Spinal cord injury high muscle tone

The symptom of high muscle tone due to spinal cord injury can cause great damage to the spinal cord. We should treat spinal cord injury in a timely manner, such as physical therapy and rehabilitation training. The method of physical therapy is to improve the joint movement of the whole body and balance the coordination of the body, while rehabilitation training is to relieve the symptoms with the help of external objects. Therefore, for the symptoms of high muscle tone caused by spinal cord injury, we must choose the correct treatment method.

Treatment

1. Physical therapy: mainly focuses on improving the range of motion of all joints in the body and strengthening the remaining muscle strength, as well as balance and coordination movements and body position exchange and transfer movements (for example: moving from lying to sitting, turning over, from bed to wheelchair, from wheelchair to toilet, etc.).

2. Occupational therapy: mainly daily living movements (such as basic skills in clothing, food, housing and transportation), occupational labor movements, and craft labor movements (such as weaving, etc.), so that patients can adapt to the needs of personal life, family life, social life and labor after discharge. In addition, the occupational health department also provides patients with simple auxiliary tools to facilitate the smooth completion of daily activities at home.

3. Psychotherapy: Develop a psychotherapy plan based on the changes in different psychological stages (such as denial, anger, depression, opposition to independence and adaptation, etc.). Various methods can be used, including individual, group, family, and behavioral methods.

4. Rehabilitation project: You can customize some necessary braces to practice standing and walking. In addition, you can also be equipped with some special tools such as walkers to compensate for functional deficiencies.

5. Clinical rehabilitation: Use special care and drugs such as vitamins A, C/E, tooth-strengthening and bone-strengthening capsules, calcium tablets, etc. to prevent the occurrence of various complications. Some therapeutic clinical treatments can also be performed to alleviate symptoms and promote functional recovery.

6. Cultural and sports rehabilitation: Use entertainment and sports to enable patients to undergo comprehensive whole-body training and wheelchair usage training (such as endurance and skill training), and to adapt to social activities.

7. Physical therapy: Use hydrotherapy, light therapy, biofeedback, etc. to promote recovery in a targeted manner.

8. Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation: Using traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture. Massage, electroacupuncture, Chinese medicine ion introduction and other methods can promote recovery. In addition, Chinese medicine can also be widely used for oral and external use for the treatment of complications.

9. Nutritional therapy: formulate a reasonable diet and strengthen nutritional development to meet the needs of rehabilitation training.

We have made a detailed summary of some treatment measures for spinal cord injury. Once you suffer from a chronic disease like spinal cord injury, we should seek treatment and care as soon as possible, so as to help patients recover and get rid of troubles as soon as possible. Of course, it is also crucial for people to develop good living and eating habits to prevent spinal cord injury.