Rehabilitation in South Korea
In rehabilitation and physiotherapy, South Korea offers two procedures through Medbook, in Seoul, Busan and Incheon: chiropractic and manual therapy, and acupuncture and pain-relief therapy.
Physiotherapy and rehab programmes are offered in Lithuania and Turkey. Neurological and stroke rehabilitation, as well as cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, are offered only in Turkey. This page explains what you can have done in South Korea and how a trip for these treatments there usually goes.
You see a price only when a clinic makes you an offer.
Procedures available in South Korea
- Chiropractic & manual therapy
- Acupuncture & pain-relief therapy
Cities
Seoul, Busan, Incheon
What is arranged for you
- Accommodation
- Online consultation before you travel
How a Medbook trip works
- Tell the assistant what you need treated, where you travel from and when.
- See the destinations that offer your treatment and choose where to ask.
- Receive offers with a price and dates.
- Confirm an offer and get a day-by-day travel roadmap.
What you can have done in South Korea
You can choose chiropractic and manual therapy or acupuncture and pain-relief therapy on their own, or together with a treatment from another area offered in South Korea, such as endoscopic spine surgery, spinal injections and pain treatment, or an orthopaedic procedure like shoulder arthroscopy. Medbook's guide to rehabilitation and physiotherapy, under Treatments, describes the whole area.
If you are not sure which of the two you need, describe your problem in your own words when the assistant asks what you would like treated, or choose "Not sure yet" under rehabilitation and physiotherapy. The clinic looks at the details of your case before it makes you an offer.
How the trip usually goes
The number of days you can spend abroad matters for a course of therapy, so when the assistant asks, choose the option that really fits your plans. Before you travel, gather letters from your doctor or physiotherapist, recent scans with their written reports and notes on the therapy you have had so far. In the online consultation, ask how many sessions the clinic plans and how many a day, how long you should plan to stay and which exercises you can continue once you are home.
Once you confirm an offer, your roadmap lets you book your flight yourself or ask Medbook to arrange it, and then do the same for the transfer from the airport. Accommodation is arranged for you for the length of your stay, and each offer shows where your treatment takes place. How long you stay usually depends on how many sessions the clinic plans, and your clinic confirms the dates in its offer. An interpreter, a personal coordinator and aftercare are not among the services in South Korea. The assistant asks which language you are most comfortable communicating in, and your answer is part of your request for offers.
Questions
Can I have physiotherapy programmes in South Korea?
Not through Medbook at the moment. Physiotherapy and rehab programmes are offered in Lithuania and Turkey. South Korea offers chiropractic and manual therapy, as well as acupuncture and pain-relief therapy.
Can I combine therapy with spine treatment in South Korea?
Yes. South Korea also offers endoscopic spine surgery, as well as spinal injections and pain treatment, and you can choose them together with therapy when you describe your case. The clinic confirms in its offer what it can do and when.
Is stroke rehabilitation offered in South Korea?
No. Neurological and stroke rehabilitation, as well as cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, are offered through Medbook only in Turkey.