How to Rehabilitate a Spinal Cord Injury

In the early stage of rehabilitation treatment, spinal cord injury is mainly to promote wound healing and prevent muscle contracture. In the later stage, it is necessary to enter the stage of professional rehabilitation training, which mainly includes sensory training, muscle strength training, reflex training and so on. Tetraplegia caused by spinal cord injury can be relieved by pulling the limbs to relieve spasm, and the two knee joints and two elbow joints should be moved. Muscle weakness can be stimulated by physical factors to promote the recovery of sensory function, or the application of passive as well as active ways to restore muscle strength. Emphasis is placed on training the grasping function of the hands to improve the patient’s quality of life. Patients with paraplegia need to carry out weight-bearing and standing training of the lower limbs with the help of equipment, and use physical factors or active and passive training to help patients with incontinence to urinate and defecate regularly. Patients can usually massage their limbs with the help of family members or on their own initiative to prevent muscle atrophy. Spinal cord injury requires long-term exercise to be effective, so patients should not be in a hurry to achieve results, and must be under the guidance of the doctor to use the correct way to exercise gradually, before recovery is expected.