Sevim Korkmaz, Physiotherapist

Sevim Korkmaz is a physiotherapist in the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation unit at Acibadem Kayseri Hospital in Kayseri, Türkiye. Her work centers on physiotherapy and rehabilitation, with a subspecialty focus on spine health. She has more than 10 years of experience in the field, and her listed areas of expertise include mobility problems, functional recovery and spine-related conditions.

Sevim Korkmaz graduated from Nuh Naci Yazgan University in 2019. Her clinical training in 2016 included internships as a physiotherapist at Kayseri Şehir Hospital, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Gaziler Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Center (GATA), Özel İzan Sağlık Hospital, Özel Milas Gökkuşağı Special Education and Rehabilitation Center and Kayseri Beyaz Melekler Special Education and Rehabilitation Center. From 2019 to 2020 she worked at Özel Beyoğlu Special Education and Rehabilitation Center, and in 2020 she joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services.

Clinical focus

Sevim Korkmaz’s listed areas of expertise are physical medicine and rehabilitation, spine health, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, mobility problems, functional recovery and spine-related conditions. In practice, this means working with patients whose ability to move, sit, stand or walk has been affected, and supporting them in regaining function through structured, supervised therapy. Spine-related complaints form a particular focus of her work; rehabilitation for these conditions is usually planned around the individual’s clinical findings and adjusted as progress is reassessed over time.

Rehabilitation programs of this kind are generally delivered in stages, beginning with an assessment of movement, strength and current limitations, followed by an individually planned course of exercises and therapy sessions. The goal is functional recovery, understood as a gradual improvement in everyday activities rather than a single intervention. Expectations are discussed openly, since the pace and extent of recovery depend on the underlying condition and on each patient’s situation. General information about approaches within the same field, such as robotic rehabilitation and osteoarthritis treatment, is available on this site.

How Sevim Korkmaz works with international patients

Sevim Korkmaz speaks Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who need them. Before travel, the Acibadem 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. 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. Video consultation is available for international patients, which allows an initial conversation to take place before traveling to Kayseri, so that the patient and the therapist can review the situation and discuss what an in-person assessment might involve.