Staff
The Helsinki Physiotherapy Clinic team - supporting you
Jukka Kangas
Head physiotherapist, Master Therapist
"The interaction of body and mind is an endless source of inspiration."
After 28 years in the field, Jukka Kangas, founder and head physiotherapist of Helsingin Fysioterapiaklinikka, is one of the leading experts in physiotherapy. Kangas also works internationally as part of elite athlete coaching teams, as a manual therapy teacher and as an ITC coach.
Suvi Kangas
Physiotherapist, Senior Therapist
"Solving musculoskeletal problems through physiotherapy and promoting health through nutritional counselling.
Suvi Kangas is a specialised physiotherapist in musculoskeletal physiotherapy, a nutrition counsellor and a student of nutrition therapy. The focus of Suvi's work is to meet the person who comes to the practice from his or her starting point. The reasons for seeking treatment and therefore the rehabilitation processes are individual.
Satu Palo
OMT physiotherapist, Music physiotherapist
"Physiotherapy for musicians."
Satu has over thirty years of experience working with clients with musculoskeletal problems. She graduated as a physiotherapist in 1988 and as an OMT physiotherapist in 1999.
Gradually, over the years, Satu's speciality has developed into pain conditions in the neck, head and upper limbs, thoracic and lower back pain and nerve tissue problems for a variety of clients.
In 2004, musicians entered Satu's life. She has found it inspiring, interesting, challenging and rewarding to dive into the body issues of musicians.
Emil Forsbom
Physiotherapist, Senior Therapist
In addition to his basic training in physiotherapy, Emil has attended courses in the osteopathic approach and for 10 years courses in the Neurolize method, which affects the nervous system.
In specialized public healthcare, Emil has been rehabilitating a decade of post-traumatic injuries and post-surgical conditions. Emil has extensive experience in rehabilitating patients after spinal fusion surgeries, shoulder fractures and joint replacement surgery.
Hilla Karra
Physiotherapist, Therapist
“Recognizing and addressing the body’s needs is key to rehabilitation.”
Hilla Karra is a physical therapist specializing in musculoskeletal physical therapy, with particular expertise in the assessment and treatment of lower limb conditions. Her interest in physical therapy stemmed from her own experiences with rehabilitation, which also sparked a strong interest in manual therapy.
Thanks to her background in soccer, Hilla has experience in athlete rehabilitation and training support. In her thesis, she studied the prevention of ACL injuries among women’s soccer players in the National League in collaboration with the Finnish Football Association.
In her work, Hilla employs clinical reasoning and a solution-focused approach aimed at understanding the body as a whole and restoring its natural functioning.
Terhi Talvinko
Physiotherapist, Therapist
"It is important to me that every client feels heard in my practice."
My career at HFTK began as a client seeking help for a long-standing lower limb problem. I was so impressed with the work of my current colleagues and the unique philosophy and approach of HFTK to find and treat the root cause of my condition that I wanted to get involved myself.