What is rehabilitation medicine

Rehabilitation medicine is an emerging discipline and a new concept that emerged in the mid-20th century.

Rehabilitation medicine, preventive medicine, health medicine, and clinical medicine are collectively known as the "four major medicines". It is a discipline that eliminates and alleviates people's dysfunction, makes up for and rebuilds people's functional deficiencies, and tries to improve and enhance all aspects of people's functions.

The medical discipline, that is, the medical discipline of prevention, diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, training and treatment of functional disorders.

Exercise therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, etc. are important contents and methods of modern rehabilitation medicine.

Extended information: Rehabilitation treatment methods: 1. Physical therapy (PT): including physical therapy, sports therapy, and exercise therapy.

2. Occupational therapy (OT): Occupational therapy including functional training, psychotherapy, vocational training and daily living training, with the purpose of enabling patients to adapt to the environment of personal life, family life and social life.

3. Language therapy: training for patients with aphasia, dysarthria and hearing impairment.

4. Psychotherapy: Individual or collective psychological adjustment or treatment for patients with psychological, mental, emotional and behavioral abnormalities.

5. Rehabilitation care: such as posture management, psychological support, bladder care, bowel care, guidance on the use of assistive devices, etc., to promote patient recovery and prevent secondary disabilities.

6. Rehabilitation engineering: The use of orthotics, prostheses and assistive devices to compensate for deficiencies in living ability and senses.

7. Occupational therapy: pre-employment career counseling, pre-vocational training.

8. Traditional rehabilitation therapy - Use traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture, massage, massage and other therapies to promote recovery.