Rehabilitation is the utilization of the existing capacities of the handicapped
person, by the combined and co-ordinated use of medical, social
educational and vocational measures to the optimum level of his functional
ability. It makes his life more meaningful more productive and therefore
worthwhile living.
Rehabilitation must be started at the earliest possible time in order to ensure the best results.be administered in conjunction with specific medical or surgical treatment of
the precipitating disease.Rehabilitation may be Medical or Socio Vocational.
Medical rehabilitation is the utilization of medical and paramedical skills
help treat the patient.The practice of medicine itself may be considered three phases.
The first, is the Preventive phase, when all possible measures are
undertaken to prevent the occurrence of a disease or malady. Vaccination
good sanitation, clean water and food, health education are all excellent
examples of the role of preventive medicine.
Once the disease has occurred, Curative medicine takes over. Treatment
may be in the form of Drugs as in the case of tuberculosis, or Hypertension.
Surgery, as in the treatment of hernia or internal fixation of fractures,
Physiotherapy in cases needing relief from pain and paralysis, and
Radiotherapy in treatment of some malignancies. Rehabilitation is the third phase of medical care, after Preventive and Curative. The key person in the guidance of the rehabilitation program is the physiatrist.
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