**1. Introduction**

RMP, developed from the Hippocratic doctors of the fourth century to C, and technically and scientifically perfected to this day, with its holistic, non-organicist, and multidisciplinary nature, is a continuation of the process of recovery from multiple human conditions, from traumatic to degenerative, at all ages of life. Its mechanism of action, which is becoming better known, is based on the tendency to spontaneous healing that the organism has (Vis medicatrix naturae of the Hippocrats), today explained by the multiple homeostatic mechanisms available to the human economy, some of them collected in **Table 1**.

Rehabilitation medicine, physiotherapy, and the like (speech therapy, occupational therapy, orthopedics, psychology) have been enriched in recent decades by


#### **Table 1.**

*Some of the homeostatic systems of the organism (taken from Guyton and Hall's medical physiology, 2016 and completed by A. Ursa) [1].*

a series of techniques and methods, with implantation determined according to different countries and public or private practice, such as acupuncture, osteopathy (joint manipulations), neural therapy, different manual techniques (Cyriax, etc.), dry needling, etc., as well as concepts such as Bobath's or methods such as Perfetti's or Therasuit's, the aims being an assistance comprehensive customer service and functional recovery.

Although it is true that physiotherapy has been gaining in attributions in recent years, such as the capacity for diagnosis and treatment, the scheme "the rehabilitating doctor diagnoses and prescribes and the physiotherapist executes" is still valid.

A legal obstacle for physiotherapists is the limitation in their therapeutic actions. Although it varies from country to country, these health professionals are generally denied access to the internal environment to introduce substances with pharmacological activity. As in other professional groups (Odonto-stomatology, podiatry, etc.), they have a limitation in the pharmacological prescription, covering a reduced group of drugs.

A good number of physiotherapists, especially those who work on their own in the private sphere, knowing about drug iatrogenesis, have adopted unconventional therapies (UT), such as phytotherapy, acupuncture, osteopathy, etc., or conventional ones such as diet therapy, in order to facilitate the healing processes.

*Non-pharmacological Therapies in Integrative Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.101920*

This chapter deals with UTs that can contribute to a better response in the field of RMP, either by shortening the recovery time, reducing pain, or achieving good functionality, enriching their scope of action. Some of these techniques can be used in physiotherapy.
