Merve Cingöz, Physiotherapist

Merve Cingöz is a physiotherapist in the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation unit at Acibadem International Hospital in İstanbul, Türkiye. Her practice centers on spinal health, neuromuscular diseases, the treatment of movement disorders, and pain treatment within physical therapy and rehabilitation. She works with patients whose complaints arise from the spine, muscles and nerves and who need a structured rehabilitation program as part of their care.

She graduated from Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University in 2024 and joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services in the same year. Since then she has practised at the international hospital in İstanbul, where her work forms part of the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation service. Her professional experience is concentrated on the assessment and rehabilitation of spinal and neuromuscular conditions, with pain management approached through physical therapy rather than through surgical treatment.

Clinical focus

A large part of Merve Cingöz’s work concerns spine health. Her listed areas of expertise include cervical disc herniation, loss of cervical curvature and lumbar disc herniation. In these conditions, rehabilitation is typically planned after a review of the patient’s symptoms, examination findings and any available imaging, and the program is adjusted over time according to how the patient responds. The aim is generally to address pain, restore movement and support everyday function, while recognizing that results vary from person to person and depend on the underlying condition.

She also works with muscle and nerve disorders and with the treatment of movement disorders, where physiotherapy is one component of a broader care plan. Rehabilitation pain management is a further area of her practice, applied to patients whose pain is related to spinal, muscular or neurological problems. Where a patient’s situation calls for input from other disciplines, the rehabilitation program is coordinated with the other specialists involved in that patient’s care.

How Merve Cingöz works with international patients

Merve Cingöz speaks 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, such as MRI, CT, X-ray or ultrasound reports, laboratory 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 and a discussion of the possible rehabilitation options. Video consultation is available for international patients, which allows a preliminary discussion of the case and of the documents that may be needed before any decision about travelling is made.