The usefullnes of nimesulide in gel in the treatment of pain from the physiotherapist perspective Review article

Abstract

The pain and limitations associated with it, affecting everyday activities are the most common patients’ problems in a physiotherapist practice. Increased life expectancy accompanied by progressive involutional processes, along with the trend of increased physical activity, often associated by injuries, may lead to the necessity to attend physiotherapist in order to return to full health. The main tools of physiotherapeutic treatment of patients in pain – movement and exercises, cannot be fully applied due to the resentness of the injury or the level of tissue sensitization in chronic pain. In a situation where it is necessary to apply anti-inflammatory and analgesic treatment in parallel with physiotherapy, a good solution is to use one of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as nimesulide in gel. As a drug with a much stronger affinity to COX-2, it shows fewer side effects than classic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The gel form not only goes to the place where it is actually the most painful, but it is also much less burdensome compared to orally administered pills.