Rehabilitation
medicine or rehab medicine may refer to: physical medicine and rehabilitation;
and drug rehabilitation. Physical medicine and rehabilitation is a medical
specialty that deals with the review and treatment of patients whose
functional abilities have been impaired. Rehab physicians are specialized in
the fields of: spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, pain management,
prosthetics and orthotics, electrodiagnostic medicine, pediatric
rehabilitation, general physical medicine and rehabilitation. Doctors
practicing rehab medicine also conduct research in the different areas coming
under this broad field.
A person might be disabled
and impaired from injuries as well as diseases. Rehab medicine aims at helping
a disabled person secure excellent physical, emotional, psychological, and
social potential so that he can lead an independent and fulfilling life. Rehab
medicine is a boon to the numerous citizens of America afflicted with some
form of disability. Even those people with severely disabling conditions can
recuperate and regain health and productivity with the aid of rehab medicine.
Rehab medicine might also
refer to drug rehabilitation or drug rehab, which refers to the processes of
medical and/or psychotherapeutic treatment, administered to a patient
dependent on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and
cocaine, heroine or amphetamines. Drug rehab programmes include in-patient
treatment, out-patient, local support groups, extended care centers, and sober
houses. These programmes teach the patients new methods of interacting in a
drug free method. Patients are instructed to beware against friends who are
still addicts.
Rehab medical
practice promotes the team approach in patient care, bringing together nurses,
therapists, technicians and family members in the rehabilitation programme.
There is thus a unified and dedicated effort to restore patients as much as
possible to their normal functioning as possible. Rehabilitation medicine sees
to it that specific needs of the patients are addressed, any kind of
complication that may arise is prevented and the patients are equipped to
return as active members in the community. In addition, rehabilitation
programmes take into consideration the physical and emotional adjustments that
are to be made by the patient, family and friends.
