Neurology
Neurological rehabilitation supports individuals with disorders of the nervous system and helps overcome the limitations and impairments caused by illness, aiming to restore mobility and independence to the patient.
Neurology
Neurological rehabilitation supports individuals with nervous system disorders in terms of follow-up treatment or recovery processes. After patients have been treated in a hospital, primarily for acute symptoms or causes of diseases, neurological rehabilitation focuses on removing or alleviating neurological deficits or subsequent impairments, restoring independence, and improving the quality of life of patients undergoing rehabilitation.
The most important goal of neurological rehabilitation is to enable the patient to participate in public and social life again and manage their daily activities as independently as possible, according to their personal situation.
What you should know about neurological rehabilitation
When patients suddenly lose their basic daily skills, such as their ability to:
- move
- eat and drink
- dress and undress
- wash and use the toilet
- orient themselves in space
This is often a shock for the affected individuals and their families. Reading and writing, as well as working with necessary devices, as well as other cognitive, psychomotor, and affective-emotional abilities, are also among the skills that are often affected. The lost abilities are often associated with serious risks, such as falls, accidents, and injuries.
In most cases, the acute functional impairments are caused by neurological reasons, i.e., clinical conditions that occur in or affect the nervous system. These include:
- cerebral infarction (stroke), cerebral hemorrhage,
- autoimmune diseases of the nervous system (Guillain-Barré syndrome, myasthenia, multiple sclerosis, etc.),
- poliomyelitis (polio),
- Parkinson's syndrome
- encephalitis, meningitis (inflammation of the brain and its membranes),
- epilepsy
- brain tumors, brain metastases, spinal cord tumors,
- polyneuropathies, and many others.
Numerous functional impairments occurring in diseases of the central nervous system can be purposefully treated in neurological rehabilitation:
- paresis (paralysis), spasticity
- ataxia of posture and gait, balance disorders, coordination disorders
- sensory disturbances
- restrictions of the visual field, spatial perception disorders
- brain disorders, orientation, and memory problems
- depressive reactions, adaptation disorders, and many others
If the symptoms have been alleviated in the acute phase, patients often remain with the aforementioned complaints or residual or subsequent impairments. Neurological rehabilitation helps to correct these problems through targeted neurological diagnostics and multimodal therapy to stimulate the nervous system and facilitate the patients' return to everyday life. The sooner rehabilitation begins, the greater the chances that symptoms will subside in the long term.
Range of services for neurological rehabilitation
Along with neurological diagnostics and medical treatment, the specialists at the Rehabilitation Hospital AVIS Medica also use additional therapeutic methods such as occupational therapy, physical therapy, Bobath therapy, or sports medicine training therapy. The goal is to help you overcome, as much as possible, the limitations and impairments caused by the illness and restore the patient's mobility and independence.
Therapy Goals
- passive and active mobilization, improving postural control (body posture), posture and gait training, stair training, reducing fall risk
- improving sensory perception, regression of sensory disturbances and abnormal sensations
- multimodal pain relief treatment
- improving fine and gross motor skills, coordination training
- encouraging spatial perception and exploration of space
- improving mood, encouraging coping with the illness
- normalizing daily rhythm and sleep
Gross and fine motor skills, communication skills, and perception form the main themes of neurological rehabilitation. Depending on the therapeutic focus, rehabilitation specialists use various therapeutic concepts, such as the Bobath concept, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF), or cognitive therapeutic exercises.
Learn more about rehabilitation after a stroke.