EP1 - Choosing a Health Professional in Spain

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Estelle Mitchell from the Bodyworks Clinic talking with Emmie about how to choose a health professional - for any health problem you might have, here in Spain! Based on her article for the Euro Weekly News called 5 Tips for Choosing a Health Professional (https://www.thebodyworksclinic.com/5-tips-for-choosing-a-health-professional/) and also based on Dr Jyri Lepisto's article "10 Tips for choosing a surgeon (https://www.thebodyworksclinic.com/top-10-tips-choosing-surgeon/) ", Estelle takes a broad look at how to find the right health professional for you in the South of Spain. Important links - Check that your Physiotherapist / Osteopath / Chiropractor is registered with the Colegio de Fisioterapeutas de Andalucia - https://www.colfisio.org/ ALL Doctors must also be registered with the Colegio de Medicos - https://www.cgcom.es/colegios Podiatrists also have a colegio - https://www.colegiopodologosandalucia.org/inicio/index.php Side note - Lawyers and architects also have Colegios. This is basically a professional body which gives you the consumer protection from bad practice. There's also more information about the process of working as a physiotherapist in Spain in this article (https://www.thebodyworksclinic.com/getting-a-job-as-a-physiotherapist-in-spain/) .