechanical action is clear: with irrigation cleans and cleanses the mucous from secretions and crusts, preparing it to receive the inhalation particles of the other inhalation applications. It is therefore advisable, unless your doctor does not give different provisions, that irrigation, as well as micronized shower, always precedes the treatments of inhalation cycle and the insuffTations. Execution technique: The head should be tilted and rotated, making sure that the ear is always higher than the nose to avoid that water, through the eustachian tube, penetrates the middle ear: The oil will be resting on the upper nostril, so that the flow of thermal water at low pressure flows through the other nostril while the patient breathes normally with his mouth open. This operation will be repeated at short intervals for each nasal passage

Insufflation entotympanic Politzer Crenotherapic

Both are a modified application of humages that takes advantage of the benefit of the inhalation of dry gas to penetrate into the interior of the middle tympanic box. The first, performed by a doctor, consists in introducing a tiny probe to the orifice of the Eustachian tube and blow, with regulated pressure, gas in the middle ear cavity. The gas arrival is perceived by the patient and the physician through an instrument placed on his ear, like a hiss. The second, Politzer Crenotherapic less invasive, is used primarily in pediatric patients since is more acceptable by children

Fitness

Pilates

This exercise help to stabilize the spine and increase the overall well-being. Pilates is suitable for all, regardless of age and sex ...

Water Aerobics

The exercises are performed in water. The movement in the water benefits all the body and muscles, suitable for those who want to move with the lively musical accompaniment. They are adapted to the group of people and can be carried by all.