MULTI programme

Depending on the client's current state of health, the MULTI rehabilitation program can be supplemented with additional therapies:

• speech therapy
• oxygen therapy
• WalkAide - functional neurostimulation of the lower limbs
• therapeutic massage

Stroke and rehabilitation

In a sudden stroke (NCMP), damage to the brain is caused by a blood clot, narrowing or closure of a blood vessel. Depending on the site of involvement, different symptoms prevail. At our centre, we focus on partial impairment of mobility, its weakening or loss, speech, gait and balance disorders. Medical rehabilitation after NCMP is of great medical, social and economic importance; the aim is to restore the patient's maximum functional ability. Especially during the first months, it is an integral part of the treatment, as this is when most reparative processes can be significantly influenced.

The basis of rehabilitation is movement therapy, where we focus on the treatment of mobility and muscle tension disorders, sensory disorders and their manifestations in normal daily activities. The goal of is to improve the patient's disease course, increase their quality of life and achieve maximum functional independence. This treatment is strictly individual for patients after NCMP in our centre and depends on the current state of health and the degree of functional disability. It involves exercises on dry land, in water and in a sling, while we also use modern virtual reality. These are rehabilitation methods that increase range of motion, affect muscle tension, stimulate the movement centres of the brain and promote the return of brain function. They also lead to the restoration of lost functional abilities, increase muscle strength, practice activities of daily living to achieve maximum self-sufficiency and also act as a prevention against muscle shortening. Physical therapy, which includes mechanical, light, thermal and electrical stimuli, as well as oxygen therapy to achieve normalisation of bodily functions, is an important adjunct. In our state-of-the-art Hydrocentre we use massage, heat therapy, electrotherapy and also hydrotherapy treatments. Speech therapy is also available to modify speech disorders.

Multiple sclerosis and rehabilitation

Multiple sclerosis (sclerosis multiplex) is a disease of the autoimmune system that attacks the body's own nervous system - the brain, the spinal cord, as well as the coverings of the optic nerves. The consequence is the death of the nerves of the central nervous system, which cannot be restored. In their place, scattered ligamentous scars are formed after the healing of the dead nerves, which cause permanent consequences. The first symptoms of multiple sclerosis may appear several years before the diagnosis is confirmed. The most common symptoms include general fatigue throughout the day with no possible explanation, tingling, which is already a sign of the beginning of the process of nerve death, twitching and spasms associated with pain limiting mobility, numbness, as well as visual disturbances with deterioration of vision or with momentary blurred vision.

Multiple sclerosis directly affects the state of the patient's musculoskeletal system, causing reduced mobility according to the stage of the disease. Treatment is also an important factor, although this disease is not completely curable. Therapeutic rehabilitation and physical therapy are a supportive and integral part of this, where regular and expertly guided exercise can stabilise or slow down the progression of the disease and improve the patient's health. Intensive medical rehabilitation and physical therapy can preserve activity and mobility and prevent shortening of muscles and tendons. Today, the traditional belief about the need for rest and restriction of physical activity is no longer valid, quite the opposite. Physical activity and targeted exercises help to manage fatigue and contribute to the psychological well-being of the patient.

Medical rehabilitation and physical therapy significantly promote adaptive changes in the central nervous system. They initially affect the recovery of mobility, sensitivity and balance, so it is necessary to start these treatments immediately, as the disease progresses and this adaptive capacity is gradually lost. At the HENDI CENTRE we provide intensive medical rehabilitation on a strictly individual basis. If the condition permits, we can also use hydrokinesiotherapy, hydrotherapy and swimming, or other, more demanding physical activities and exercises. The full range of rehabilitation techniques available is used, which always depends on the patient's current state of health. At the HENDI CENTRE we also provide supportive physical therapy, which enhances the final effect of such intensive rehabilitation treatment. The advantage of such treatment is regularity, intensity and complexity in the conditions of a specialized workplace, which is focused on the treatment of such and similar chronic diseases.

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