Quote Originally Posted by Fyzzio View Post
What do you mean with "medical gymnastics"?
Medical gymnastics is the result i get when looking up "Krankengymnastik" in a dictionairy.
As you implied (i assume) in germany we are not allowed to think for ourselves but only do what is prescribed. "Krankengymnastik" is the prescription for all types of 1 to 1 training(wether it's muscle/perception or relaxation techniques)/stretching/posture improvement/mobilisation(passive+active) (that about sums it up).

Quote Originally Posted by Fyzzio View Post
In Australia, NZ or GB (not sure about Canada, but likely to be the same) Physio is not prescribed!!!The rest, e.g. determining the course and duration, frequency and type of intervention is what you have to figure out yourself.
Hmm i expected as much.. i'd prefer a more precise answer if possible. If i get a patient after he had an Apoplex cerebri, i'd want to spend as much as time as possible on his recovery process. Though i doubt that the average joe pays for 6 hours of physiotherapy every day.

Let me rephrase my question: Even if there are no laws that state how much time you get, i assume that there are inofficial norms that determine how much time a patient is willing to buy. (Meaning most physiotherapists charge you for 6*30 minutes after a humerus fracture - if you suddenly want to charge your patient for 10*2hours he'll be wary and wonder if you're trying to screw him over).

Excluding electrotherapy/resting time and so on.. how much time are patients on average willing to buy? (or a time range.. like 20 to 60 minutes for most orthopedic patients, 60 to 90 minutes for most neurologic)

I know generalizing is bad, but in order to simplify this matter i'd be grateful if you did. Even if it's rather vague.