Cetilar has always worked alongside sports professionals and sports fans: understanding their needs and supporting them along the way is part of our work.
For this reason, in collaboration with sector professionals, we have expanded our site to add a new section: “Tips from the Physiotherapist” A space that is constantly dynamic – just like us and you – reaching out to all those who practise sport at any level.
Our in-depth section aims at providing professional and practical advice and responding to the most frequent questions on issues related to muscles and joints affected by sport.
Born in 1988, graduated in physiotherapy at the university of Pisa in 2010, followed by a Masters in Clinical Posturology and top professional training courses in a variety of sectors. His experience in the world of professional sport, and in particular motor sports, led him to specialise in sports and orthopaedic physiotherapy, manual therapy for muscular-skeletal and visceral disorders, posturology and sports injury prevention techniques.
His main interests lie in the treatment of chronic joint pain disorders, post-injury or post-surgery rehabilitation and sports injury prevention techniques for professional and amateur sports men and women.
Co-founder of “Athletica”, a physiotherapy and athletics training centre.
Born in 1989, graduated in Sports Sciences at the University of Pisa in 2013, followed by a Masters in Medical Rehabilitation in Sport in Milan.
A sports enthusiast since a child, he has made a career out of his passion. He comes with a baggage of experience as an athletic trainer in various sectors, from Formula 1 to professional tennis, artistic skating and cycling, golf and combat sports.
He deals with 360° athletic training: evaluation of strengths and potential to develop and improve in sports performance, bearing in mind the sport-specific model and individual characteristics.
Co-founder of “Athletica”, a physiotherapy and athletics training centre.
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The pelvic floor is a layer of muscles covering the lower part of the pelvis. Their main function is to support the bladder and the intestines in men, as well as the uterus in women. Not by chance, these structures, which lie above the pelvic floor, are known as pelvic organs. When these muscles are […]
“Metatarsalgia” is a generic term indicating widespread pain in the forefoot, in the area around the metatarsal-phalangeal joints. This is a fairly frequent inflammation, which can cause significant limitations when walking and therefore worsen the quality of life for those who suffer from it. Very often, metatarsalgia is caused by an excessive overload of the […]
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Who has never suffered from muscular leg pain at least once in their life? Combined with tiredness or swelling, radiating from the thigh to the calf, while you are relaxing, sometimes at night or simply after too much physical activity, we often tend to underestimate muscle pain, expecting it to go away on its own, […]
Hip replacement requires a specific rehabilitation programme, which aims at eliminating the source of the pain but also to completely restore joint mobility and resume walking properly. The hip is the proximal joint of the lower limb, defined as ball and socket joint (or spheroidal joint) from an anatomical point of view, as it is […]
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Sudden, painful and inhibiting, yet innocuous, we are of course talking about back strain, a highly common condition that can be triggered by a traumatic event, a sudden movement, or a simple everyday activity like picking up the shopping. Back strain is nothing more than a simple muscle contracture which results in acute lower back […]
Trigger finger is the common name for Stenosing Tenosynovitis, a medical condition related to an inflammatory process that locks the fingers of the hand in flexion causing a snapping sensation often accompanied by pain in the wrist and hand. Can trigger finger heal on its own? What are the exercises, treatments, and the expected post-op […]