The definition of rehabilitation services is to help ill, physically impaired, or handicapped individuals to reach their potential recovery after illness or injury.It is implied that the therapies include physical, occupational, and speech therapies.Therapy may be initiated in the hospital but many of the services are provided in the clinic or at home.
The initial treatment is frequently an evaluation followed by the development of a treatment plan.The physician who specializes in rehabilitation medicine is called a phusiatrist, and the two main areas of therapy are physical and occupational.There are nurses who specialize in rehabilitation and child life specialists who help with the psychosocial aspects of care.Physical therapists work mostly with motility issues including motor development and strength of the back, legs, and feet.Occupational therapists work with the upper extremities, especially arms and hands, and help with activities of daily living.Speech and language therapists manage understanding language and development of speech.The orthotist makes braces and the prosthetist makes artificial limbs.
The conditions that benefit most from rehabilitation in pedriatrics include cerebral palsy, rheumatoid arthritis, spina bifida, traumatic and asphyxial brain (and spinal cord) injury, burns, and muscular dystrophy.
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