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- Helps achieve highest level of independence
- Increased Physical Function
- Customized personal care
- Hands-on therapeutic approach
Neuro rehabilitation is a medical process that helps you to recover from a nervous system injury and reduces or recompenses for any malfunctions that arise from the nervous disorder.
In cases of grave injury like a spinal injury or brain damage, there is an immense loss to the lifestyle of the patient as he or she loses the ability to do even the day-to-day activities in life.
In order to cope with this problem that affects not only the person but also his family, neuro rehabilitation works out a ‘new way of living’ so that the individual can still be able to live and work as normal.
There are specific exercises designed to activate the muscles affected by the nerves.
The goal of neuro rehabilitation is to make the nerves relearn and maximize their functionality.
1. The journal, Nature Reviews, published a research summary on ‘New Treatments in Neuro Rehabilitation’ in 2002.
2. The National Stroke Research Institute published a research summary on ‘ Study of the Effectiveness of Neurorehabilitation on Sensation’ and findings of these studies are also reported on American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 2005.
Neuro rehabilitation is an effective and extremely useful therapy for people who suffer from nervous injury, which can result from damage to the brain or spinal cord.
Neuro rehabilitation typically involves a holistic treatment approach with many therapy approaches to the injury. The treatment programs are tailor-made with time spent on achieving the therapeutic goals of the patient and the therapist.
People with Hemiplagia (weakness of one half of body), Paraplegia (weakness of both legs), Monoplegia (weakness of one arm or leg) and both arms and legs (quadriplegia) that cause problems in day-to-day activities like eating, hygiene, walking etc; people with speech and communication problems; people with poor cognitive behavior like poor memory and grasping power and children with delayed development in terms of speaking, standing and interaction can benefit from neuro rehabilitation.
1. Is there a difference between a brain injury and a head injury? Brain injury is the apt term, not head injury actually. Brain injury implies damage to the brain itself.
2. How can the nervous injury affect the patient's quality of life? The reaction to a brain injury depends on different people. The rehabilitation also depends on the intensity of the injury, your determination to stick to the therapy, the support system etc.
3. Will the cost of neuro rehabilitation be covered by insurance? In many cases, health insurance does cover neuro rehabilitation. You may want to check with your health insurance provider for more information.
4. What is basically done in neuro rehabilitation? The focus on neuro rehabilitation is to improve the functioning of your nervous system or to look for new ways to make your body function normally. Physiotherapists will help you cope with physical, behavioral and cognitive issues that you may facing.
5. What can a neuro rehabilitation therapy patient expect? The patient will have a customized program that is relevant to their case. The therapy sessions will happen individually or may be in groups. There are various sets of therapies that are aimed at improving functioning at all levels; physical, behavioral and cognitive.
As with any rehabilitation program, normal precautions must be undertaken before starting. A consultation with the personal doctor of the patient is most recommended.
Neuro rehabilitation also calls on the integration with other areas of discipline to review the progress of the patient and ensure that necessary adjustments are made.
Reasons to consider neuro rehabilitation:
Highest level of independence: A person afflicted with nervous injury will be able to work independently even after the damage to his spinal cord or brain. The individual is involved in activities that can strengthen and exercise his brain and nervous system.
Help friends and family cope: Even the friends and family of the individual will be able to adapt well to his or her needs because the therapy bridges the gap of communication. People close to the patient are shown how to converse and communicate to the patient so that he or she is able to have no issues understanding or communicating with them.
Customized personal care: The patient receives personal attention and customized treatment in the course of the therapy. There is an elaborate assessment done of every patient done by experts and a tailor-made treatment program is designed for the individual as a part of the therapy.
Hands-on therapy: There is more emphasis on hands-on therapy rather than drugs and medicines that are invasive and cause more problems due to side-effects. Hands-on therapy through neuro rehabilitation can take care of this issue.
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