What is musculoskeletal rehabilitation?
A musculoskeletal rehabilitation (rehab) program is designed for people with impairments or disabilities due to disease, disorders, or injury to the muscles, tendons, ligaments, or bones. It also helps patients recovering from orthopedic surgeries like knee and hip replacement or tendon and ligaments reconstruction.
Musculoskeletal rehab programs can often improve the person's functional ability, reduce symptoms, and improve the person's well-being.
What conditions can benefit from musculoskeletal rehabilitation?
Some of the conditions that may benefit from musculoskeletal rehab may include the following:
- Tendon tears, such as Achilles tendon injuries and tears of the rotator cuff in the shoulder
- Traumatic injuries, such as sprains, strains, joint dislocations and fractures
- Back & neck pain
- Osteoporosis
- Arthritis
- Bone tumors
- Repetitive stress injuries, such as tendonitis and carpal tunnel syndrome
- Joint injury and replacement
- Amputation
How conditions are treated in musculoskeletal rehabilitation
A musculoskeletal rehab program is designed to meet the needs of an individual person, depending on the specific problem or disease. Active involvement of the patient and family is vital to the success of the program.
The goal of rehab is to help the person return to the highest level of function and independence possible, while improving the overall quality of life physically, emotionally, and socially.
To achieve these goals, programs may include the following:
- Exercise programs to improve range of motion, increase muscle strength, improve flexibility and mobility, and increase endurance
- Gait (walking) retraining and methods of safe ambulation (including the use of a walker, cane, or crutch)
- Help with obtaining assistive devices that promote independence
- Patient and family education and counseling
- Pain management
- Stress management and emotional support
- Ergonomic assessments and work-related injury prevention
- Vocational counseling
How we can help you
RMI Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Department offers comprehensive Rehabilitation services both for indoor and outdoor patients through competent musculoskeletal therapist who are trained and qualified in musculoskeletal rehabilitation. Our state of art Rehabilitation department equipped with latest modalities and tools to treat variety of musculoskeletal conditions.
