Rehab

Rehabilitation is a process to restore the patient back to his/her normal self prior to the illness. The whole process consists of therapies, counseling and medication to help the patient.

Rehabilitation centers, where these processes take place, are located in all cities. There are two ways of rehabilitation.

• Inpatient Rehabilitation: The patient is taken in the center for treatment for a specific period of time. In this method, the patient gives his/her entire time to treatment as he/she is admitted in the center.
• Outpatient Rehabilitation: The patient attends counseling sessions, therapies in the evenings, weekends, etc as per his/her suitable and available time. He/She undergoes treatment along with his other responsibilities.

Rehab mainly focuses on recovery of a person. Functioning properly is necessary for regaining and maintaining independence and life quality, after the illness.

All in all, it depends on the will of the person to recover faster with the help of rehabilitation facilities. Initiating rehabilitation early will help you doing functions and increase your chances of returning to your previous level of functioning as much as possible.

Rehabilitation Therapist

Rehabilitation therapist plays a vital role in a team of professionals, who help a patient to recover from his/her illness or injury. A therapist is a great source of positive energy, encouragement and confidence for the patients, and helps a great deal in their recovery. A rehabilitation therapist works in various settings like hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, mental health facilities, etc.

The rehab processes include:

• Occupational therapy, which helps them in daily activities
• Physical therapy helps them regain their strength, mobility and fitness.
• Treatment in pain

Apart from addiction and illnesses, other branches of rehabilitation are open for various injuries or illnesses. They are:

• Occupational Rehabilitation: This rehabilitation is given to patients who have lost basic skills after a major accident or a paralytic stroke. These skills are needed to perform daily routine activities like cooking, reading, writing, etc. This happens in many cases where there are some injuries to the brain. Co ordination becomes a problem for these patients and they need to visit an occupational therapist. The therapist gives treatment in form of medication, exercises to strengthen the muscles. The patients can take help from a psychologist and counselor.
• Physical Rehabilitation: In this treatment, the physical therapist looks into the patients injury and then starts to given him/her suitable therapy according to his/her age, gender, etc. The main motive of rehabilitation is to help the patient get back to his/her normal life to earn his/her livelihood. The program helps the patient to gain strength in his/her injured part of the body and be fit.

In this program, the patients are given various physical treatments like massages, physical exercises and stretching regimes. The pain is managed following through the medications, physical exercises. This program can be given to the inpatients as well as outpatients. There are several physical therapists who give therapies at the patients homes itself.

Depending on the injury, physical therapist takes help of an occupational therapist, counselors, and speech therapists. Thus the team works and supports the patient to get back to his/ her normal lifestyle. Some patients require physical therapy, following a surgical procedure, this happens in case of patients who have an artificial limb, joint problems, etc.

Rehab Centers

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