December 29, 2007

Common Questions & Answers About Physical Rehabilitation

What is Physical Rehabilitation?
Physical rehabilitation medicine is the treatment of disorders that have caused either temporary or permanent disability. Rehabilitation usually involves the neurological, muscuoskelatal, cardiovascular and pulmonary systems with the goal being restoring function of the affected physical systems.
Who may Need Physical Rehabilitation?
People recommended for physical rehabilitation treatment include all ages, all socioeconomic strata and all races and ethnic groups. Physical rehabilitation is effective for:
- Spinal cord injury victims
- Professional athletes
- Weekend warrior (occasional athletes)
- Employees with work-related injuries
- Infants with birth defects
- Arthritis patients
- Auto-accident victims
- Osteoporosis patients
- Amputees
- Incontinence patients
- Stroke victims
- Cancer survivors
- Scoliosis patients
- Drug overdose survivors
- Elderly adults with a broken hip
- Agricultural accident victims
- Multiple Sclerosis patients
- ALS patients
- Patients recovering from surgery
- Brain injury patients
- Gun shot victims
- Heart attack patients
- Accidental poisoning victims
- Teens with sprained ankles
- Suffers of chronic back pain
- Cerebral palsy patients
- Workers with carpel tunnel syndrome
Why is Physical Rehabilitation Important?
Costs for on-the-job muscuoskelatal injuries continue to rise, despite improving safety statistics. The average cost for an injury claim has surpassed $25,000 while a few claims cost 10-100 times the average. Companies look to rehabilitation team experts for cost-effect methods of returning good workers back to productive jobs.
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