Certified Mirror Therapy Practitioners Now In Montenegro

Montenegro Physiotherapists Learning Mirror Therapy

MT Trainer, Jasmin Avdovic & Workshop Attendee

in cooperation with The National Physiotherapy Association of Montenegro and The Faculty of Applied Physiotherapy, U of Montenegro, Mirror Therapy Adria and  ETPP organized a full day Mirror Therapy Workshop for nine Montenegro Physiotherapists at The Faculty of Applied Physiotherapy's multimedia education amphitheater on Sunday April 25, 2015. These Physiotherapists became the first certified mirror therapists in Montenegro, four from Herceg Novi, and one from each of the following cities: Kotor, Niksic, Petnjice, Danilovgrad and Cetinje.

There is a growing recognition of mirror therapy by medical professionals in the Balkans as the treatment of first choice for relief of post-traumatic neuropathic pain and stroke. Mirror Therapy Adria is even more convinced that these workshops should be organized in each local area of the Balkans, where its been seen and recently reported that an increasing number of people who suffer the fore mentioned problems.

Certified  MT Therapists & Jasmin Avdovic  Montenegro April 2015

Mirror Therapy Training Workshop Held 11/ 22/ 14 in Vitez, Bosnia

Jasmin Avdovic of Mirror Adria Leading Vitez Mirror Therapy Training Workshop

On November 22, 2014, the medieval old town of Vitez, Bosnia was the setting for the Physiotherapy Association of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (UFFBiH) practical seminar that included a two-hour Mirror Therapy (MT) Training Workshop.

Participants at Vitez MT Training Workshop

Seventy-seven physiotherapy professionals attended the MT Training Workshop led by Jasmin Avdovic of the Mirror Adria organization, coming away with great enthusiasm for the simple, cost-effective therapy.

An all-day MT Training Workshop in December 2014, is under consideration by the Aquaterm Thermal Spa, Olovo, Bosnia for its employees. The Spa, which maintains several hundred beds, says the majority of their clients are persons with stroke and hemiparesis, both of which can be aided by Mirror Therapy.

In April 2015, Avdovic is scheduled to lead MT Training Workshops in the country of Montenegro.

MIrror Therapy Presented At 1st International Physiotherapy Congress in Montenegro by Jasmin Avdovic

Jasmin Avdovic training Congress participant

Mirror Therapy trainer Jasmin Avdovic from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, presented a one hour Mirror Therapy workshop as part of the official program of The 1st International Physiotherapy Congress on 10/09/14 at Institute Dr.Simo Milosevic in Igalo, Montenegro. The Institute, one of the largest and the most famous institutions for multidisciplinary spa treatment on the Balkan peninsula, is a pioneer of modern physical and preventive medicine, rehabilitation, talasotherapy and wellness and a leading international rehabilitation center.


Over 120 Congress participants were introduced to the Mirror Therapy technique by Avdovic through interactive presentations and demonstrations that allowed participants to feel for themselves the basic principles of Mirror Therapy and body reactions to it.

Besides the large number of health professionals attending this workshop, national physiotherapy associations and certain health institutions from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania, United Kingdom and others participated as official representatives of their national associations. Many representatives expressed interest in organizing full-day Mirror Therapy workshops.

Mirror therapy in the Balkans is important because of the high number of limb amputations, primarily in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as land mine fields were the worst  in world, followed by Croatia and Kosovo.

Jasmin Avdovic also explored the importance of using Mirror therapy for stroke, aneurism, traumatic brain injuries and others neurological disorders and conditions) with the participants. This Mirror Therapy workshop successfully left a huge imprint for future MT education in south-east Europe.