Inductive physiotherapy is a new concept in physiotherapy. Its therapeutic application is based on a novel aetiological hypothesis. In fact, inductive physiotherapy is an integrated, innovative concept rather than just another physiotherapy technique. The therapeutic tool in inductive physiotherapy (referred to as “normalizing induction”) consists of an individualized series of…

Conventional physiotherapy is defined as the treatment of movement disorders caused by impairments of joints and the muscles that move the joints. In practice, many physiotherapists attribute movement disorders to changes in joint mobility and thus apply specific, mobilisation-based treatment techniques (osteopathy, chiropractic, manipulative therapy, etc.). Others attribute movement disorders…

The disease hypothesis Although inductive physiotherapy practitioners do not deny the importance of muscle contractility or extensibility, they postulate that bone/segment misalignments (and, more generally, movement disorders) are caused by dysregulation of the residual muscle tension at rest (referred to as muscle tone). Muscle tone is controlled by command centres…