…is the external application of medical treatment for the restoration, retention
or improvement of the body’s movement
and functional capabilities.
In some cases the therapist’s skills are augmented by natural physical stimulations such as heat, cold, pressure, radiation or electricity.
Dr. hc. Berta Bobath and Dr. Karel Bobath began developing this concept for
the treatment of neurological movement disorders in the 1940s.
The concept was continuously refined through the accumulation of additional
scientific findings and empirical experience and it serves in the treatment of
congenital and acquired neurological movement process disorders in infants,
children, young persons and adults.
This holistic concept is always focused on the normal development of the child
and the economy of movement processes.