What is physical medicine and rehabilitation?
Rehabilitation is the healthcare speciality dedicated to the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of physical disability caused by an accident, by a medical condition or after surgery. Its aim is to help patients regain the skills they have lost through acquiring the disability.
Which patients is it for?
Rehabilitation is for patients who have suffered some type of accident, be it at work or from a traffic accident or sports injury; patients with a medical condition that causes disability; or patients requiring post-surgical recovery.
Main conditions and diseases
- Acquired brain damage.
- Post-surgical patients.
Main diagnostic resources and technology
The rehabilitation doctor analyses the patient’s entire medical history and requests the specific tests needed for each case to help the patient get back to living as normally as possible.
Main treatments
Manual, functional, occupational and rehabilitative treatments.
Areas of specialisation
- Pelvic floor rehabilitation
- Respiratory rehabilitation
- Paediatric rehabilitation
- Vestibular rehabilitation
- Lymphatic drainage
Special services
- Magnetotherapy
- Kinesiotaping
- Dry needling
- Virtual reality
Why come to our clinic?
Vithas hospitals offer a quality, renowned rehabilitation service with extensive experience in treating these patients.
FAQs
Do rehabilitation treatments have side effects?
No, they don’t have any side effects.
When should you go to rehabilitation?
When prescribed by the doctor or at the patient’s discretion in cases of maintenance treatments.
