Margarita Ruslanivna Kurgan

Education:

• Kharkiv National Medical University, specialty "Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine". "Psychiatry, Medical Psychology"

Membership in associations, societies; attending conferences, thematic improvement courses:

• member of the MPP "Alternative Medicine";
• member of the "Professional Association of Massage Therapists of Ukraine";
• member of the "Ukrainian Association of Physical Therapists";
• advanced training in the specialty "Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine";
• course "Professional Massage Therapist. Expert Level";
• course "Kinesiology Taping";
• course "Massage Therapist Rehabilitator";
• course "Universal Massage Therapist" - classical, therapeutic and lymphatic drainage massage;
• course "Applied Kinesiology. Manual Muscle Testing";
• course "Myofascial Release";
• course "Postisometric Relaxation (PIR)";
• continuous improvement of practical skills in the internal academy "Dobrobut" in accordance with modern approaches in rehabilitation and recovery.

Areas of professional development:

• work experience in a rehabilitation center for the spine and joints, as a massage therapist and physical therapist.
• participation in volunteer activities in military hospital No. 8 as an assistant to a physical therapist and a doctor of physical and rehabilitation medicine;
• developing practical skills under the guidance of a doctor of the highest category, a neurologist and a psychiatrist.

Priority areas in clinical practice:

• vertebral pathology;
• orthopedics-traumatology;
• neurology;
• rehabilitation of people with combat experience;
• psychiatry, somatic pain.

Tell us about your professional interests other than your specialization:

• anesthesia and intensive care;
• surgery;
• orthopedics and traumatology.

Hobbies, favorite movies, books:

• “My hobby is my work, as well as veterinary medicine - practical training under the guidance of veterinary surgeons, anesthesiologists and orthopedic traumatologists.”

Doctor's advice:

• “Rehabilitation is a joint work of a specialist and a patient. Regularity, gradual load and adherence to recommendations help to safely restore mobility and return to normal life.”