The general public's understanding of "rehabilitation" only stays in traditional therapies such as "massage, acupuncture, cupping", and scientific and advanced rehabilitation concepts are not widely used. It is a pity.

Rehabilitation, that is, the recovery of injuries and the recovery of health. Rehabilitation medicine is an independent specialty. It is a clinical discipline that studies the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disability and dysfunction. It is mainly for various dysfunctions, adopting comprehensive measures, and is mainly based on various training and treatment. Tools, environmental transformation, adaptation, etc., to help them to improve physical and mental barriers to the greatest extent, to play a residual function, to enable patients to regain the skills of work and independent living, to improve their self-care ability, return to the family And society.

It is necessary to emphasize that rehabilitation is not a continuation of medical treatment, not for recuperation. It should be intervened as early as possible in the acute phase. Otherwise, rehabilitation treatment will be carried out after dysfunction, and it will be half the effort, and there will be misunderstandings of poor rehabilitation.

First, rehabilitation medicine for diseases

1, nervous system diseases

Stroke, brain trauma, paraplegia; limbs, speech dysfunction, facial paralysis and peripheral nerve injury after cerebral palsy in children.

2, bone and joint disease

Post-fracture dysfunction such as neck and shoulder pain, disc herniation and peripheral nerve injury, correction of spinal deformity, preparation and grinding of prosthetic limbs, various sports injuries and chronic soft tissue injuries.

3, visceral system diseases

Such as: coronary heart disease, hypertension, chronic obstructive emphysema, prescription of exercise prescription for diabetes, sports risk assessment and training.

4, other

Various types of inflammation (lung infection, erysipelas, chronic visceral inflammation, etc.), diabetic foot, trauma and healing of surgical wounds, postoperative adhesions, etc.

Second, the commonly used assessment methods for rehabilitation medicine

1. Evaluation of motor function

Muscle strength assessment, muscle tone assessment, joint mobility assessment, coordination and balance function assessment, gait analysis, etc.

2, cardiopulmonary function assessment

ECG exercise test, aerobic exercise capacity assessment, etc.

3. Assessment of daily living ability

Assessment of activities of daily living, independent living ability and quality of life assessment.

4, brain advanced function assessment

Perception, cognitive function assessment, speech function assessment, psychological assessment, etc.

5. Neuromuscular electrophysiological evaluation

Electromyography, nerve conduction velocity measurement, evoked potential test, etc.

Third, the common treatment methods for rehabilitation medicine

1, physical therapy

A method of treating with various physical factors such as sound, light, electricity, and heat.

2, physical therapy

That is, exercise therapy, which uses a freehand exercise, a manual therapy, or a method of training a patient's limbs by means of a device.

3. Speech therapy

For patients with speech-language communication disorders caused by various reasons, targeted training in assessment, classification, and listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills is used.

4, occupational therapy

A method of rehabilitation based on dysfunction, targeted selection of work activities, and training to restore their independent living ability.

5. Rehabilitation medical engineering

The use of electronic and mechanical materials and techniques for the design and manufacture of artificial limbs, orthopedic brace and other special aids for the disabled.

6, traditional therapy

Massage, acupuncture, all kinds of boxing exercises, etc.