Physiotherapy in Amsterdam and the Netherlands

When you have a physical injury after an accident or a surgery or if you’re experiencing any type of pain in your body with movement and you need help with recovery, in the Netherlands a physiotherapist is the first person you go to for these complaints and who helps you solve them.

There are a lot of specializations within the physiotherapy profession that address both simple and difficult injuries. In many countries you go to a chiropractor or osteopath for some of those injuries, however in the Netherlands going to a physiotherapist is the standard approach. They basically do 80% the same things as a chiropractor and an osteopath but using different techniques. An additional advantage is that the Dutch health insurance will cover the full amount of the physiotherapy treatments, as compared to osteopathy and chiropractor where the coverage is only partial.

If you have a physical injury or a pain condition and you don’t know what specialization you need, you can contact a regular physiotherapist and they will refer you to the right one. In the Netherlands you don’t need a referral form a GP or other specialist, you can go directly to the physiotherapist who is the one that determines if they can help you or you need further referral to a GP or specialist.

We don`t have waiting lists and most of the times you get an appointment within 48 hours.

In the Netherlands we want to make sure that everybody gets good quality and affordable healthcare. That’s why we have a secure quality system and there is no tax on first priority healthcare. Every physiotherapist gets their degree after 4 years of study.

When completing their education, they get a special registration number (BIG). Every 5 years the therapist needs to prove that he/she worked in a practice minimum of 20 hours a week, which guarantees that you are getting a professional who is active in their job. The medical world is continuously evolving and there are always new treatments and examination techniques that are being developed. Therefore there is a 2nd registration number – the central quality register (CKR) – which ensures that a physiotherapist is up to date with all the innovations. This CKR is not needed by law so you can check who has it as a reference for their quality of practice.

Manual therapist go back to school for another 3 years and combining working with studying to get new knowledge and experience.

Every physiotherapist in our practice has both registrations so we guarantee your access to the best quality of the latest treatment and examination techniques. The name of our practice is Evolution Fysiotherapie (Evolution Physiotherapy). This stands for the new therapy of today! Innovations are our priority, and we ensure that there is continuous evolution in our practice in line with our patients’ needs and the newest treatment techniques. Physical therapy In the Netherlands is high end and we are ahead most countries in terms of progress.

In our practice we make sure that we understand and cover the whole body and each therapist chooses one or more areas of the body that they specialize in.

We offer the following specialized therapies:

• Back and Neck pain
• Shoulder pai
• Elbow injuries
• Back and Neck pain
• COPD
• Long Covid

We are specialized in treatment for all the expands that are coming new to Amsterdam. Most of the expands work behind a desk and because of their work they have back, shoulder, elbow or neck pain. Our physical therapy is specialized on pain in the neck, shoulder, elbow and pain in the back that are created by sitting to long or working in a bad position.

Life in Amsterdam is busy and time if precious. That’s why we make sure that treating you asap and give you a direct result in decreasing pain so you can keep doing what you want. We also like to spend time to create a long term solution and really solve the problem. We learn our clients how to sit properly, manage your posture and how they can adjust there work space to their needs when this is necessary.

All benefits:

• Professional physical therapist who are specialized in shoulder, elbow back and neck pain.
• An appointment within 48 ours
• Longer sessions and easy payment
• Central in Amsterdam
• Appointment by Whats ap
• Coaching (most important one)
• Treatment in English

The first time you come with us with an injury we need to examine your injury. After we know what the diagnose is we make a plan with you for a treatment. If you agree with the treatment and it is possible we can treat you immediately. The price for the first consult is 50 euro.

The cost of a physiotherapy treatment session is 40 euro`s. An examination costs 50 euro`s.

There are 2 different treatment prices in our practice:

• If you have Dutch health insurance the therapy is covered by them.
• If you don`t have health insurance, you can easily pay us either cash or using online banking.

How many treatments you need depends on the injury that you are suffering from. The average in the Netherlands is 12 treatments before you are injury free. In our practice the average is 7,26 treatments.