As a Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation specialist I would like to sensitze the grenaral Practitioners about the importance of the speciality and its necessity & usefulness to the commonman in the recovery to near normalcy and get back to his work, depnding on his capabilities after an accident or any chronic illness. In India many doctors are under the impression that Physical Medicine is Physiotherapy. NO. it is misconception . PHYSIOTHERAPY IS ONE PART OF Physical Medicine & REHABILITATION.
Holistic approach of Physical medicire & rehabilitation after an attack of stroke I would like to give as an example.. After an attack of STROKE after the Acute phase of SHOCK is treated the patient is stabilised ,the role of PHYSIATRIST starts. First he has to evaluate and set a GOAL for the recovery process after analysing various parameters. Then comes the Physiotherapist under the…
