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Piscinas terapéuticas del Centro Nacional de Rehabilitación Julito Díaz / Therapeutic pools of “Julito Diaz” National Rehabilitation Center

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Multiple therapeutic options to rehabilitate patients that suffer from physical, psychical and motor aftereffects, caused by diseases or traumatisms

In any moment of our lives, the loss of physical, psychical or motor abilities tends to unleash sadness, anxiety and significant stress, whether it is caused by congenital elements, diseases or accident aftereffects. It not only affects patients, but it also has an impact on their closest relatives.
Medicine and other sciences have joined hands to help people that suffer from these lesions and problems recover their capacity to move, walk, smile and feel that life still has “open wings” for them. Havana-based Julio Diaz Hospital is one of those centers that are always ready to support people with any kind of disability or traumatisms.
After over half a century fulfilling the growing needs in the fields of comprehensive rehabilitation and physical medicine, it has become a National Benchmark institution in these specialties. High scientific and professional level treatments, up-to-date technologies and the great human sensitivity of its workers are some of the most-mentioned elements when praising “Julito Díaz”, as it is also known.
In its facilities, nestled in the outskirts of the capital city, just a five-minute drive from the Jose Marti International Airport, patients not only find peace, but also have access to a state-of-the-art technological infrastructure, as well as the treatments provided by prestigious specialists in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Orthopedics and Traumatology, Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology, Neurology, Angiology, Traditional Medicine, Urology and Pediatrics, among other disciplines; which work together to conceive treatment programs that meet specific requirements for each case.
Although Julito Díaz Hospital’s international medical services were recently put on the map, the facility has already treated a significant number of patients from different countries. Its specialized sections and rehabilitation areas are always ready to receive people from other latitudes looking for treatment, as either outpatients or hospitalized.
Among the alternatives provided by the hospital, it is important to highlight the treatment and rehabilitation related to the aftereffects of orthopedic, neurologic, cardiovascular, respiratory and rheumatoid diseases, as well as trauma rehabilitation.

The Power of Hydrotherapy
Water is one of the highly-used resources in treatments provided by this institution, because its facilities include a hydrotherapy complex. It features two 34°C pools; the first one to rehabilitate people that suffer from spinal injuries, and the second swimming pool is used to treat patients related to neurologic, cardiorespiratory and muscular skeletal injuries conditions.
Likewise, this variant is very effective in quality-of-life programs for the elderly and obese and hypertensive adults, to treat rheumatic diseases and other chronic ailments.
The list of water-related therapeutic options includes Walk Tank, Hubbart Bathtubs, Vichy Shower, Platform Shower, Contrast Shower, Humid CO2 Bathtubs, Ozone Bathtub, Hydro-massage Bathtubs with underwater jets, Partial bath of lower and upper limbs, Electroplating Bath, Hot Pack and paraffin treatment.