Chitra Physiotherapy clinic

Products availabe- P atella strap to reduce pain while running and jumping. Hinged knee cap for pain, instability and after every kind of fall-injury. Ankle binder for ankle sparin/twist, can be used to during sports. Varicose vein stockings to reduce pain in limb after long duration standing. Thumb spica spilnt- to reduce thumb pain/after fracture etc.

Now a days Hemiplegia / paralysis has become a common condition. The cause can be Stroke or Spinal cord injury or traumatic skull injury. In my practice, i have seen most of the rehabilitation programms are gait (walking pattern) oriented in my area. But we need to work out the upper limbs too, so this article comprises of the upper limb exercises in hemiplegia. After getting an admission for a Stroke/ CVA , we have to wait for the vitals (Blood presure, pulse etc.) to get stable. It may take a time period of 7 days to 1 month. After settlement of these things a phase of no movement comes called as - Flaccid phase: Here you will not see any movement [Lets speak more on upper limb], reflexes can be brisk or not elicited. Here the commonly getting injuered joint is Shoulder . The common cause is Shoulder dislocation due to improper transfers of the patients. First few days only, we have to prevent the dislocation by means of using the figure of 8 bandage ---> *To improve the mu