Question

Review various types of rehabilitative services. Discuss the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of rehabilitative efforts.

Answer 1

Rehabilitation

It is the action of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy after addiction, or illness, etc.Its the gaining of former privileges or reputation after a period of disfavour.

Various types of rehabilitative services.

1.Physical thearpy

Physical is a very broad category of therapy that involves mostly strengthening and coordination work required to overcome any physical weakness that the patient is left with after surgery. Physical thearpy makes the patient to gain strength and help to overcome the problem and stand on legs once again.

Physical therapists, for example, work with patients who have had hip or knee replacements to increase their strength and flexibility so that they can walk again.

Occupational therapy (OT)

This treatment focuses on helping people with a physical, sensory, or cognitive disability be as independent as possible in all areas of their lives. Occupational therapists use the "occupations" of self-care, work, and play/leisure activities to increase independence, enhance development, and/or prevent disability.

Speech/Swallowing Therapy

This type of rehabilitation service is used If there is a weakness or deficit with the mouth or throat,that means there are speech problems or communication problems. it can manifest itself as a lack of clear speech or a slow or weakened swallow. Speech therapists specialize in these oral deficits and helpful exercises are provided that will strengthen the specific muscles that are slow or weak. Speech and swallowing are amazingly complex activities that require a great deal of coordination in all these oral muscles.

Balance Therapy

Balance is related to brain if there are problems or brain surgery has been done .after that there may be problems of balance . Some PT’s specialize in balance or what is often called vestibular rehabilitation. Balance therapists are skilled at retraining the brains ability to interpret and react to the balance related signals that it gets from the inner ear, eyes and feet.

Respiratory Therapy

If there are problems with respiratory system respiratory the respiratory thearpy is done to solve the problem. Since the brain controls breathing and since surgery carries with it some risk of respiratory complications, it is likely that a patient will at least be evaluated by respiratory therapists during their recovery.

Effectiveness and ineffectiveness of rehabilitation service

It was found that many rehabilitation services has proved effective in changing the behaviour and removing physical weakness of the patients. Physical thearpy or rehabilitation was found to be most effective of all followed by occupational therapy. These two rehabilitation services proved to be very effective .

However balance thearpy and rehabilitation for drug addicts has not got that much success yet .