Ahsen Ercan, Physiotherapist

Ahsen Ercan is a physiotherapist in the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation unit at Acibadem Altunizade Hospital in İstanbul, Türkiye. She has more than ten years of experience and works with patients who are recovering from acute injuries, living with chronic pain, or rehabilitating after surgery. Her practice centers on musculoskeletal rehabilitation and on individualized rehabilitation programs that are adapted to each patient’s condition, goals, and everyday demands.

Ahsen Ercan graduated from Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University Faculty of Health Sciences in 2016 and continued her education at Üsküdar University Health Sciences Institute, completing this stage in 2020. She joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services in 2022 and has been seeing patients at the Altunizade hospital since then. She speaks Turkish and English.

Clinical focus

Ahsen Ercan’s work covers the range of rehabilitation needs that arise from injury, surgery, and long-standing pain. In acute injuries, the aim is usually to protect the affected tissue while restoring movement and load tolerance in a controlled, stepwise way. In post-operative rehabilitation, she works alongside the surgical plan to help patients regain range of motion, strength, and function in the affected joint or limb. For patients with chronic pain, the approach is gradual and typically combines hands-on treatment with movement, education, and pacing, since persistent pain often needs a different strategy from a recent injury.

The methods she uses include manual therapy and therapeutic exercise, applied within a program that is planned and adjusted for the individual patient. Functional restoration is a central goal: the focus is on the tasks a patient needs to perform at home, at work, or in sport, rather than on isolated measurements alone. Patient education is part of every program, so that patients understand their condition and know how to manage symptoms between sessions. Preventative strategies, such as guidance on movement habits and progressive loading, are discussed with the aim of reducing the risk of recurrence.

How Ahsen Ercan works with international patients

Ahsen Ercan consults in Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who speak other languages. Before a visit, the hospital’s international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and imaging, for example MRI, CT, X-ray or ultrasound reports, operative notes, and discharge summaries, and arranges appointments and the hospital visit itself. A first consultation typically covers the patient’s history and symptoms, a review of existing imaging and previous treatments, a clinical examination, and a discussion of the options, after which a rehabilitation program can be planned. Video consultation is available for international patients, which allows a patient to discuss their situation with Ahsen Ercan before travelling and to clarify whether the timing and format of rehabilitation suit their circumstances.