Jesús Vázquez Gallego

Category: Doctor and writer
Birth Date: 21st October 1940
Birth Place: Sarria (Lugo)
 Curriculum

He specialised in Rehabilitation at 'Complutense' University (Madrid) and Traumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery at Santiago University. Since 1974 he has been the head of the Overhaul Service at Lugo's Hospital. He is a member of the Galician Academy of Medicine and Surgery and the Academy of Medicine in Asturias and León. He was a doctor in the Olympic Games (Barcelona, 1992). He is the ex-director of the Nursing College in Lugo and president of 'AGAMEDE' (Galician Association of Sports Medicine). He is also the editor of the magazine 'Masaje, técnicas manuales y terapias naturales'. He worked as a doctor at 'La Paz' (Madrid), 'Francisco Franco' (Madrid) and 'Juan Canalejo' (A Coruña) Hospitals.

 Work & Activities

These are some of the most important books he wrote: Rehabilitación funcional de la mano post-traumática, Tradiciones, mitos y creencias en la medicina popular de Galicia, Guía médica para el peregrino de la Ruta Jacobea, Cómo ponerse en forma, Correción de pies planos, Literación Miofascial, Manual de Rehabilitación en Geriatría, El Masaje Drenaje Linfático Manual, El Masaje Terapéutico y Deportivo, Nuevos Estiramientos Fáciles and Nuevo Quiromasaje Fácil.