Integrative Therapy
Restoring Function, Form, and Resilience
This work addresses dysfunction at the level of regulation rather than isolated symptoms. By integrating physiotherapy, psycho-neuro-immunology, and lifestyle medicine, coherence is restored between the nervous system, immune signaling, metabolism, and functional movement.
The focus is on rebuilding adaptive capacity so recovery becomes efficient, function stabilizes, and resilience holds under real-world demands. The objective is not short-term relief, but durable regulation and long-term biological integrity.
Our Approach
Every symptom is an intelligent signal. The goal is not to suppress it, but to understand the biological conditions that made it necessary.
At Radu Health & Performance, therapy sits at the intersection of Physiotherapy and Clinical Psycho-Neuro-Immunology. Structure, nervous system regulation, immune signaling, metabolism, mindset and behavior are treated as one integrated system—not isolated domains. Pain, dysfunction, and performance decline are viewed as adaptive responses to cumulative stress, load, and misalignment.
Each partnership begins with a comprehensive assessment of movement quality, posture, breathing patterns, autonomic regulation, stress physiology, recovery capacity, and lifestyle inputs. From there, intervention is precise and deliberate: hands-on work where appropriate, combined with education and targeted adjustments that restore regulation, coordination, and biological resilience.
The objective is not short-term relief, but lasting functional change—a body that moves efficiently, adapts under load, and recovers predictably within the context of real life.
This integrative model combines:
Therapeutic Methods
The methods used within this work are chosen based on how they influence regulation, perception, and recovery across interconnected systems. Rather than operating as standalone treatments, these methods are layered and sequenced to reinforce one another, creating coherent adaptation instead of fragmented intervention.
The methods used within this work are chosen based on how they influence regulation, perception, and recovery across interconnected systems. Each modality is applied with a specific purpose, whether to refine movement quality, recalibrate stress responses, reduce threat sensitivity, or support biological recovery. Rather than operating as standalone treatments, these methods are layered and sequenced to reinforce one another, creating coherent adaptation instead of fragmented intervention.
Evidence-based Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation for Long-Term Functional Control
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Musculoskeletal rehabilitation (MSK)
Targeted treatment of spinal, joint, and soft-tissue dysfunction with an emphasis on restoring efficient load transfer and movement integrity.
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Manual therapy
Precise hands-on techniques to restore mobility, reduce protective tone, and improve tissue adaptability within a regulated nervous system.
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Pre- and post-operative protocols
Structured protocols designed to optimize surgical outcomes, accelerate recovery, and safely reintegrate strength and function.
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Rebuilding strength, coordination, stability, and balance
Targeted integration of stress, recovery, and neuromotor control
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Brain Based Pain Therapy
Applied when pain persists beyond tissue healing, addressing central sensitization and altered threat perception rather than structural damage alone.
Indications: acute or chronic back and neck pain, sports injuries, joint dysfunction, muscle imbalances, post-surgical recovery, frozen shoulder, impingement syndrom, tendinopathies, arthritis etc.
Systemic Root-Cause Therapy for Complex, Persistent Conditions
cPNI is an advanced clinical framework that examines how the nervous, immune, endocrine, and metabolic systems interact under stress, load, and time. Rather than isolating symptoms, it identifies why regulation has broken down and what is preventing recovery at a system level.
This work is highly individualized and data-informed. We integrate detailed life-history analysis, symptom pattern recognition, and where appropriate, targeted laboratory insights to understand how stress physiology, sleep, nutrition, inflammation, and immune signaling influence healing capacity. The goal is not symptom management, but restoring adaptive capacity and biological coherence.
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System-level assessment
In-depth anamnesis mapping stress exposure, recovery capacity, immune load, metabolic flexibility, and hormonal rhythms.
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Neuro-immune recalibration
Addressing chronic activation patterns that drive inflammation, pain sensitization, fatigue, and immune dysregulation.
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Metabolic & hormonal alignment
Optimizing energy availability, blood sugar regulation, circadian signaling, and endocrine balance to support repair.
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Lifestyle & environmental modulation
Precision adjustments in sleep, nutrition timing, light exposure, stress load, and training demands to restore regulation.
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Targeted diagnostics (when indicated)
Selective use of laboratory testing and structured assessments, applied in coordination with your treating physician, to clarify underlying drivers and guide precise therapeutic decisions.
Indications: Chronic and inflammatory conditions, autoimmune disorders, persistent fatigue and burnout, recurrent soft-tissue injuries, gut and digestive dysfunction, allergies, hormonal imbalances, skin conditions, arthritis, depression. (contact for full list).
Modern Pain Science & Brain-Based Pain Therapy
Persistent pain is rarely a simple reflection of tissue damage. Modern pain science shows that pain is an adaptive output of the nervous system—shaped by context, prior experiences, perceived threat, and biological load. When protection stays switched on for too long, pain can persist even after tissues have healed.
This approach reframes pain through education, experience, and carefully dosed exposure. By understanding how pain is produced and learning how safety is restored, the nervous system can reduce sensitivity, movement confidence can return, and function can be rebuilt without fear-driven avoidance.
Rather than pushing through symptoms, therapy focuses on changing the inputs that keep pain active—neurological, emotional, and behavioral—so the system can recalibrate toward resilience.
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Pain Neuroscience Education (NOI Group)
Clear, individualized explanations of how pain works, reducing fear and threat-driven amplification.
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Neurophysiological retraining
Addressing central sensitization through sensory–motor retraining, motor imagery, and graded exposure.
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Graded movement exposure
Systematic rebuilding of tolerance and confidence in movement without triggering protective responses.
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Threat modulation & self-regulation
Identifying stressors, beliefs, and contextual factors that maintain pain sensitivity.
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Functional integration
Translating new understanding into real-world movement, daily activities, and load management.
Targeted assessment may include:
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Functional movement analysis and pain phenotype mapping
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Validated questionnaires (e.g. pain, fear, catastrophizing, function)
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Lifestyle, stress, sleep, and recovery evaluation
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Targeted diagnostics in coordination with the client’s physician, where indicated, to ensure medical clarity and alignment
Common indications include: chronic or recurrent pain, persistent spinal pain, fibromyalgia spectrum disorders, post-traumatic or post-surgical pain, fear of movement, stress-related pain syndromes, and conditions driven by a sensitized nervous system.
Optimizing autonomic control, posture, and metabolic efficiency
Breathing is a primary regulator of the autonomic nervous system, influencing posture, cognitive clarity, recovery capacity, and stress tolerance. Dysfunctional breathing patterns—often unconscious—can drive sympathetic overload, mechanical strain, impaired oxygen delivery, and reduced resilience under pressure.
This work focuses on restoring efficient nasal and diaphragmatic breathing, improving tolerance to carbon dioxide (hypercapnia), and using controlled hypoxic exposure to stimulate adaptive responses. By influencing nitric oxide production, HIF-1 signaling, and vagal tone, breathing becomes a tool to recalibrate autonomic balance, improve tissue oxygenation, and support metabolic flexibility.
Training integrates posture, mobility, and breath mechanics to ensure breathing supports movement rather than compensates for it. The result is improved nervous system regulation, greater emotional stability, enhanced recovery, and more efficient performance at rest and under load.
Core elements include:
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Autonomic recalibration through controlled breathing rhythms to shift from chronic sympathetic dominance toward parasympathetic stability
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Nasal breathing optimization to enhance nitric oxide availability, airway function, and respiratory efficiency
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CO₂ tolerance training to reduce breathlessness, anxiety responses, and stress reactivity
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Targeted hypoxic exposure to stimulate adaptive signaling pathways (including HIF-1) and improve oxygen utilization
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Posture and mobility integration to restore diaphragm function and reduce compensatory breathing patterns
Common indications: chronic fatigue, anxiety and stress-related tension, sleep disruption, poor posture, respiratory dysfunction, reduced exercise tolerance, and difficulty recovering from physical or cognitive load.
Infrared Light Therapy
Infrared light is applied as a targeted biological stimulus to support recovery, cellular efficiency, and systemic regulation. Specific wavelengths penetrate skin and connective tissue to influence mitochondrial function, microcirculation, and inflammatory signaling—supporting the body’s capacity to adapt, repair, and stabilize under load.
Infrared therapy is used to modulate stress physiology and metabolic demand, particularly when recovery capacity is compromised by chronic inflammation, autonomic imbalance, or cumulative physical stress. Its value lies not in passive relaxation, but in restoring the internal conditions required for tissue healing and performance continuity.
Rather than acting in isolation, infrared exposure is integrated with movement, breathing, and neurological input to enhance tissue responsiveness and accelerate recovery between therapeutic or performance-focused interventions.
Key therapeutic effects include:
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Enhanced mitochondrial respiration and cellular energy availability
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Improved microvascular circulation and oxygen delivery
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Nitric oxide–mediated vasodilation supporting tissue perfusion
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Downregulation of inflammatory signaling and oxidative stress
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Reduction of protective muscular tone and connective tissue stiffness
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Support of parasympathetic activation and recovery dominance
Common indications: post-injury recovery, chronic or low-grade inflammation, joint stiffness, localized pain, delayed tissue healing, nervous system overload, and recovery support during periods of high physical or cognitive demand.
Medical and Professional Network
I work within an interdisciplinary clinical network to ensure continuity between diagnostics, treatment, and long-term performance development.
This includes specialists in:
- Orthopaedic surgery
- Neurosurgery
- Sports medicine
- Functional medicine
- Gastroenterology
- Endocrinology
- Psychiatry
- Rheumatology
- Cardiology
- Dermatology
- Gynecology
- Urology
- Otorhinolaryngology (ENT)
- Dentistry
- Neurology
- Internal Medicine
This collaboration allows me to support both rehabilitation and complex systemic cases through a unified clinical lens.
Clinical Method
Our process is structured, precise, and individually tailored—bridging medical clarity with systems-based performance care.
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Diagnosis
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All care begins with a formal medical diagnosis.
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A licensed physician provides a prescription for physiotherapy, outlining the relevant diagnoses, imaging findings, and clinical considerations. This ensures that treatment is medically grounded, clearly scoped, and aligned with conventional standards of care.
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We use this diagnosis not as a limitation, but as a starting framework—placing symptoms in context while preparing to explore the underlying mechanisms driving them.
Anamnesis
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We then conduct an in-depth cPNI anamnesis.
This includes a structured exploration of:
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Symptom history, timelines, and triggering events
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Stress physiology, sleep quality, recovery capacity, and energy patterns
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Nutrition, gut function, immune load, and inflammatory burden
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Breathing behavior, lifestyle rhythms, training load, and environmental factors
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Psychological stressors, cognitive load, and emotional regulation
The goal is to understand how systems interact, not just where symptoms appear.
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Hypothesis
Using insights from both medical diagnosis and cPNI anamnesis, we form a clear, evidence-based working hypothesis.
This hypothesis defines:
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Which biological systems are driving or maintaining the problem
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Whether pain or dysfunction is structural, neurological, metabolic, autonomic, or mixed
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How stress, inflammation, breathing, or recovery capacity influence tissue behavior
Rather than treating isolated findings, we identify the dominant mechanisms that must change for lasting progress.
Objective Examination
The hypothesis is then tested through objective, functional examination.
This includes assessment of:
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Posture and global alignment
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Movement quality, coordination, and load distribution
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Breathing patterns, rib mechanics, and diaphragm function
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Joint mobility, stability, and tissue behavior
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Neuromuscular control, tolerance to stress, and adaptive capacity
These findings confirm or refine our hypothesis, ensuring that treatment is precise, targeted, and measurable.
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Treatment and Reassessment
Treatment is applied with clear intent, measurable goals, and continuous feedback. Interventions are selected based on identified mechanisms and adjusted as the system responds.
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Precision physiotherapy
Manual therapy, movement retraining, and load management targeting mechanical and neuromuscular drivers.
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Autonomic and nervous system regulation
Breathing-based techniques, biofeedback, and nervous system calibration to improve stress resilience and recovery.
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Lifestyle medicine (cPNI-informed)
Structured interventions addressing sleep, nutrition, stress exposure, circadian rhythm, and daily habits.
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Metabolic, inflammatory, and digestive support
Evidence-informed nutritional strategies and supplementation where indicated to support systemic regulation.
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Education and self-regulation
Practical tools and explanations that build understanding, confidence, and long-term self-management.
Costs and Insurance
Care is available either via medical prescription or as a private service. Prescribed treatments are covered by Swiss basic health insurance according to national regulations, while private sessions offer greater flexibility and a more integrative clinical scope. In all cases, costs and conditions are clarified transparently before treatment begins.
Physio-Verordnung
With Medical Prescription
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Treatments are covered by basic Swiss health insurance (Krankenkasse) according to national regulations.
Private Clients
Without Medical Prescription
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CHF 165
Initial Assessment (60 min)
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CHF 125
Follow-up Session (45 min)
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Questions & answers
Explore quick answers to common questions.
Do you work with insurance?
Yes. Physiotherapy sessions are covered by Swiss insurance with a valid Verordnung (doctor’s prescription).
Private sessions are also available if you prefer direct access.