How to carry out rehabilitation training for stroke patients

The traditional concept of rehabilitation holds that patients should "stay in bed absolutely" in the acute stage of stroke. Under the guidance of this concept, stroke patients are more prone to various complications, such as falling pneumonia, deep venous thrombosis of lower limbs, bedsore and so on. Long-term bed rest is also prone to various disuse syndromes, such as disuse atrophy of affected limb muscles, joint contracture, osteoporosis and so on. Even for normal people, this part of muscle atrophy will be very obvious when they lie still for two weeks. What's more, if the intervention is late, when they start to recover, not only muscle atrophy, but even joint adhesion will occur, and patients will suffer when the rehabilitation effect is not good.

The concept of modern rehabilitation refers to the comprehensive and coordinated application of various measures to eliminate or alleviate patients' dysfunction, achieve or maintain the best functional level and improve the quality of life. Commonly used rehabilitation treatment methods include: physical therapy, speech therapy, psychological counseling, China traditional medicine, rehabilitation engineering, rehabilitation nursing, etc. Many patients and their families blindly emphasize "acupuncture" and "physical therapy" and only believe that this method is the best, which delays a good opportunity for rehabilitation.

For stroke, "acupuncture" and "physical therapy" are only one kind of rehabilitation treatment, which may not be suitable for every patient. Many rehabilitation therapies are still accurate and effective, such as functional electrical stimulation therapy, mirror therapy, multimedia biofeedback and so on.