What is Rehabilitation?
Rehabilitation is one part of the pie of chiropractic care. It involves
working together to restore the normal usage and/or structure to an injured body
part by retraining that injured area to function normally once again.
Rehab (as it is commonly referred to) comes in only after the Doctor has worked
with the patient to understand and diagnose an injury.
Rehab will usually consist of both treatment and the education necessary to help you obtain the maximum function out of your rehabilitation program.
Can you give me an example of a time when rehab would be necessary?
Sure. Consider a patient that has sprained their ankle. At first, it
may be difficult for this person to walk or even stand up - this is when a
rehabilitation program would be introduced. The Doctor would work with the
patient to gradually increase their range of motion and gain strength in their
ankle through a number of safe, proven exercises and techniques. With a
cooperative effort, this patient should be back to their normal daily activities
in a short period of time.
What are some exercises that a patient might be
expected to perform?
This depends on a number of things. The Doctor will look at the type of
injury that the patient suffered. Then the Doctor will create a custom
program that takes into account all of the outstanding factors associated with
that individual patient. There are various exercises that may be utilized
for different patients, even though their injuries may appear to be very similar.
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