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    Rehabilitation

    Pronunciation

    Definition 1

    In medicine, a process to restore mental and/or physical abilities lost to injury or disease, in order to function in a normal or near-normal way. (NCI Dictionary)

    Definition 2

    Restoration of the ability to function in a normal or near normal manner following disease, illness, or injury. (NCI Thesaurus)

    More information

    After a serious injury, illness or surgery, you may recover slowly. You may need to regain your strength, relearn skills or find new ways of doing things you did before. This process is rehabilitation.

    Rehabilitation often focuses on

    Physical therapy to help your strength, mobility and fitness
    Occupational therapy to help you with your daily activities
    • Speech-language therapy to help with speaking, understanding, reading, writing and swallowing
    Treatment of pain

    The type of therapy and goals of therapy may be different for different people. An older person who has had a stroke may simply want rehabilitation to be able to dress or bathe without help. A younger person who has had a heart attack may go through cardiac rehabilitation to try to return to work and normal activities. Someone with a lung disease may get pulmonary rehabilitation to be able to breathe better and improve their quality of life. (NIH)

    Also called: Physical Therapy




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