Kinesitherapy is based on application of movement as medical treatment. Its name is of Greek origin. “Kinesis” means movement and “therapy” means treatment, so it means “treatment by movement”. On of the forms of kinesitherapy which is most frequently used with pre-school  and schoolchildren  for prevention and elimination of body deformities is called remedial gymnastics. Remedial gymnastics uses movement as the basic means for the purpose of prevention and correction. Correctly chosen and well-directed movements help faster and more successful restoration of impaired function of certain segments or organism as a whole.

AIMS OF APPLICATION OF KINESITHERAPY AND REMEDIAL GYMNASTICS ARE:

• Increase in the scope of movement of the joint
• Increase in muscle power
• Maintenance and improvement in coordination of movement
• Rise in the speed of movement
• Improvement of general and local stamina
• By certain exercises a series of other objectives are realized: improvement in circulation, faster transport of energetic potential to feed tissues, improvement in metabolic and regenerative processes, reduction of pain, relaxation, psychological balance and such.

INSTRUMENTS OF REMEDIAL GYMNASTICS

• the basic ones are: active exercises (active-assisted, active-unassisted, active against resistance, static and dynamic exercises.
• Additional ones are: water, sun, air, artificial factors (electrical current, quartz, electromagnetic oscillation, ultra- and infrasound.

METHODS IN REMEDIAL GYMNASTICS are: sport, elements of sport, sports games and gymnastics.