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Regain Your Abilities with Medical Rehabilitation

September 18, 2024

Depending on the severity, an injury or illness can have long-lasting effects even after discharge. This can negatively affect a patient’s quality of life by seriously limiting their ability to perform basic, everyday tasks they once took for granted. However, medical rehabilitative services can help them learn ways to cope with their limitations and build back the strength needed to find a sense of normalcy. This National Rehabilitation Awareness Week, learn more about rehabilitation, who’s eligible, and its many benefits.

What Is Medical Rehab?

As defined by the American Medical Rehabilitative Providers Association (AMRPA), medical rehabilitation refers to a group of inpatient therapy services that are “ordered by your doctor to help you recover from an illness or injury.” Rehabilitation can take on many forms, but three of the most common rehab services are:

During rehab, therapists may employ numerous techniques, including assistive devices, cognitive rehabilitation therapy (i.e., relearning or improving skills like thinking, learning, memory, planning, and decision making), mental health counseling, music or art therapy, nutritional counseling, pain treatment, and vocational and recreational rehabilitation. Regardless of techniques therapists use, the goal remains the same: to help each patient achieve their full, functional potential.

Who Needs Medical Rehab?

Medical rehab may be recommended for any patients who have lost the abilities they need to function in everyday life after an inpatient stay. The list of qualifying conditions is long and can vary based on the severity of its effects, but some common illnesses and conditions include:

The Impact of Medical Rehab

Medical rehab works. The AMRPA reports patients treated with inpatient rehab services experienced better outcomes, fewer visits to emergency departments, and lived longer than similar patients treated in skilled nursing facilities. The AMRPA also reports inpatient rehab patients had fewer hospital readmissions for pain, brain injuries, medical complications, hip fractures, and amputations compared to patients from skilled nursing facilities.

Regain your function, ability, and quality of life with the aid of Culbertson Therapy Services. To learn more, call (217) 322-5286. All appointments require a medical referral — contact your primary care provider to see if medical rehabilitation is right for you.