Ece Nur Sonuk, Physiotherapist

Ece Nur Sonuk is a physiotherapist working in the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation department at Acibadem Kartal Hospital in İstanbul. Her clinical interests include gait analysis, spinal health, neuromuscular diseases and rehabilitation-focused pain management, and she has more than three years of experience in the field. Her work is directed at patients whose symptoms affect movement, posture and daily function, with an emphasis on assessment and structured rehabilitation planning.

She graduated from Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University in 2023 and joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services in 2025. Within the hospital, her practice covers physical medicine and rehabilitation together with gait analysis, spine health, neuromuscular disorders and rehabilitation pain treatment. Care planning in these areas is based on a review of the patient’s history, current symptoms and any previous treatment, followed by a clinical examination and a discussion of suitable rehabilitation options.

Clinical focus

A central part of Ece Nur Sonuk’s work is gait analysis, which examines how a person walks in order to identify patterns that may contribute to pain or restricted mobility. She also sees patients with sports and knee injuries, where rehabilitation is planned around the affected structures and the patient’s activity goals. Her areas of expertise further include piriformis syndrome, a condition in which the piriformis muscle in the buttock may irritate the sciatic nerve and cause pain radiating into the leg, and frozen shoulder, in which shoulder movement becomes progressively stiff and painful.

Spine health forms another core theme of her practice. She works with patients who have cervical and lumbar disc herniation, loss of cervical lordosis and lumbar hypolordosis, conditions that concern the natural curvature of the neck and lower back and may be associated with pain, stiffness or limited movement. She also supports patients with neuromuscular disorders, an area in which neurorehabilitation approaches are used to help maintain function and mobility. Across all of these conditions, rehabilitation pain management is part of her approach, with physical therapy methods selected according to the individual assessment rather than a fixed protocol.

How Ece Nur Sonuk works with international patients

Ece Nur Sonuk 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, laboratory and pathology results, 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 including an assessment of movement and gait where relevant, and a discussion of the rehabilitation options that may be appropriate. Video consultation is available for international patients who wish to discuss their situation before travelling or to follow up after a rehabilitation program.