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Rebuilding Strength After Injury: What Does Successful Rehabilitation Really Look Like?

An injury does not just affect your movement. Your self-esteem, independence, your work, and other daily tasks may be affected too. As important as minimising your pain is, the goal of effective rehabilitation should include building back strength and control for you to perform the tasks that matter. While Neurological Rehabilitation involves the restoration of motor function due to changes in your nervous system, rehabilitation from an injury at work targets your needs related to your workplace tasks. Every rehabilitation pathway is different. Effective rehabilitation is designed based on the needs of the injured person. Improvement can be assessed both clinically and functionally. Start With a Thorough Assessment An effective rehabilitation program should first involve assessing your current capability and objectives. Assess strength, movement, balance, coordination, and functional movement. Think about the impact of the injury on work, sport and activities of daily living. Look at ...

Can Neurological Rehabilitation Improve Quality of Life? Here's What Research Shows

  When someone suffers from any neurological condition, his or her everyday life is bound to change in a way that was perhaps never anticipated before. Some simple activities, such as walking, dressing, preparing food, and maintaining focus, become difficult after suffering a stroke, brain injury, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and any other neurologic condition. Even though recovery may take some time and require certain efforts, the research repeatedly demonstrates that proper rehabilitation may allow one to recover and adjust to a new reality. Neurological Rehabilitation is a part of rehabilitation that is based on strengthening mobility, balance, strength, coordination, and other aspects, as well as a particular type of therapy designed around a person. What is Neurological Rehabilitation? Rehabilitation involves the treatment of maximising the individual's potential through adaptation to changes in the neurological system which may affect motor control, sensati...