The importance of rehabilitation for orthopedic patients
Rehabilitation treatment is an important component of injury treatment and an essential means of restoring various functions. Orthopedic rehabilitation treatment is a continuation of surgical or non-surgical treatment. Orthopedic rehabilitation therapy achieves the goal of restoring motor system function by preventing functional impairment, promoting functional recovery, advancing functional compensation or substitution.
However, currently most people ignore the rehabilitation treatment after orthopedic surgery and believe that it is of little significance. In fact, in clinical medicine, orthopedic surgery and postoperative rehabilitation are complementary, and formal rehabilitation treatment is a necessary means to help achieve surgical goals and ensure surgical success.
After reduction, fixation, or surgery, it takes one to several months for a fracture to reach clinical healing. During this period, the patient's normal movement is restricted, which can lead to disuse atrophy of the muscles, decreased muscle tone, and long-term immobilization can cause bone decalcification, joint stiffness, and even contraction. In severe cases, disability may remain, and long-term bed rest can also cause many complications. For example, thrombosis, pneumoconiosis, constipation, urinary tract infection, urinary tract stones, etc. Long term illness can cause a series of physiological and psychological changes in patients, such as mental depression, heavy mental burden, pessimism, and long-term immobilization and bed rest. These all require timely and reasonable rehabilitation treatment to be improved. Orthopedic rehabilitation has the following effects:
1. Muscle contraction can promote local blood and lymphatic circulation, and the bioelectricity generated by muscle contraction helps with calcium ion deposition and ossification, promoting bone healing and preventing bone decalcification.
2. Maintaining a certain amount of muscle contraction can prevent disuse induced muscle atrophy.
3. Joint movement can stretch the joint capsule and ligaments, prevent their shortening, and promote the secretion and circulation of lubricating fluid in the joint, thereby preventing intra-articular adhesion.
4. Promote the absorption of local hematoma and exudate, reduce edema and adhesion.
5. Improve patient emotions, enhance metabolism, improve respiratory, circulatory, and digestive system functions, and prevent the occurrence of comorbidities.
Therefore, the functional rehabilitation of orthopedic patients must be highly valued by medical staff and patients, and should be timely and comprehensively implemented in daily medical processes. Medical staff should explain the importance of rehabilitation to patients and their families, and obtain their full cooperation to achieve the goal of rehabilitation.
