How to rehabilitate patients with cerebral infarction during recovery

  Cerebral infarction is a disease prone to occur in middle-aged and elderly people, with high recurrence rate, high disability rate and high mortality rate. About 60-70% of patients with cerebral infarction can recover their mental faculties after rescue treatment, but they generally have sequelae of different degrees, with hemiplegia (hemiparesis) being the most common. The sequelae of cerebral infarction are not incurable. In addition to comprehensive measures such as reliable drug treatment and acupuncture, cerebral infarction rehabilitation also includes appropriate functional exercises to speed up the speed of recovery and improve the degree of recovery.   Patients’ families should take rehabilitation training for cerebral infarction as early as possible. For patients who are bedridden in the early stage, family members should massage their paralyzed limbs to prevent muscle atrophy, flex and extend the knees, flex and extend the elbows, bend and extend the fingers and other exercises for large and small joints to avoid stiff joints; patients who can move slightly can do activities such as lifting legs, extending knees and holding objects to stand on stools and chairs with the help of others to prevent cardiovascular decompensation. After the basic consolidation of the above-mentioned training, you can often do some activities such as standing on something, moving the body to the left and right, squatting, etc.; you can also step in place, take turns to lift both legs, hold the edge of the table, the edge of the bed, etc. to move to the left and right side and walk with one hand holding a cane. Exercise should pay attention to the amount of activity should gradually increase, master the time, should not be overworked. At the same time, you can also do exercises such as flattening, elevating and lifting of the affected upper limb to improve blood circulation and eliminate swelling, and you can take the initiative to flex your arms, extend and flex your wrists and fingers together, and grasp ping pong balls and small iron balls in your hands. After being able to walk on their own, they can raise their legs when walking, do straddle gait, and gradually perform exercises such as crossing the threshold, walking on the slope, going up and down the stairs, and gradually lengthen the distance; patients with better recovery of lower limbs can also perform small distance running, etc. For the upper limbs, the main exercise is to train the flexibility and coordination of both hands, such as combing hair, dressing, unbuttoning, planning to write, washing face, etc., as well as participating in activities such as playing table tennis and shooting pickleball, so as to gradually achieve self-care in daily life.