Neuro-Rehabilitation

Patients suffering from infections, injuries, structural deformities, degenerative diseases, and circulatory system disorders can have nervous system impairment. Following are some of the neuro conditions that may benefit from neuro-rehabilitation:

• Vascular disorders like hemorrhagic stroke, ischaemic stroke, subdural haematoma, and transient ischaemic attack.
• Brain infections like encephalitis, meningitis, meningoencephalitis, poliomyelitis, and brain abscesses.
• Trauma or physical injury affectimg the brain or spinal cord
• Neuromuscular disorders including cervical spondylosis, Bell palsy, brain or spinal cord tumours, carpal tunnel syndrome, muscular dystrophy, peripheral neuropathy, Guillain-Barré syndrome, and myasthenia gravis.
• Functional disorders, like seizure disorders, headache, neuralgia, and dizziness
• Neurodegenerative disorders like multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's chorea, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),

The neurological rehab team consists of many skilled medical professionals, including a neurosurgeon or a neurologist, orthopaedic surgeon or an orthopaedist, psychiatrist, internist, registered dietitian, rehabilitation specialists, occupational therapist, physical therapist, speech therapist, psychologist, recreational therapist, audiologist, vocational counsellor, social workers, and allied staff.

A neuro-rehabilitation program is designed to meet the individual needs of the patient, depending on their specific disease or disorder. Its goal is to help the patient return to a normal level of function and independence as much as possible while improving the physical, emotional, and social quality of life of the patient.

To achieve these goals, neurological rehabilitation programs help the affected patients with anxiety, stress, and depression management, return to daily activities like eating, handwriting, dressing, cooking etc., retraining for social and behavioural skills, nutritional counselling, and exercise programs to increase the strength of the muscles, and speech therapy.

The Department of Neurosciences at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Navi Mumbai provides international standard neurological rehabilitation services in Navi Mumbai. Apart from dealing with a diverse range of pathological conditions involving the central and peripheral nervous system, the department offers comprehensive neuro-rehabilitation services. There is a well-equipped rehabilitation centre in the department in addition to a dedicated Cath Lab for performing various neuro interventions.