PHYSICAL MEDICINE
Physical medicine and rehabilitation is the health care specialty focused on restoring the health and functional abilities of people after acute illness or injury such as stroke, spinal cord injuries, heart surgery, amputation, joint replacement, sports injuries or spinal disorders. Kothari Medical Centre provides the widest range of physical medicine and rehabilitation services as an integral part of the hospital. The hospitals scope includes remedial care for stroke patients, children with cerebral palsy, sports injuries and chronic pain. The very special feature of this unit is the ability to manage diseases related to ageing and it works towards getting elders back on their feet, at the soonest possible time.
We are specialized in:
- Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
- Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
- Neuro Rehabilitation
- Paediatric Rehabilitation
- Occupational Therapy
- Psychology
The Kothari comprehensive rehabilitative program includes examination, advice and instructions to any person with movement or bodily malfunction, physical disorder, disability, physical and mental conditions using physical agents including exercise, mobilization, manipulation, mechanical and electrotherapy
The physical therapist and the patient work side-by-side to make sure that the goals are met
Therapeutic exercise and functional training are the cornerstones of physical therapy treatment
Kothari Services in the field:
- Brain injury, tumour and aneurysms and anoxic brain damage with primary cognitive / behavioural / speech / swallowing issues and minimal physical and medical needs
- Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, anoxic brain injuries, motor neuron disease, Guillain Barre Syndrome, peripheral neuropathy, and muscle diseases with primary sensory / motor dysfunction
- Stroke Service
- Ischaemic/haemorrhagic stroke with multiple disabilities in mobility, self care, balance, coordination, speech & language, swallowing, cognitive and sensory/ perceptual skills
- Spinal Cord Service
- Traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injury, spinal tumor, transverse myelitis and related conditions with paralysis and bladder / bowel / sexual disability
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
This rehabilitative program is a medically supervised program that helps to improve the health and well being of people who have pulmonary problems
Specialised Treatments
- All kinds of aches and pains – Low back ache, Cervical spine pain, Joint pains, Frozen shoulder, congenital deformities, sports injuries etc.
- Perinatal care
- Post surgical rehab
- Trauma care
- Neurological rehab
- Cardiac Rehab
- Rehab following plastic and reconstructive surgery
- Home care program for all those patients who are either too old or too unwell to come to the hospital for their treatment
- Specialized physiotherapy program for patients following Joint Replacement Surgery
- The Kothari Joint Replacement rehabilitation programme includes physiotherapy sessions at home under the supervision of well qualified physiotherapists
- Considering the present functioning super-specialties of the hospital, the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation has been divided into three broad sub-specialties –
- Orthopaedics Physiotherapy
- Neuro Physiotherapy
- Cardio- Pulmonary Physiotherapy
- The Kothari team of highly skilled doctors and paramedical staff ensures that all patients receive the highest quality of care and treatment so as to improve their quality of life
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DR. SUBRATA MITRA MBBS, CMCP (J.U.) D.REHAB (LONDON), MICPS (LONDON)
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