Tatiana Greben: How to receive medical rehabilitation

The condition of the organism and recovery of impaired functions after severe injuries, fractures, surgeries, strokes and other diseases largely depends on the rehabilitation stage of treatment. NMRC for Rehabilitation and Balneology of the Ministry of Health of Russia conducts research, as well as develops and adopts innovative medical technologies in the programme of medical rehabilitation. Deputy Director for Medicine, Chief Physician of the Clinical Research Centre of NMRC for Rehabilitation and Balneology of the Ministry of Health of Russia Tatiana Greben told MED-info about the importance of medical rehabilitation.

— What is medical rehabilitation and what types of medical rehabilitation are available to patients?

— Patients from all regions of Russia with diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system and nervous system, pathologies of cardiovascular, endocrine and other body systems, after surgical interventions on joints and spine, after heart and vascular surgeries, as well as after oncological surgeries, undergo medical rehabilitation at the Clinical Research Centre of NMRC for Rehabilitation and Balneology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation in Novy Arbat. The Centre has an intensive care unit to provide medical rehabilitation to patients with extreme severity of functional impairments and disabilities.

In general, the concept of medical rehabilitation is a complex of measures to ensure that persons with impaired functions resulting from diseases, injuries and other reasons can adapt to a new life. The aim of medical rehabilitation is to restore (fully or partially) or compensate for impaired (or lost) body functions. Upon discharge from hospital, people are often still limited by the capabilities of their state and are not adapted to life. When a patient comes to us, he or she learns to do everyday activities under new circumstances. The doctors explain how to change the position of the body, sit, stand, and stand up, how to take the first step and keep your balance, for example, if you have a prosthetic hip joint. Or how to develop a broken arm correctly so that you don't harm yourself.

There are different types of medical rehabilitation depending on the means used: medication, physical rehabilitation (massage, physical therapy, exercise therapy, physiotherapeutic procedures, mechanotherapy, etc.), psychological and social and occupational rehabilitation (ergo therapy, art therapy, etc.).

Our medical rehabilitation includes a comprehensive application of natural healing factors (hydro and mud therapy), drug and non-drug therapies and other methods.

— What factors influence the effectiveness of medical rehabilitation?

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