Physiotherapy

Physical Therapy for Stroke Patients at Home

Stroke is the largest single cause of severe physical disability. Stroke occurs when blood supply to parts of the brain is interrupted. This deprives your brain of oxygen and nutrients which can cause your brain cells to die. At Ayursh, we offer specialized physical therapy for stroke patients at home. But before you look at that, let us take a look at strokes in general.

There are different types of strokes. Most common one is called as Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) which is also referred to as mini stroke which goes unnoticed many a times because of it’s asymptomatic attack, but it should be considered as a medical emergency. It serves as a warning sign for future stroke indicating that there is a partially blocked artery or clot source in the heart. The second most common is called Hemorrhagic stroke – rupturing of weakened blood vessels that bleeds into brain tissue. Last one is called Ischemic Stroke in which the blood clot stops the flow of the blood to part of the brain.

WHAT ARE THE WARNING SIGNS?

1. Weakness
2. Trouble Speaking
3. Vision Loss
4. Giddiness
5. Headache
6. Lack of Coordination

When a CVA (cerebrovascular attack) occurs, nerve cells in the affected area of the CNS (central nervous system) can’t function due to lack of oxygen. Surrounding tissues can be affected by an increase in swelling of the area. The spinal cord and brain are contained in rigid bones so swelling is constricted. Therefore, pressure within the CNS will compress soft nerve tissue.

Spinal cord CVA will result in complete (-plegia) or incomplete (-paresis) paralysis on both sides of the body depending on the level of injury in the spinal cord. Tetraplegia or tetraparesis (quadriplegia) involves the body and all four limbs. Paraplegia or paraparesis involves the lower part of the body. Effects of a spinal cord stroke can include alteration in mobility and function.

Brain CVA can affect the entire body, including paralysis or paresis (partial paralysis), cognitive and memory deficits, speech and visual issues, emotional difficulties, daily living challenges, and pain. Paralysis is a common outcome of stroke, often on one side of the body (hemiplegia). Paralysis may affect only the face, an arm or a leg, but most often, one entire side of the body and face is affected. A person who suffers a stroke in the left hemisphere (side) of the brain will show right-sided paralysis, or paresis. Likewise, a person with a stroke in the right hemisphere (side) will show deficits on the left side of the body.

TREATMENT AND RECOVERY

Stroke prevention measures should be undertaken to reduce your risk of both a spine or brain attack. This includes the main three preventions; diet, exercise and smoking cessation. Medication can also help reduce stroke risk.

Stroke rehabilitation should begin during the patient’s hospital admission. In most cases, physical therapy for stroke patients is recommended. Obviously, the degree of recovery is impacted by the age of the patient, severity of the attack, medical condition of the patient, motivation of the patient and family members.

HOW AYURSH HELPS IN POST STROKE CASES

We are one of the leading providers of physical therapy for stroke patients. Ayursh-Neuro physiotherapy is an individual centre that uses meaningful activities across the spectrum of physical and mental domains to reduce limitations after stroke. Rehabilitation is based on the concept of brain plasticity, which implies that it is possible to modulate or facilitate cerebral reorganization by external inputs. Rehabilitation activities are specifically geared to promote this re-education process and encourage the development of lost skills while accommodating for specific physical, cognitive or affective impairments. Principles of motor, sensory, cognitive and affective rehabilitation are incorporated into task-specific activities. The patient’s rehab program will be planned according to their environments for a successful recovery.

AYURSH REHABILITATION PROGRAMS

The goal in rehabilitation is to improve function so that an individual can become as independent as possible. This must be accomplished in a way that preserves dignity while motivating the individual to relearn basic skills such as eating, dressing and walking. Rehabilitation builds strength, capability, and confidence so a person can continue daily activities despite the effects of stroke.

Activities May Include The Following:

– Self-care skills such as feeding, grooming, bathing and dressing
– Mobility skills such as transferring, walking, or moving a wheelchair
– Communication skills; cognitive skills such as memory or problem-solving
– Social skills for interacting with other people
– Constraint induced therapy
– Functional electrical stimulation
– Partial weight supported walking
– Activity based exercise
– Music therapy
– Mirror therapy

Recovery from a stroke can take time. The return of function may look to be slow but the recovery rate continues to improve gradually.

It is a myth that the central nervous system does not attempt to recover. It is a myth that the nerve cells you are born with are the only ones you will have! But, in reality, the nervous system is capable of great improvement. It wants to repair itself and restore function through a process called plasticity. New nerve cells are being developed throughout your life. Keeping up with regular home exercises and getting routine physical therapy at home will help in faster recovery of stroke patients.

How Ayursh Helps to Treat Urinary Incontinence?

Urinary incontinence is a common problem that is often under-reported due to the embarrassing nature and social stigma attached. It can have a considerable effect on an individual’s quality of life. Incontinence is involuntary loss of urine, in which an individual will not have control over his/her bladder. At Ayursh, we offer physiotherapist home service that offers effective and long term relief from such issues.

Factors that might cause Urinary Incontinence

Though it occurs more often as people get older, urinary incontinence isn’t an inevitable consequence of ageing. If urinary incontinence affects your daily activities, don’t hesitate to see your doctor. For most people, simple lifestyle and dietary changes or medical care can treat symptoms of urinary incontinence.

Proper diagnosis is therefore necessary for urinary incontinence

There are different types of incontinence

COMMON TYPES

1) Stress incontinence – is the incontinence triggered by movements such as coughing, sneezing, laughing, jumping, weight lifting or exercise (any movement increasing intra abdominal pressure).

This is caused because of sphincter dysfunction due to pelvic floor weakness.

2) Urge incontinence (overactive bladder) – involuntary leakage of urine accompanied by or immediately preceded by urgency.

This is caused due to involuntary or uninhibited detrusor contractions and due to detrusor muscle instability.

RARE TYPES

3) Overflow incontinence – unexpected leakage of small amounts of urine because of an overfilled bladder.

This is caused because of an contractile detrusor usually seen in diabetic neuropathy.

4) Mixed incontinence – involuntary leakage associated with urgency and also with exertion, effort, sneezing or coughing

Caused because of combination of urethral and bladder dysfunction

WHEN TO SEE DOCTOR?

You may feel uncomfortable discussing incontinence with your doctor. But if incontinence is frequent or is affecting your quality of life, it’s important to seek medical advice because urinary incontinence may:

● Cause you to restrict your activities and limit your social interactions
● Negatively impact your quality of life
● Increase the risk of falls in older adults as they rush to the toilet
● Indicate a more serious underlying condition

HOW DOES AYURSH HELP IN INCONTINENCE?

There are numerous causes for incontinence, it could be post pregnancy, road traffic accidents affecting your pelvic bone, neurological disorders like stroke, multiple sclerosis, parkinsons or spinal cord injuries affecting nerve root involving bladder control, prostate cancer, ageing or being overweight. Depending on the primary cause of incontinence AYURSH PHYSIOTHERAPY helps in strengthening your pelvic floor muscles and passively stimulating the nerve roots with electric modalities. Book an appointment with our physiotherapist at home and get complete relief.

How to Get More from Your Home Physiotherapy in Bangalore?

Getting home physiotherapy in Bangalore would give you the best of both worlds. You would be able to get world-class Physiotherapy treatment and you don’t have to go anywhere. But physiotherapy is not the only way to live a healthier and better life. In the following post, we would take a look at some of the tips that you should follow to live a life free from pains and body aches and how you can get the most when you book a physiotherapist home service in Bangalore.

Tips for the Workplace

Since most of us spend a lot of time in our workplace, let’s start with seeing how you can work better and avoid stress as that might lead to chronic pains and other critical health issues. Here are some of the things that you could do to work better.

– When you take a break, avoid surfing the web or answering texts. You need to get up from your seat every couple of hours, take a short walk and stretch your legs
– Do some stretches at your desk every twenty minutes to half an hour. These would loosen up your shoulder and neck, which often tend to get stiff due to the stress of work
– Always maintain an upright posture
– Sit close to your work station
– Always keep your monitor at eye level
– Your legs should be flexed at 90-degree angle with your feet resting comfortably

What to Do After an Injury

When you have injured your body, specifically if you have sustained a soft tissue injury, it is best to adopt the RICE method – Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation. This helps to accelerate your recovery

– Rest is important for the body to heal. Without proper rest, the injured area could become inflamed, more painful, and the chances of further injury would go up
– Ice also helps in reducing inflammation and pain. To protect your skin we recommend that the ice be placed within a towel before wrapping around the injured area
– Compression acts in reducing the swelling and pain
– Elevation helps to reduce blood flow to the affected area

Once you’ve followed RICE, as above, please give us a call and find out how our home physiotherapy service can help you

TALK WITH YOUR THERAPIST

Communicating with your physical therapist is an efficient way to maximize the benefits of treatment. It’s always important to communicate with your therapist. Let your therapist know if something is hurting you or if you’re experiencing difficulty during treatment. Even though its common for exercises to cause some discomfort and most of the time, they might be minor issues, but still make sure you inform your physiotherapist about the same.

KEEP A RECOVERY JOURNAL

A recovery journal is a great way to log your progress as you get better. It is recommended that you record the date of the sessions, what was done and if you have faced any discomfort either during the session or after, make sure that you write it down as well.

Share your findings with your therapist. This would help in tracking the progress and they would be able to customize your therapy to adapt to the issue. Recovery tends to get slow at times. Having a record helps you see just how far you’ve come. During our initial sessions for home physiotherapy in Bangalore, we recommend that our patients follow a detailed journal

PUT YOUR COMMITMENT

The number of physiotherapy sessions you have for therapy often depends on your injury or the ailment that you are facing. Minor injuries may only need a few sessions, while more serious injuries may take several weeks or months. When we offer home physiotherapy in Bangalore, we develop an optimized treatment that would help you to recover fast. It also depends on how seriously you take the treatment.

You would need to stick to appointments as that is key to a speedy recovery. Don’t skip any sessions; make sure you stay on track concerning recuperation.

To book a session with a home physiotherapist in Bangalore, contact Ayursh. We have a team of some of the most qualified and experienced physiotherapists. You can choose single or multiple sessions in one go. Just choose the date and the specific type of treatment and we would arrive at your home to administer the treatment. So, get in touch with us and get the help that you need for your fast and effective treatment for your ailments.