REHABILITATION

Rehabilitation, or physical therapy, refers to those types of therapy that will help you reach the maximum degree of function after an illness or injury. After a stroke, the main difficulties are usually those of walking and balance, the use of arms and hands, and speech.

Some people believe that if a person receives enough physical therapy after a stroke he will eventually retrieve all impaired faculties. This often leads to frustration because the patient and family expect greater improvement than might be possible. Rehabilitation teaches you how to use other parts of the brain, as well as other nerves and muscles, to take over the tasks of the damaged area. The goal is to achieve the most normal function possible, which may not be a full return of abilities.

As in other medical specialties, a physiatrist (rehabilitation specialist) has a basic training in all aspects of medicine with a special interest in rehabilitation after neurological, muscular, and bone diseases.

Working with the physiatrist is the allied health care staff—physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech therapists. Many medical centers are well equipped and specifically committed to treating older patients and have fully staffed and equipped rehabilitation departments.

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