[Health management--physical therapy in chronic nonspecific airway diseases. Prevention and rehabilitation].

First of all there is a description of the temporal change of a cure at a spa to a modern treatment for rehabilitation. Today treatments for rehabilitation are methods treating COLD in addition to medical care of a general practitioner or a specialist and the function of a hospital in acute and severe diseases the third practicability of treatment. Treatment in a sanatorium is preferred by social assurances. Diagnostic management and physical treatment, physical training and education in health represent an extensive medicine program. The cooperation of sanatorium of medicine rehabilitation with social workers for professional rehabilitation guarantees a transition from medical to professional rehabilitation, with the purpose to achieve an improvement for patients with bronchopulmonal handicaps in their social and professional situation.