FPZ Hip Knee Therapy – Avoiding Surgery

Exercise has been proven to be the best way to combat acute osteoarthritis as well as to prevent it – whether in the knee, hip or other joints. That’s why exercise is at the heart of FPZ HipKneeTherapy – the new treatment program to prevent hip and knee operations.
FPZ HipKneeTherapy builds up muscles specifically where they are needed. Specially trained therapists examine your affected hip or knee joints in detail and create your joint profile. Your therapy is then developed using movement and targeted muscle building. Experience has shown that 30-40% of knee and hip pain can be reduced in this way.

The initial physiotherapeutic analysis enables a therapy that is individually tailored to your needs. This combines 2 sessions a week at the therapy center and 2 sessions a week that you can attend from home. You will also receive valuable knowledge on dealing with pain and how to achieve your personal goals via a special online course.
This allows you to complete part of the therapy from the comfort of your own home, but you will also always have a personal contact person at your side during the sessions at the therapy center.

FPZ HipKneeTherapy is prescribed by a doctor if the current complaints and limitations due to osteoarthritis of the hip and/or knee lead to surgery in the next 12 months and there are no indications for exclusion.

The prescription can be issued on site at a participating practice or as part of a video consultation. You can find more information on this at https://fpz.de/fuer-kostentraeger/bkkwirtschaftfinanzen

The co-payment for insured persons is EUR 10 per on-site appointment (for 24 units = EUR 240.00); there is no co-payment for online courses.

If you already have a prescription, you can find possible FPZ therapy centers in your area at www.fpz.de/#finder.

FPZ, based in Cologne, has been in existence since 1993 and relies on scientific therapy programs with its nationwide experts from medicine and physiotherapy and on online training courses on pain and behavioral change as well as completely digital therapy programs.