Department of remedial gymnastics

Chief of the dept. Natalia I. Ignatieva	Staff N.I. Ignatieva - chief of the dept. N.N. Sterlikova - instructor T.G. Konstantinova - instructor G.I. Pesrjakova - instructor V.P. Alexeeva - instructor

Remedial gymnastics is a system of sport tools that are intended for prophylaxis, treatment and rehabilitation. It means that remedial gymnastics can help:

• to strengthen locomotor system, i.e. muscles, bones, joints and ligaments to prevent their's injureis and diseases;
• to provide with the most effective treatment of diseases and injuries of locomotor system;
• to restore functional abilities after prolonged treatment.

Remedial gymnastics affects both directly and mediately on different systems of organism simultaneously. It differs from other kinds of physical culture as the last one differs from professional sport. All of these kinds of training use physical exercises, but each of them has its own extent and also the goal. The same exercise may be used for prophylaxis, treatment and rehabilitation of a patient as well as for national team training. Precise dosage of physical exercises according to diagnosis and other individual features of each person is the main peculiarity of remedial gymnastics.