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Vinotherapy: How it feels after a hot wine bath in Zichron Ya’acov facing the sea

Between the Carmel landscapes and the open sea, Yama offers a deep vinotherapy experience, pampering couple treatments with grape-based products.

|ByDORON KUPERSTEIN
A pleasant feeling of intoxication, as if you’d had a glass of Cabernet—without taking a sip
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST Lena Solomon with a patient at Bnai Zion Hospital in Haifa.

Bnai Zion Hospital: Where specialists help rehabilitate Israelis amid wartime

For nearly 17 months, the Bnai Zion physiotherapy and occupational therapy departments have raised the bar on “integrative medicine.”

|ByLIANE GRUNBERG WAKABAYASHI
Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan celebrates with his coach and Uzbekistan Olympic boxing team's head coach Tulkin Kilichev after winning against Billal Bennama of France. Picture taken August 8, 2024.

British medics save Uzbekistan boxing coach after cardiac arrest at Paris Olympics

The incident occurred on August 8, in the warm-up area at Roland Garros in Paris, where Kilichev was celebrating Uzbek boxer Hasanboy Dusmatov’s gold medal win.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
TENS Hidow device

Physiotherapy at home: Hidow Tens XPD 

50-year-old technology that helps relieve pain, reduced to the size of less than the palm of your hand. So we put the new electrical stimulation device, which is distributed in Israel, to the test.

|ByZEEV YANAI

Robots in rehabilitation: Enhancing physiotherapy with socially assistive robots

Socially assistive robots (SARs) are transforming physiotherapy for post-stroke patients, significantly improving rehabilitation outcomes by providing consistent, encouraging guidance and interaction.

AUGUST 4, 2024ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
A PATIENT undergoes physiotherapy treatment combined with innovative technology.