Tag: healing gymnastics

Edward Madeyski’s pioneering activities for the development of physiotherapy, physical education and hygiene in Lviv in the years 1870-1906

Sławomir Jandziś, Ewa Puszczałowska-Lizis, Maciej Łuczak

S. Jandziś, E. Puszczałowska-Lizis, Maciej Łuczak – Edward Madeyski’s pioneering activities for the development of physiotherapy, physical education and hygiene in Lviv in the years 1870-1906. Fizjoterapia Polska 2018; 18(4); 130-136

Abstract
The authors, based on source materials and a few studies, present the activities of Edward Madeyski for the development of physiotherapy, physical education and hygiene in Lviv in the years 1870-1906. This doctor, by profession, and a passionate promoter of gymnastics, physiotherapy, hygiene, dietetics and healthy lifestyle, founded the theoretical basics of physical education. He represented the health-and-hygiene school, was a supporter of “rational gymnastics”, published the first Polish manuals for teaching gymnastics in schools. The main aim of the article is to present E. Madeyski’s little-known activity in the field of physiotherapy which he had been practicing since 1870 in his own Orthopedic Gymnastics Center in Lviv. Therein he treated children with musculoskeletal disorders, mainly with spinal curvatures, with the help of physical factors (therapeutic gymnastics, massage, orthopedic supports). Authors also present E. Madeyski’s activities as a teacher and promoter of physical education and hygiene in Galicia at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. His work gave rise to the development of the theory of physical education, gymnastics specialists training and the activity of orthopedic and gymnastic facilities. In recognition of his merits for many years of medical, pedagogical and scientific activity in 1889, the emperor awarded the title of professor to him.

Key words:
physiotherapy, healing gymnastics, history of rehabilitation

 

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Healing gymnastics in activity of gymnastic units on Polish land before 1914

Sławomir Jandziś, Ewa Puszczałowska-Lizis, Marek Kiljański

S. Jandziś, E. Puszczałowska-Lizis, M. Kiljański – Healing gymnastics in activity of gymnastic units on Polish land before 1914. FP 2014; 14(1); 74-84

Abstract

The beginning of organised forms of the healing gymnastics in Poland is connected with the formation of gymnastic units. The first institutions of that kind were formed in Warsaw – Matthesa Teodor Gymnastic Plant (1831), Cracow – Ludwik Bierkowski Gymnastic School (1837), Poznań – Teofil Matecki Gymnastic Plant (1840) and in Lvov – Organopatical Plant of Teodor Bakody (1856). On the base of listed units in Warsaw, Cracow, Poznań and Lvov were formed four first centres of the development of the healing gymnastics on Polish land. Activity of gymnastic units had a significant influence into the more late development of physiotherapy and the medical rehabilitation in Poland. At first healing gymnastics based on German patterns was applied in the plants, and in consecutive years was implemented a Swedish system of the gymnastics of P. H. Ling and method of the mechanotherapy of G. Zandera. The owners of 19th-century gymnastic plants In Poland were doctors and the first specialists in the field of the treatment with the move from outside of the medical world – precursors of contemporary physiotherapists. In this period were also formed the first schools educating physiotherapists in our country.

Key words:
gymnastic plants, history of the rehabilitation, healing gymnastics, physiotherapy

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The original naturopathy treatment method practiced by doctor Apollinary Tarnawski in Kosovo during the period 1893-1939

Sławomir Jandziś, Andżelika Pleśniak, Stanisław Zaborniak,
Marek Kiljański

S. Jandziś, A. Pleśniak, S. Zaborniak, M. Kiljański – The original naturopathy treatment method practiced by doctor Apollinary Tarnawski in Kosovo during the period 1893-1939. FP 2015; 15(1); 74-80

Abstract

This article is a result of the analysis of source materials which were, among others, files of Galicia spas, information from tourist guides, advertising brochures, as well as daily and medical publications of the Galician period. The aim of the study was to present the original method of naturopathy applied by dr Apollinary Tarnavski in the years 1893-1939 in his own clinic in Hutsul-Kosovo. Both the method and its foundations are original and can be used by those interested in the problem of the evolution of physiotherapy and physical medicine.
Dr A. Tarnavski’s healing system was based on the use of outdoor activity in the form of gymnastics (especially respiratory), hiking, sports and physical work in the garden. This therapy was supplemented by water treatments based on the Kneipp method, inhalation, drinking procedures, as well as sun and air bathing. No less important factor was the medicinal vegetarian diet and even starvation. Cigarettes and alcohol were banned in the clinic, and drugs were used only in special cases. The philosophy behind dr A. Tarnawski’s methods was not only treatment, but also teaching the people to lead a healthy and hygienic lifestyle. Dr A. Tarnavski’s method was enormously popular in Poland and drew to his clinic many eminent personalities, such as artists, writers, professors, journalists and even the clergy.
Based on his experience, ideological assumptions, the knowledge gained from his trips to the national and international clinics, dr A. Tarnavski developed an original method due to which he should be perceived as the precursor of modern naturopathy, he is also the precursor in the prevention of civilization hazards and geriatric rehabilitation in Poland. Despite the passing of many years, his methods are still valid.

Key words:
history of medicine, physiotherapy, healing gymnastics, physical medicine

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