A cerebral attack is a serious form of stroke that leaves patients under the supervision of surgeons and physicians for months. However, when there is a will, there is a way. It is possible for patients to revert to their former independent lives with the support of a holistic and patient-centric stroke rehabilitation program. Stroke rehabilitation after suffering a cerebral attack involves the following categories: • Speech and swallow therapy – This therapy helps regain smooth operation of language, chewing, and swallowing, which become sedated after a cerebral attack. This rehabilitation entails language therapy, voice training, fluency development training, swallowing examination, therapy and training. • Cognitive behavior therapy – This is conducted to reinstate proper behavioural techniques that are distorted post stroke. This therapy deals with cognitive disorders, communication disorders, psychological evaluation and treatment. • Occupational therapy – This is a rehabilitation process that helps improve motor skills and hand-eye coordination through occupational activities. The activities that are conducted by therapist are supported by functional electrical stimulation, robotic technology, wireless technology, and virtual reality. • Physiotherapy– This is a rehabilitation process that is conducted in the form of phases of physical exercises that help regain strength, mobility, and independent balance....

Developmental delay is a situation in which toddlers do not attain the desirable level of physical and mental development, as per their age. Holistic development among children might get delayed due to certain medical conditions or unknown reasons. Children, whose health development gets stalled, may be treated through rehabilitation processes so that they can catch up with the others of their age and gain confidence to move on with their regular activities. Categories of Developmental Delays among Children: - Speech Delay - Eating and Swallowing Disorders - Developmental disorders: Orthopaedic Conditions, Neurological Conditions, Movement Disorders There are some developmental delays that are mild and some that are more serious. However, all of these categories can be treated through effective communication with the patients and their parents, along with following the correct processes in rehabilitation. Rehabilitation Processes for Treating Children with Developmental Delays: Speech and Language Therapy: This therapy treats children facing difficulty in speaking, communicating ideas, understanding concepts, and putting words together to form sentences. The specific health areas that this therapeutic process deals with are autism, birth defects, cognitive delays, excessive drooling, swallowing disorders, weak oral muscles, hearing impairments, and effects of traumatic brain injuries. Therapy includes speech training,...

At ApoKos, we believe in a humane touch along with professional medical therapies that are conducted to help patients regain their former independent selves. The personal and family-like care provided to patients at our rehabilitation centre, is an integral part of our programme that aims to achieve the best results for the patients and their family members. ApoKos believes in nurturing lives and helping every person live with dignity and as much independence as possible. Here is a touching story of Mr. Binode Goswami, who suffered a massive life altering stroke. With the strong support of his wife and the services of ApoKos, today he is able to live almost like his days prior to the illness. Let us take you through the wonderful narrative provided by Mrs. Goswami, to help you understand our mission at ApoKos. "Once in a while, we are given a special gift-- a gift that has meaning, a gift that cares, and a gift that truly impacts one's life. APOKOS Rehabilitation Hospital has been that gift to us. A massive brain stroke in September 2016 reduced my husband to a faint shadow of his former self. His justify side was totally paralysed making him almost...

Patients ranging from pediatrics to geriatrics sometimes require speech and swallow therapy owing to an injury or ailment suffered or a pre-existing condition. Typically, patients with speech and swallow therapy have difficulty in effective communication and nutrition intake, which can hinder their life further. Therefore, every comprehensive post-acute care rehabilitation program should incorporate effective speech and swallow therapy if the patient exhibits such deficit. Two categories of speech and swallow therapy - Adult speech and swallowing therapy: This is usually conducted in cases of stroke, traumatic brain injury, nerologic disorders, tumors, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), srtictures, and diverticula. Paediatric speech and swallowing therapy: This is conducted in the most common speech issues, which are articulation and language disorders, and some swallowing issues like reflux, food aversions, tongue thrust, and dysphagia. What does speech and swallow therapy entail? The level of deficiencies vary from one patient to another. A thorough assessment of the patient’s condition is thus essential before a prognosis can be arrived at, which will cater to their requirements.  A speech and swallowing rehab plan involves the following therapies: Speech production improvement Computer aided speech therapy Language therapy Training for fluency development Voice improvement Swallowing therapy Who should undergo...

Total knee replacement is a surgical method of restoring the functional aspect of the joints. The surgery, which involves replacing the knee joints with metal balls, reduces long-term pain in the knees that occur due to depreciation in bone health during old age. In order to regain physical balance and independence after total knee replacement, periodic orthopaedic rehabilitative care is necessary. This is the predominant type of rehabilitation programme that helps patients  after total knee replacement recover and regain independence. Orthopaedic rehabilitation programme is conducted by an interdisciplinary team, through a multidisciplinary treatment approach that involves occupational therapy. The interdisciplinary team consists of expert therapists who assess the patients' mobility, physical ability, motor control, medical status, and psychological determination. Physical Therapy: This is a set of pain relieving therapeutic processes that involve moving the limbs gently in order to release pressure from the centre of the joint towards its surrounding areas. Such movement results in balancing out the pain and gradually helping in regaining mobility. Mild massage is also provided to the patients to relax their skeletal-muscular system and ease its function. It involves physical toning of the muscles, which in turn relax the bones lying beneath them. Postural Re-orientation:...