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"listTitle": "Specialists in your wellbeing",
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"slug": "fisioterapia",
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"title": "Physiotherapy and rehabilitation",
"excerpt": "Pain treatment, recovery of movement and functional rehabilitation after surgery or injury.",
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"metaDescription": "Physiotherapy and rehabilitation in Sant Antoni de Calonge: back pain, injuries and recovery after surgery with manual therapy and ultrasound.",
"intro": "Physiotherapy uses physical means to maintain, restore and recover health. At our physiotherapy clinic in Sant Antoni de Calonge we assess the real state of each injury and apply the right technique at each stage, combining manual therapy, therapeutic exercise and technology.",
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"title": "What we treat",
"text": "We treat musculoskeletal problems that cause pain, loss of movement or functional limitation. Our speciality is orthopaedic and sports physiotherapy: back problems such as low back pain, neck pain, sciatica, headaches and muscle tightness; joint problems such as osteoarthritis and restricted mobility; and sports injuries such as tendinopathies, muscle tears, sprains and overload."
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{
"title": "What the first visit is like",
"text": "The first session is a full assessment. We listen to your history, examine your movement and run the specific tests needed; where it adds relevant information, we confirm the diagnosis with musculoskeletal ultrasound in that same session. You will leave knowing what is happening, why, what we are going to do and how many sessions we expect. No closed packages, no open-ended treatment."
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"title": "The techniques we use",
"text": "Each plan combines what your case needs: manual therapy and joint mobilisation, prescribed therapeutic exercise, stretching, therapeutic massage, dry needling, electrotherapy and, where indicated, advanced ultrasound-guided techniques such as EPI® or percutaneous functional neuromodulation. Technology does not replace hands: it complements them."
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"title": "Hands-on work and active training",
"text": "Table work relieves symptoms and restores mobility, but what holds the result over time is active training. Every plan includes exercise adapted to your level, your age and your daily life, with clear guidance for home that you can keep up without equipment or spare hours."
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{
"title": "A treatment built around you",
"text": "Two people with the same diagnosis rarely need the same thing. Your job, the sport you play and how long you have had the problem change the plan completely. We reassess at every visit and, if progress stalls, we change the approach instead of repeating the same session for weeks."
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{
"title": "Rehabilitation after surgery or fracture",
"text": "After an operation, a fracture or weeks of immobilisation, the goal goes beyond pain: it is to regain strength, range of movement and independence. We work in phases, respecting the healing times of the tissue and the surgeon's instructions, with specific goals at each stage and a progressive strength programme that determines the final outcome."
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"q": "How many physiotherapy sessions will I need?",
"a": "It depends on the type of injury and how long you have had it. At the first visit we give you a realistic estimate, usually between four and eight sessions for an acute problem, and review it as you progress. If the treatment is not working, we will tell you and look for another route."
},
{
"q": "Do I need a doctor's referral?",
"a": "No. You can book directly. If the assessment reveals something that needs medical judgement, we coordinate it with the orthopaedic or general medicine consultation in the same clinic."
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"q": "Does physiotherapy hurt?",
"a": "Some techniques cause brief, controlled discomfort, and it is common to feel something similar to muscle soreness for a day or two. We never work beyond what you can tolerate: the intensity is adjusted with you during the session."
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"q": "Do you see patients from Palamós or Platja d'Aro?",
"a": "Yes. The clinic is in Sant Antoni de Calonge, about a ten-minute drive from both Palamós and Platja d'Aro, with easy parking on the surrounding streets."
},
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"q": "When should I start rehabilitation after an operation?",
"a": "As soon as the surgeon allows, usually within the first days or weeks. Starting early and in an adapted way is the best prevention against stiffness and muscle loss. We only need the surgical report to respect the timings of each technique."
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"slug": "osteopatia",
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"title": "Osteopathy",
"excerpt": "Manual therapy that looks for the origin of the symptom and restores mobility to the whole body.",
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"intro": "Osteopathy sees the body as a unit: when one structure loses mobility, others compensate, and pain often appears far from the real problem. Osteopathic treatment looks for that cause and restores movement where it has been lost.",
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"title": "Why it hurts where the problem is not",
"text": "A stiff hip forces the lower back to move more than it should, and the back ends up hurting. An old ankle injury changes the way you walk and months later the opposite knee complains. The osteopathic assessment traces those compensations before deciding where to treat, because treating only where it hurts usually brings short-lived relief."
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{
"title": "Structural, visceral and cranial osteopathy",
"text": "Structural work addresses joints, muscles and fascia. Visceral work addresses organ mobility and its effect on the back, useful in functional digestive discomfort or low back pain that will not respond. Cranial technique uses gentle work on the craniosacral system, with good results in headaches and sustained tension."
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"title": "What a session is like",
"text": "It starts with an interview and an examination of overall movement. From there we choose the right techniques and the pace your body accepts: not everyone needs joint manipulation, and in many cases gentle work is more effective. The session ends with movement guidance for home."
},
{
"title": "Osteopathy and physiotherapy together",
"text": "We do not treat them as rival disciplines. Osteopathy releases and reorganises; therapeutic exercise consolidates. Combining both is what breaks the cycle of improving after each session and relapsing days later."
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"Persistent low back and neck pain",
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"Functional digestive discomfort",
"Restricted joint mobility",
"Pain that keeps returning to the same place",
"Sustained tension from stress or posture"
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"q": "What is the difference between osteopathy and physiotherapy?",
"a": "Physiotherapy starts from the specific injury and works a great deal with exercise and physical agents; osteopathy starts from the whole and looks for distant compensations through manual techniques. In practice they complement each other, and here we usually combine them in the same plan."
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"q": "Are manipulations safe?",
"a": "Yes, when performed by a trained professional after ruling out contraindications in the initial assessment. They are also not always necessary: gentler alternatives give equivalent results in many cases."
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"q": "How many osteopathy sessions are needed?",
"a": "Many people notice changes from the first session. For an established problem three to five spaced visits are typical, and we give you a clear estimate from the start."
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"title": "Sports injuries",
"excerpt": "Treatment and rehabilitation for athletes, from the injury to the return to competition.",
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"intro": "Sports physiotherapy does not end when the pain goes: it ends when you can compete again without risk of relapse. We treat the injury and, above all, the reason it happened.",
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"title": "Precise diagnosis from day one",
"text": "We assess the injury, the sporting movement, the training load of the previous weeks and your injury history. Where it adds information, we confirm the extent of the damage with ultrasound on site, which allows realistic timeframes rather than guesses."
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"title": "Treatment in phases",
"text": "The first phase controls pain and protects the tissue, with manual therapy and, where indicated, ultrasound-guided techniques such as EPI® or neuromodulation. Then comes progressive strength work, movement re-education and finally sport-specific work at competition intensity."
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"title": "Objective criteria for discharge",
"text": "We do not discharge by calendar. Discharge comes when measurable criteria for strength, control and sport-specific movement are met. That is what separates returning from getting injured again, and why so many relapses happen in the weeks after an early discharge."
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"title": "Prevention and pre-season",
"text": "Many injuries can be anticipated. Assessing strength asymmetries, mobility deficits and load management before the season significantly reduces risk, especially in sports with sprints and changes of direction."
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"q": "How long until I can train again?",
"a": "It depends on the tissue and the real extent of the injury. An overload can resolve in days; a muscle tear or an established tendinopathy takes weeks. At the first visit we give a realistic timeframe and adjust it against objective progress."
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"q": "Can I keep training during treatment?",
"a": "Almost always, with adaptations. Stopping completely is usually counterproductive: we modify volume, intensity or type of work to maintain fitness without compromising recovery."
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"q": "Do you treat amateur athletes?",
"a": "Anyone who trains, at any level. The approach is the same: adapt the process to your goals and the time you have available."
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"title": "Dry needling",
"excerpt": "Needle technique to deactivate trigger points and tight muscles that do not respond to manual therapy.",
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"intro": "Dry needling treats myofascial trigger points with a fine needle, without injecting any substance: hence the name. It is the option when tight muscle will not release with hands alone.",
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"title": "What a trigger point is",
"text": "It is an area of maximum shortening within a taut band of muscle. It hurts under pressure, but it also refers pain to other areas and causes weakness and loss of mobility. It explains many cervical headaches, shoulder pain and low back discomfort that never show up on imaging."
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"title": "How the treatment works",
"text": "We locate the point responsible and apply a sterile single-use needle. The muscle responds with a brief involuntary twitch that releases the accumulated tension; after that response, elasticity improves and referred pain drops immediately in most cases."
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"title": "What you will feel",
"text": "During the technique there is an intense but very brief discomfort, a matter of seconds. Afterwards a feeling similar to muscle soreness for 24 to 48 hours is normal, eased by heat and gentle movement. As nothing is injected, there are no systemic side effects."
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"title": "Never as the only treatment",
"text": "Needling opens a window: pain drops and mobility returns. If that window is not used to correct what caused the overload (posture, repeated movement, lack of strength), the trigger point comes back. That is why we always integrate it into a plan with exercise."
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"Tight muscles that will not release with massage",
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"metaDescription": "Dry needling for muscle tightness and trigger points in Sant Antoni de Calonge. An effective technique against myofascial pain. Book an appointment.",
"faq": [
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"q": "Does dry needling hurt a lot?",
"a": "The muscle response produces an intense discomfort lasting a few seconds, and not everyone perceives it the same way. Most patients describe it as bearable and feel the relief that follows makes up for it."
},
{
"q": "Is it the same as acupuncture?",
"a": "No. They share the use of needles, but dry needling is a physiotherapy technique based on muscle anatomy and aimed at a specific trigger point, unrelated to meridians or the theoretical framework of acupuncture."
},
{
"q": "Can I train after a session?",
"a": "It is best to avoid intense effort for the first 24 hours and keep activity gentle. The next day, as the residual soreness fades, you can return to your usual activity."
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"title": "EPI®
(percutaneous electrolysis)",
"excerpt": "Galvanic current guided by ultrasound to treat tendinopathies and chronic injuries.",
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"intro": "Intratissue percutaneous electrolysis applies a galvanic current to the damaged tissue through an ultrasound-guided needle. It is designed for injuries that have been stalled for months and do not respond to conventional treatment.",
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"title": "Why a tendon becomes chronic",
"text": "When a tendinopathy persists, the tissue stops behaving like tissue under repair: it becomes disorganised and the body stops trying to repair it. That is why it can hurt for months despite rest, and why rest alone almost never resolves it."
},
{
"title": "What EPI® does",
"text": "The current produces a controlled local electrochemical reaction exactly on the degenerated area. That reaction restarts the repair process that had stopped, allowing the tendon to build healthy tissue again."
},
{
"title": "Ultrasound is essential",
"text": "Without ultrasound guidance the technique loses its main advantage: precision. Ultrasound shows the needle and the lesion in real time, treats only affected tissue and avoids neighbouring structures. In our clinic all EPI® is ultrasound-guided."
},
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"title": "Always with exercise",
"text": "The technique prepares the ground, but progressive loading is what reorganises the fibres and restores the tendon's capacity. EPI® without an associated exercise programme wastes much of the result."
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"Patellar and Achilles tendinopathy",
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"Plantar fasciitis",
"Rotator cuff tendinopathy",
"Chronic injuries that will not heal",
"Muscle tears with painful scarring"
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"metaDescription": "Ultrasound-guided EPI® treatment in Sant Antoni de Calonge for chronic tendinopathies, plantar fasciitis and tennis elbow. Book an appointment.",
"faq": [
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"q": "How many EPI® sessions are needed?",
"a": "A course of three to six sessions seven to ten days apart is typical, always with exercise in between. The response is assessed with ultrasound and by how pain behaves during activity."
},
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"q": "Is it painful?",
"a": "You feel a cramping or burning sensation for the seconds the current is applied. It is intense but very short, and most patients tolerate it well. Local tenderness may remain for a day."
},
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"q": "Can I keep playing sport during treatment?",
"a": "Yes, with adapted loading. Exercise is in fact part of the treatment: what is adjusted is the intensity, not the activity as a whole."
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"title": "Shockwave therapy",
"excerpt": "High-energy acoustic waves for tendinitis, calcifications and localised chronic pain.",
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"imageAlt": "Shockwave therapy treatment",
"intro": "Shockwaves transmit acoustic energy to injured tissue to reactivate circulation and regeneration where healing has stalled. It is one of the best-supported treatments for long-standing tendinopathies.",
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"title": "How they work",
"text": "The mechanical impulse triggers a biological response in the tissue: local blood flow increases, new vessels form and repair cells become more active. In calcifications it also helps break up the calcium deposit so the body can reabsorb it."
},
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"title": "Focused and radial shockwaves",
"text": "They are not the same and do not do the same job. Focused waves concentrate energy on one point and reach deep, which makes them the choice for calcifications, deep tendinopathies and delayed bone healing. Radial waves spread energy outwards from the surface, cover more area and work better on muscle, fascia and superficial tendons. We decide which suits your case at the assessment, and some treatments combine both."
},
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"title": "When they are indicated",
"text": "They are especially effective in plantar fasciitis and heel spur, calcific shoulder tendinitis, tennis elbow and patellar or Achilles tendinopathy: injuries where the tissue has not responded to rest, anti-inflammatories or manual treatment for months."
},
{
"title": "What the session is like",
"text": "The applicator works over the area for a few minutes, with tolerable discomfort adjusted with you. No anaesthesia or rest afterwards is required. A course of three to five weekly sessions is typical, with the response reviewed from the third."
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"Plantar fasciitis and heel spur",
"Calcific shoulder tendinitis",
"Tennis elbow",
"Patellar and Achilles tendinopathy",
"Trigger points and fascia (radial)",
"Delayed bone healing (focused)"
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"metaDescription": "Shockwave therapy for tendinitis, plantar fasciitis and calcifications in Sant Antoni de Calonge. Effective treatment for chronic pain. Book now.",
"faq": [
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"q": "Does shockwave therapy hurt?",
"a": "There is discomfort during application, regulated according to your tolerance. It lasts only the minutes of the session and leaves no significant pain afterwards, beyond some local tenderness the same day."
},
{
"q": "What is the difference between focused and radial shockwaves?",
"a": "Focused waves concentrate energy on a point and reach deep structures; radial waves spread it from the surface over a wider area. The first are better for calcifications and deep lesions, the second for muscle and superficial tissue. We have both and choose according to the case."
},
{
"q": "When will I notice improvement?",
"a": "Many patients notice changes after the second or third session, although the biological effect continues for several weeks after the course ends. That is why the final review is a month later, not on the last day."
},
{
"q": "Are there cases where it cannot be used?",
"a": "Yes. It is not applied over active infection, tumours or thrombosis, nor in patients on anticoagulants or with a pacemaker depending on the area. All of this is checked in the prior assessment."
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"title": "Percutaneous functional
neuromodulation",
"excerpt": "Ultrasound-guided electrical stimulation of the nerve for persistent pain and muscle inhibition.",
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"imageAlt": "Percutaneous functional neuromodulation",
"intro": "Percutaneous functional neuromodulation works on the nervous system: it applies a low-intensity current beside the nerve, through an ultrasound-guided needle, to normalise the signal and restore muscle activation.",
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"title": "When the problem is no longer only in the tissue",
"text": "After an injury or surgery, muscles often fail to activate properly even once the tissue has healed. Pain can also persist after the original damage has resolved, because the nervous system has learned to keep the signal going. In both cases, exercise alone is not enough."
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"title": "What the technique involves",
"text": "Under ultrasound guidance we bring the needle beside the nerve and apply the electrical stimulus for a few seconds. The motor response is visible: the muscle contracts involuntarily. That stimulus restores recruitment patterns and reduces sensitisation of the nervous system."
},
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"title": "What it achieves",
"text": "Less pain, better muscle activation and a recovery of motor control that can then be trained. Its clearest results come in stubborn tendinopathies and neuropathic pain, and it often unblocks processes that had been stuck for months."
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"title": "Within a wider plan",
"text": "Neuromodulation opens the door; exercise walks through it. After each session we immediately train the activation gained, because that is how the nervous system consolidates the new pattern instead of reverting."
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"faq": [
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"q": "Is it the same as TENS or surface electrotherapy?",
"a": "No. TENS applies current through the skin and its effect is more diffuse and temporary. Percutaneous neuromodulation delivers the stimulus directly beside the nerve, with ultrasound precision, aiming at a functional change that lasts."
},
{
"q": "How many sessions does it need?",
"a": "Changes are often noticeable from the first session. A full course usually runs between three and five visits, always with active work in between."
},
{
"q": "Is it a safe technique?",
"a": "Yes, performed by a trained physiotherapist and under ultrasound guidance, which is precisely what allows safe work near nerve structures. Contraindications are reviewed before applying it."
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"title": "Musculoskeletal
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"excerpt": "Real-time diagnostic imaging, during the session itself and with no radiation.",
"image": "img/servicios/ecografia.jpg",
"imageAlt": "Musculoskeletal ultrasound",
"intro": "Musculoskeletal ultrasound lets us see muscles, tendons and ligaments moving during the visit itself. No radiation, no waiting lists, and the treatment decision made the same day.",
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"title": "Seeing the tissue rather than assuming",
"text": "Manual examination gives direction, but it cannot always tell a tendinopathy from a partial tear, or the real extent of a muscle strain. Ultrasound shows the state of the tissue at that moment and avoids both excessive rest and a premature return to activity."
},
{
"title": "Dynamic assessment",
"text": "Its great advantage over other tests is that it is done with the patient moving. We can see how a tendon behaves under contraction, whether a structure catches where it should not, or whether pain appears at a specific point in the range. A static image cannot show that."
},
{
"title": "Guidance for invasive techniques",
"text": "It is what allows EPI®, neuromodulation and guided needling to be applied with millimetre precision: we see the needle and the lesion on the same screen. Without ultrasound, those techniques lose much of their effectiveness and safety."
},
{
"title": "Objective follow-up",
"text": "Repeating the scan during the process shows how the tissue is healing and lets us set timings on objective criteria rather than sensations. It is especially useful for athletes who need to know when they can compete again."
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"Muscle tears and tendinopathies",
"Guidance for ultrasound-guided techniques",
"Monitoring how the injury evolves",
"Dynamic assessment in movement",
"Second opinion on an existing diagnosis"
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"metaDescription": "Musculoskeletal ultrasound in Sant Antoni de Calonge. Diagnostic imaging on site, no radiation and immediate results. Book an appointment.",
"faq": [
{
"q": "Does ultrasound replace an MRI?",
"a": "Not always; they are complementary. Ultrasound is better for dynamic assessment and superficial tissue, and results are immediate. MRI gives more in deep and joint structures. If your case needs one, we will tell you."
},
{
"q": "Can a physiotherapist perform it?",
"a": "Yes. Musculoskeletal ultrasound falls within the competencies of a physiotherapist with specific training, both as an assessment tool and to guide invasive techniques. Medical diagnosis of the condition remains with the doctor."
},
{
"q": "Are there any contraindications?",
"a": "None. It uses no ionising radiation, is non-invasive and painless, so it can be repeated as often as needed during treatment."
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"slug": "terapia-superinductiva",
"category": "tratamientos",
"icon": "neuromodulacion",
"title": "Super inductive therapy",
"metaTitle": "Super inductive therapy in Calonge | Costa Brava Mèdic",
"metaDescription": "Super inductive system (SIS) in Sant Antoni de Calonge: high-intensity electromagnetic fields for pain, mobility and recovery.",
"excerpt": "High-intensity electromagnetic fields for pain, muscle spasm and mobility.",
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"intro": "Super inductive therapy uses high-intensity electromagnetic fields to act on nerve and muscle, with no needles and no direct skin contact. It is painless and you do not need to undress.",
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"title": "What it achieves",
"text": "It works on three fronts: it reduces pain, relaxes muscles in spasm and stimulates contraction where voluntary activation is difficult. That combination makes it useful both in acute phases, when touch hurts, and in long processes that have stalled."
},
{
"title": "When we use it",
"text": "It is particularly useful in back pain with marked muscle tightness, in stiff joints and where the patient does not tolerate manual therapy well. Also as support in bone healing and in restoring joint mobility."
},
{
"title": "What the session is like",
"text": "The applicator rests on the area, even over clothing, and you feel a vibration or a rhythmic muscle contraction, without pain. Intensity is adjusted with you and the session forms part of the physiotherapy treatment."
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"Acute pain that does not tolerate manual therapy",
"Muscle activation in inhibited areas",
"Support in fracture healing",
"Restoring mobility"
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"q": "Does super inductive therapy hurt?",
"a": "No. You feel a vibration or a rhythmic muscle contraction, which may seem odd at first but is not painful. Intensity is adjusted with you throughout."
},
{
"q": "How is it different from percutaneous neuromodulation?",
"a": "Neuromodulation reaches the nerve with an ultrasound-guided needle, with millimetre precision. Super inductive therapy works from outside, without needles, over a wider area. We choose according to the goal and to what each patient tolerates."
},
{
"q": "Who should not have it?",
"a": "It is not used with pacemakers or implanted electronic devices, during pregnancy, over tumour processes or, depending on the case, over metal implants. This is always checked beforehand."
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"slug": "laser",
"category": "tratamientos",
"icon": "diatermia",
"title": "Laser therapy",
"metaTitle": "Laser therapy in Sant Antoni de Calonge | Costa Brava",
"metaDescription": "High-power laser therapy in Sant Antoni de Calonge for pain, inflammation and tissue repair. Painless treatment with no rest needed.",
"excerpt": "High-power light to reduce pain and inflammation and speed up tissue repair.",
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"intro": "Laser therapy applies high-power light to the injured tissue. The energy absorbed by the cells increases their metabolic activity, which means less pain, less inflammation and faster repair.",
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"title": "How it works",
"text": "The light reaches the damaged tissue and stimulates energy production inside the cell. The result is better local circulation, less swelling and faster repair, plus a pain-relieving effect usually felt during the session itself."
},
{
"title": "When we use it",
"text": "It works well in tendinopathies, inflammatory processes, recent muscle injuries and joint pain. It is also a good option when the area is too sensitive to work on by hand, as treatment can start without painful contact."
},
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"title": "What the session is like",
"text": "It lasts a few minutes and is painless: you feel a gentle, pleasant warmth. Patient and therapist wear protective glasses. No rest is needed afterwards and it combines in the same visit with manual therapy and exercise."
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"Support for tissue healing"
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"q": "Does the laser burn?",
"a": "No. It feels like a gentle, pleasant warmth. The therapist controls the power and the movement of the head throughout, and both of you wear protective glasses."
},
{
"q": "How many sessions are needed?",
"a": "It depends on the problem. Recent inflammation often needs only a few sessions; a long-standing tendinopathy calls for a longer course, always combined with exercise."
},
{
"q": "Are there contraindications?",
"a": "It is not applied over tumour processes, over certain areas during pregnancy, or directly on the eyes. This is checked in the prior assessment."
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"category": "tratamientos",
"icon": "diatermia",
"title": "Diathermy",
"excerpt": "Radiofrequency that generates deep heat to speed up tissue recovery.",
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"intro": "Diathermy generates heat inside the tissue using radiofrequency. Unlike surface heat, it works at depth: it activates circulation, reduces pain and prepares the area so it can be worked on.",
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"title": "Heat where it is actually needed",
"text": "A hot pack barely gets past the skin. Radiofrequency raises the temperature of muscle, tendon or joint from within, increasing blood flow and oxygen supply exactly in the injured area, which is where it is needed for repair."
},
{
"title": "What it achieves",
"text": "It improves tissue elasticity, reduces pain and speeds up repair. Applied at the start of a session it allows manual work on areas that would otherwise be too sensitive or stiff, and makes the manual therapy that follows more effective and more comfortable."
},
{
"title": "What the session is like",
"text": "It is a pleasant treatment: a deep, growing warmth with no discomfort while the therapist moves the applicator over the area. Intensity is adjusted with you throughout. It usually takes the first 15 to 20 minutes of a longer session."
},
{
"title": "Rarely on its own",
"text": "Diathermy creates favourable conditions but does not correct the cause. Its natural place is within a plan that continues with manual therapy and exercise; used in isolation, the effect is short-lived."
}
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"Muscle tightness and overload",
"Injuries in the recovery phase",
"Chronic joint pain and osteoarthritis",
"Stiffness after immobilisation",
"Preparation before manual therapy",
"Athlete recovery between competitions"
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"faq": [
{
"q": "Does diathermy burn or hurt?",
"a": "No. It feels like a deep, pleasant warmth, and the intensity is adjusted with you throughout. If it ever feels excessive, it is turned down immediately."
},
{
"q": "Who should not have diathermy?",
"a": "It is not applied to people with pacemakers or other implanted electronic devices, over metalwork depending on the case, during pregnancy, or over areas with thrombosis, active infection or tumours. This is always checked beforehand."
},
{
"q": "How many sessions are needed?",
"a": "As it is integrated into physiotherapy treatment, it is not counted separately. It is used in the sessions where it adds value and dropped when the tissue no longer needs it."
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"slug": "magnetoterapia",
"category": "tratamientos",
"icon": "magnetoterapia",
"title": "Magnetolith",
"excerpt": "High-intensity magnetotherapy for bone healing and inflammatory processes.",
"image": "img/servicios/magnetoterapia.jpg",
"imageAlt": "Magnetotherapy session",
"intro": "Magnetolith applies high-intensity magnetic fields to the injured area, without contact and without undressing. Its best-established indication is bone: it supports the activity of bone-forming cells.",
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"title": "Above all, bone",
"text": "Its strongest support is in healing fractures and delayed union, where bone takes longer than expected to knit. The magnetic field stimulates cell activity in bone tissue and accompanies that process over the weeks it takes."
},
{
"title": "Inflammation and joint pain",
"text": "It is also used as support in inflammatory processes and arthritic joint pain, where it helps reduce inflammation and stiffness, particularly in weight-bearing joints such as the knee and hip."
},
{
"title": "What the session is like",
"text": "It is completely painless: the area simply rests inside the applicator for the prescribed time, with no direct contact or heat sensation. You can sit or lie down, and it needs no preparation or rest afterwards."
},
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"title": "Support, not a stand-alone treatment",
"text": "It works as a complement within a wider plan. In a fracture it accompanies the recovery of mobility and strength; in osteoarthritis, the exercise work that is what really sustains long-term improvement."
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"Delayed bone union",
"Inflammatory processes",
"Joint pain and osteoarthritis",
"Bone oedema",
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"q": "Do you feel anything during the session?",
"a": "No. It is a silent, painless treatment with no sensation of heat or current. Many patients read or rest while it runs."
},
{
"q": "Who should avoid it?",
"a": "It is contraindicated for people with pacemakers or implanted electronic devices, during pregnancy and over tumour processes. This is checked in the prior assessment."
},
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"q": "How long is it applied for?",
"a": "In bone healing, courses of several weeks with frequent sessions are typical; in joint problems, shorter courses. We will give you the exact plan for your case."
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"slug": "atm",
"category": "tratamientos",
"icon": "atm",
"title": "TMJ treatment
(temporomandibular joint)",
"excerpt": "Physiotherapy for jaw pain, clicking when opening the mouth and teeth grinding.",
"image": "img/servicios/atm.jpg",
"imageAlt": "Temporomandibular joint treatment",
"intro": "Jaw pain, clicking when opening the mouth, a feeling of locking and the effects of teeth grinding all have specific physiotherapy treatment. The temporomandibular joint moves more often than any other in the day, and is also one of the most overlooked.",
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"title": "What happens in the TMJ",
"text": "Between the jaw condyle and the skull sits a disc that must glide in a coordinated way as you open and close. When that movement loses coordination, clicking appears; when the chewing muscles become overloaded, pain appears, often radiating to the ear, temple or neck."
},
{
"title": "The neck is always involved",
"text": "Neck and jaw muscles work together. That is why we assess both areas: TMJ problems very often coexist with neck tension, and the associated headaches usually improve only when both are treated together."
},
{
"title": "What the treatment involves",
"text": "We combine extra-oral and intra-oral manual therapy (with gloves, inside the mouth) to release the muscles and restore joint glide, techniques for trigger points in the masseter and temporalis, and simple jaw control exercises you can repeat at home."
},
{
"title": "Coordinated with your dentist",
"text": "Where a splint or orthodontic treatment is in place, we coordinate with the professional managing it. Physiotherapy does not replace the splint: it works on the muscles and the joint so the splint can do its job better."
}
],
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"Clicking and joint locking",
"Teeth grinding and jaw tension",
"Associated headaches and temple pain",
"Ear pain with no ENT cause",
"Limited mouth opening"
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"faq": [
{
"q": "Is intra-oral treatment uncomfortable?",
"a": "It is done with gloves and progressively, checking your tolerance throughout. It may feel strange at first, but it is not painful and that specific part of the session is brief."
},
{
"q": "I wear a night splint, is physiotherapy still useful?",
"a": "Yes, they are complementary. The splint protects the teeth and changes the position; physiotherapy treats the overloaded muscles and joint mobility, which the splint alone does not resolve."
},
{
"q": "How soon will I notice improvement?",
"a": "Changes in opening and pain are common within the first two or three sessions. Cases with years of teeth grinding take longer and involve work on associated habits."
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],
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"slug": "masajes-terapeuticos",
"category": "tratamientos",
"icon": "masaje",
"title": "Therapeutic massage",
"excerpt": "Massage with a clinical purpose for tight muscles, overload and athlete recovery.",
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"intro": "Therapeutic massage is not a relaxation massage: it is applied to a specific area, with a clinical goal and after assessing what is going on. The difference lies in the judgement, not the technique.",
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"title": "When it makes sense",
"text": "It works well for muscle overload and tightness, for tension built up through sustained posture or stress, and as recovery work for athletes with high training volumes. In those cases it lowers tone, improves blood flow and restores a feeling of lightness."
},
{
"title": "When it is not the answer",
"text": "If the pain comes from a degenerated tendon, a joint or a nerve, massage may relieve it briefly but resolves nothing. That is why we assess before applying it: if you need something else, we will say so and propose the right treatment."
},
{
"title": "Athlete recovery work",
"text": "In season, regular recovery work helps you tolerate training load and spot areas beginning to overload in time. It should be planned around the competition calendar, not left until something already hurts."
},
{
"title": "Within the treatment plan",
"text": "We use massage as one more tool, often at the start of a session to prepare the tissue before specific manual therapy, dry needling or active work."
}
],
"bullets": [
"Muscle tightness and overload",
"Athlete recovery during the season",
"Neck tension from desk work",
"Stiffness and tension from stress",
"Preparation for other techniques",
"Heavy, tired legs"
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"faq": [
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"q": "Is it a relaxing massage?",
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},
{
"q": "How often can I have a therapeutic massage?",
"a": "For sports recovery, every one or two weeks depending on training load. For a specific area of tightness, it is usually resolved in a few sessions before moving to active work so it does not come back."
},
{
"q": "Can it leave me sore?",
"a": "Yes, some tenderness the following day is common, especially where a lot of tension had built up. It passes on its own and needs nothing special."
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"slug": "dermatologia",
"category": "especialidades",
"icon": "dermatologia",
"title": "Dermatology",
"excerpt": "Dermatology consultation: mole checks, acne, pigmentation, warts and skin conditions.",
"image": "img/servicios/dermatologia.jpg",
"imageAlt": "Dermatology consultation",
"intro": "Medical dermatology consultation for the diagnosis and treatment of skin, hair and nail conditions, with particular attention to mole checks and skin lesions.",
"blocks": [
{
"title": "Mole checks",
"text": "This is the most important reason to come and the one least worth postponing. We live on the coast, with high sun exposure accumulated over years, and early detection completely changes the outlook for a suspicious lesion. Each mole is assessed, documented and followed up as needed."
},
{
"title": "When not to wait",
"text": "A mole that changes size, shape or colour, has irregular borders or two different tones, itches or bleeds, or has appeared in adulthood. Also any wound that does not close within a few weeks. When in doubt, an extra consultation is always better."
},
{
"title": "Other common reasons",
"text": "Acne in teenagers and adults, rosacea, dermatitis, psoriasis, pigmentation changes, warts, nail fungus and hair loss. The consultation includes diagnosis, a treatment plan and specific care guidance."
},
{
"title": "Sun protection and prevention",
"text": "Much skin damage is cumulative and avoidable. Alongside treating the reason for your visit, we review sun exposure habits and protection, especially for fair skin, outdoor workers and anyone with previous lesions."
}
],
"bullets": [
"Mole checks and monitoring",
"Suspicious skin lesions",
"Acne and rosacea",
"Pigmentation changes",
"Warts, dermatitis and psoriasis",
"Hair loss and nail problems"
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"metaDescription": "Dermatology consultation in Sant Antoni de Calonge: mole checks, acne, pigmentation, warts and rosacea. Appointments within days.",
"faq": [
{
"q": "How often should I have my moles checked?",
"a": "As a general rule, annually from the age of 40, or earlier if you have fair skin, many moles, a family history of melanoma or significant childhood sunburn. If something changes, do not wait for the yearly check."
},
{
"q": "Do I need a referral from my GP?",
"a": "No. You can book directly for the dermatology consultation at the clinic."
},
{
"q": "Can lesions be treated in the same visit?",
"a": "It depends on the type of lesion and what it requires. The visit explains what is appropriate in each case, and if an intervention or biopsy is needed the right pathway is arranged."
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"slug": "podologia",
"category": "especialidades",
"icon": "podologia",
"title": "Podiatry",
"excerpt": "Foot care and health: examination, treatment of conditions and gait assessment.",
"image": "img/servicios/podologia.jpg",
"imageAlt": "Podiatry consultation",
"intro": "The foot carries the whole body and takes thousands of steps a day. When something goes wrong there, the consequences rarely stay in the foot. The podiatry consultation treats both everyday problems and gait disorders.",
"blocks": [
{
"title": "The foot and the rest of the body",
"text": "An altered gait changes the position of the knee, hip and pelvis and over time can cause pain far from the foot. That is why podiatric assessment fits naturally with physiotherapy: in many cases full treatment involves both consultations."
},
{
"title": "Chiropody and foot care",
"text": "Ingrown nails, hard skin, calluses, corns, fungal infections and plantar warts. These are common problems that are resolved in the consultation and that, left untreated, end up changing the way you walk. In people with diabetes, foot care is a serious matter of prevention."
},
{
"title": "Heel and sole pain",
"text": "Plantar fasciitis and metatarsalgia are among the most frequent reasons for consultation, especially in summer with flat footwear and long hours standing. Treatment combines podiatric care, footwear guidance and, where needed, physiotherapy and shockwave therapy."
},
{
"title": "Gait assessment",
"text": "We analyse how you load the foot walking and running to detect problems that cause overload. Where indicated, custom orthotics are considered, always alongside active foot training."
}
],
"bullets": [
"Chiropody and general foot care",
"Ingrown nails and hard skin",
"Plantar fasciitis and heel pain",
"Metatarsalgia and forefoot pain",
"Gait assessment and orthotics",
"Diabetic foot and prevention"
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"metaDescription": "Podiatry consultation in Sant Antoni de Calonge: chiropody, ingrown nails, plantar fasciitis and gait assessment. Book an appointment.",
"faq": [
{
"q": "How often should I have chiropody?",
"a": "As a guide, every two or three months, and more often for older adults, people with diabetes or circulation problems, where foot care plays an important preventive role."
},
{
"q": "Are orthotics forever?",
"a": "Not necessarily. In many cases they are temporary support while the problem is corrected with active work; in others, particularly structural changes, use is long-term. It is reviewed periodically."
},
{
"q": "I have heel pain in the morning, is it fasciitis?",
"a": "That is the classic symptom: intense pain in the first steps of the day that eases with walking. Even so it is worth confirming, because other causes produce a similar picture."
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{
"slug": "medicina-general",
"category": "especialidades",
"icon": "medicina",
"title": "General medicine",
"excerpt": "General medical consultation for assessment, follow-up and diagnostic guidance.",
"image": "img/servicios/medicina-general.jpg",
"imageAlt": "General medicine consultation",
"intro": "General medical consultation to assess your health, answer questions, follow up on ongoing conditions and point you towards the right specialty when needed.",
"blocks": [
{
"title": "A first door",
"text": "Many consultations start without knowing exactly who to turn to: a pain that will not settle, a result you do not understand, a symptom that worries you. The medical visit makes sense of the situation, indicates which tests are needed and saves rounds of appointments that were never the right ones."
},
{
"title": "Time to listen",
"text": "The difference patients value most is not technological: it is having enough time in the consultation to explain the whole problem and leave understanding what is happening and what will be done."
},
{
"title": "Follow-up",
"text": "Monitoring of chronic conditions, review of blood tests and imaging, treatment adjustments and follow-up after an acute episode, with appointments within days when progress needs reviewing."
},
{
"title": "Coordinated with the rest of the clinic",
"text": "If what emerges is musculoskeletal, dermatological or nutritional, or needs physiotherapy, referral is internal and direct, without repeating explanations or starting again somewhere else."
}
],
"bullets": [
"Assessment and diagnostic guidance",
"Follow-up of chronic conditions",
"Review of blood tests and imaging",
"Certificates and health checks",
"Treatment review and adjustment",
"Referral to the right specialty"
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],
"metaTitle": "GP consultation in Calonge | Costa Brava Mèdic",
"metaDescription": "General medicine consultation in Sant Antoni de Calonge. Assessment, follow-up and diagnostic guidance with no waiting lists. Book now.",
"faq": [
{
"q": "Can I come even though I have a GP?",
"a": "Yes. This is a private consultation and works alongside your usual care. Many patients use it to resolve something quickly or to get a second view without waiting weeks."
},
{
"q": "Can blood tests be requested?",
"a": "Yes, the necessary tests are requested and the results are reviewed at the follow-up visit, with the explanations and plan that follow from them."
},
{
"q": "Do you handle emergencies?",
"a": "We are not an emergency service. For anything serious or urgent, go to the emergency department or call 112. For everything else, we offer appointments within days."
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{
"slug": "pediatria",
"category": "especialidades",
"icon": "medicina",
"title": "Paediatrics",
"metaTitle": "Paediatrician in Sant Antoni de Calonge | Costa Brava",
"metaDescription": "Paediatric consultation in Sant Antoni de Calonge: well-child checks, acute illnesses and growth monitoring. Appointments within days.",
"excerpt": "Paediatric consultation: check-ups, acute illnesses and monitoring of growth and development.",
"image": "img/servicios/pediatria.jpg",
"imageAlt": "Paediatric consultation",
"intro": "Paediatric consultation to follow up the health of the youngest, from well-child checks to the acute problems that come up day to day.",
"blocks": [
{
"title": "Check-ups and follow-up",
"text": "Monitoring growth and development, reviewing feeding, sleep and the milestones of each age. It is also the place to answer the questions that come up at home and rarely fit into a rushed visit."
},
{
"title": "Acute problems",
"text": "Fever, colds, ear infections, digestive problems, rashes and everything that appears overnight. Getting an appointment within days avoids waiting while the child is uncomfortable and the parents worried."
},
{
"title": "Coordination within the clinic",
"text": "When something needs another set of eyes, referral is internal: dermatology for a skin problem, nutrition for a feeding question, physiotherapy if there is something about movement to assess."
}
],
"bullets": [
"Well-child checks",
"Growth and development monitoring",
"Acute problems: fever, colds, ear infections",
"Questions about feeding and sleep",
"Review of tests and reports",
"Guidance and referral when needed"
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"faq": [
{
"q": "Does it replace my child's usual paediatrician?",
"a": "Not necessarily. It is a private consultation alongside your usual care, used by many families to resolve something quickly, get a second opinion or have more time in the visit."
},
{
"q": "Do you handle paediatric emergencies?",
"a": "We are not an emergency service. For anything serious, go to the emergency department or call 112. For everything else, we offer appointments within days."
},
{
"q": "Up to what age do you see children?",
"a": "Ask us when booking and we will confirm the ages covered by the consultation."
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{
"slug": "nutricion-dietetica",
"category": "especialidades",
"icon": "nutricion",
"title": "Nutrition and dietetics",
"excerpt": "Individual nutritional guidance, sustainable and adapted to your real situation.",
"image": "img/servicios/nutricion-dietetica.jpg",
"imageAlt": "Nutrition and dietetics consultation",
"intro": "Nutrition and dietetics consultation with a realistic approach: guidance you can sustain over time and that fits your schedule, your tastes and your health.",
"blocks": [
{
"title": "No generic diets",
"text": "Rigid plans work for a few weeks and are then abandoned, almost always with a sense of failure. The first visit looks at your real habits, your history and your goals, and from there we build something of your own, adjustable and sustainable."
},
{
"title": "Habits and body composition",
"text": "The goal is rarely weight alone. We work on body composition, energy through the day, sleep and your relationship with food, because those are the factors that decide whether the change lasts once follow-up ends."
},
{
"title": "Nutrition and injury recovery",
"text": "Diet has a direct influence on tissue repair, the inflammatory response and maintaining muscle mass during immobilisation. When a rehabilitation process is underway, the plan is coordinated with physiotherapy treatment."
},
{
"title": "Sports nutrition",
"text": "Distribution of intake around training, hydration strategies and competition guidance. Especially relevant in endurance sports and for anyone training several times a week."
}
],
"bullets": [
"Changing habits and weight management",
"Body composition and muscle mass",
"Sports and competition nutrition",
"Nutrition during injury recovery",
"Plans adapted to specific conditions",
"Family nutrition education"
],
"meta": [
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