Rehabilitation Therapy For Spinal Cord Injuries
With the development of the economy, increased travel, and growing industries, the rate of spinal cord injuries is increasing on a daily basis. The following is a summary of the different rehabilitation therapies we offer to our patients. By providing better treatment services to our patients, their ability to take care of themselves increases along with their overall quality of life.
SCI definition: The trauma or disease has lead to the spinal cord injury, and as a result, the patient has developed paraplegia or tetraplegia. Neck injuries may lead to tetraplegia, which refers to the paralysis of the four limbs and the torso, either in a complete or incomplete manner. If the patient has damaged their chest, waist, or shinbone, this may lead to paraplegia. Paraplegia refers to the lower limbs and torso being completely or incompletely paralyzed.
SCI related appraisal: 1.Damage plane ; 2. Respiratory function; 3. Surviving myodynamia ; 4. Joint movement; 5. Perception; 6. Reflection; 7. Feces and urine function; 8. Convulsion; 9. Motor function (turning over, sitting up, sitting balance, propping up, movement in bed, shifting, ability to use a wheelchair , standing up, walking).
We will not perform rehabilitation training under the following circumstances:
1. The patients body temperature is higher than38..
2. Under low stress conditions, the patients pulse surpasses 100 beats per minute.
3. Blood pressure is too high or too low.
4. Cardiac dysfunction.
5. The trauma wound has not healed.
6. There is pain in the area that requires rehabilitation.
7. The patient is very weak.
8. The patient has serious osteoporosis, which may cause a pathological fracture.
9. The patient is experiencing confusion and is not able to participate properly with the training.
10. Serious convulsions.
11. Liver functioning is not normal.
12. Infectious diseases.
13. Any other circumstances that would have negative effects.
Rehabilitation Training- Main Methods:
1. Physical Therapy: To improve the functioning of the entire body, including joint activity and the surviving myodynamia, attempt to balance coordinated actions and body posture exchanges and shift movements (for example: from a recumbent position to a sitting position, turning over, transitioning from a bed to a wheel chair, from a wheel chair to a toilet and so on). We also use hydrotherapy, phototherapy, biofeedback and other therapies to promote rehabilitation.
2. Occupational Therapy: This form of therapy focuses on the activities of daily life (the essential skills, including putting on clothes, eating meals, walking and so on), movements involved with physical work, skills associated with craftsmanship, for example, weaving. After the patient leaves the hospital, they can adapt to individual living skills, family life, social life and professional life. Furthermore, the occupational therapy department provides simple auxiliary therapy to the patients to help them adapt to family life.
3. Psychotherapy: With consideration to the different psychological stages (for example denial, anger, and so on), we cooperate with the patient and family members to provide the most appropriate psychological care.
4. Rehabilitation Project: The patient can order essential braces to assist them while practicing walking and standing and we can provide some mobility aides, along with specialized equipment.
5. Clinical Rehabilitation: We use medications and other methods to prevent complications. We also perform some medical clinical processing to reduce the symptoms and promote the recovery of proper functioning.
6. Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation: Using Chinese Traditional Medicine, including acupuncture, massage therapy, and acusector, we induce ions, along with other methods to promote recovery. We also use Chinese Traditional Medicine for external use, to treat any complications.
7. Nutrition Treatment: To meet the recovery requirements, we formulate appropriate recipes with nutrition. |
