| Rehabilitation is the process of restoration of lost | | | | and community reintegration activities. Exercises such |
| capabilities or a treatment used to heal a person's | | | | as stretching, strengthening and cardiovascular |
| body. It helps individuals with physical, mental, cognitive | | | | exercises also constitute an important part of |
| or sensory disabilities to become self-sufficient and | | | | therapeutic rehabilitation programs. |
| productive. Therapeutic rehabilitation programs are | | | | Therapeutic rehabilitation programs are helpful to |
| aimed at helping people with disabilities respond to | | | | persons suffering from acute or chronic pain, brain |
| social and personal challenges, plan careers and | | | | injury, musculoskeletal and balance disorders, brain |
| engage in meaningful employment. | | | | tumor, spinal cord injury, botox, orthopedic and athletic |
| Therapeutic rehabilitation programs are highly | | | | injuries, arthritis, work injuries, vertigo and for those who |
| individualized treatments consisting of therapeutic | | | | are victims of automobile accidents. Treatment of |
| exercises, manual therapeutic techniques and | | | | mental shocks and psychological disorders are equally |
| guidelines for progressive return to their prior level of | | | | important, and therapeutic rehabilitation programs |
| activity. Patient education and home exercise | | | | concentrate on this aspect also. Through intensive and |
| instruction are used to promote long term results. | | | | comprehensive treatment plans, therapeutic |
| These rehabilitation programs are not the same for | | | | rehabilitation programs can help patients recover even |
| every patient. They change according to the patient's | | | | from attitudinal disabilities. |
| physical and mental conditions, age of the patient, level | | | | Detailed diagnosis is necessary before starting |
| of disability and more. | | | | rehabilitation. The equipments used in various |
| To increase independence and expedite recovery, | | | | therapeutic rehabilitation programs include paraffin wax, |
| usually individual therapeutic programs based on | | | | shoulder wheel, theratubing, rocker and wobble boards, |
| occupational therapy, physical therapy, pain | | | | physioballs, therabands, walker bars, treadmill, stair |
| management, podiatry, dietetics, consultative medical | | | | stepper, cycles for lower and upper body parts, and |
| service, neurology, chiropractic care and speech and | | | | resistive weight machines. However, experienced |
| language pathology are used. Acupuncture, orthotics | | | | personnel with licensed rehabilitation assistants are |
| and massage can also be used as therapies for | | | | necessary for giving patients full support physically and |
| rehabilitation programs. These programs are also | | | | mentally until they become capable of handling their |
| supplemented with group sessions, home programs | | | | day to day activities independently. |