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The choice of a rehabilitation center is rarely spontaneous, since the quality of the patient’s life will depend on the results of the provided rehabilitation course. What is it worth paying attention to when choosing a clinic for rehabilitation abroad?
WHAT IS WORTH CONSIDERING AS A FOREIGN PATIENT?
When choosing a rehabilitation center abroad, it is important for the patient to create a list of those institutions where needed area of rehabilitation is available. You also need to clarify the need for a visa to enter the country, where the potential clinic is situated.
An important factor is the cost of rehabilitation. In different countries, prices may vary significantly in clinics within the same state. Attention should be paid to the most important indicators and to correlate them with your requirements and personal resources – the result of this ratio will significantly reduce the long list of rehabilitation clinics.
It is worth remembering that even if a person already has ready-made investigations results obtained at homeland, some of them will be performed again in foreign medical center. This need is associated with differences in technology as statistics show that in many developing countries more often outdated diagnostic methods are used.
Therefore, it will be necessary to find out what kind of investigations can be made in advance to create a rehabilitation program by foreign doctors in order to save money.
CRITERIA OF SELECTING REHABILITATION CLINICS ABROAD:
- Rating of the medical center among similar centers in the country and across the world;
- Rehabilitation course success rates;
- Experience of the clinic staff;
- Comprehensive approach to the rehabilitation of patients;
- Relevance of techniques;
- Technical equipment;
- Accompanying services.
REHABILITATION METHODS IN FOREIGN MEDICAL CENTERS
Foreign clinics is leading in the fact that doctors in them are often focused on modern methods of rehabilitation, which demonstrate greater efficiency. One of the indicators of a high-class medical center is the approach to organize a patient’s rehabilitation program. In leading clinics, a team of specialists in various fields choose a rehabilitation therapy. A medical consilium can prescribe the following methods:
- PRP-therapy. This method consists of an injection of the patient’s own blood plasma, rich in platelets thus stimulating the recovery of tissues in the damaged area.
- Functional electrical stimulation. When using this procedure with the help of low-frequency signals, muscle atrophy is prevented and their contractile properties are improved.
- Ergotherapy. It consists of the restoration of lost functions, social adaptation and the acquisition of vital skills after serious injuries and diseases. This happens due to complex of processes, which includes physical therapy, psychological adaptation and socialization.
- Prolotherapy. This method involves the stimulation of the healing and restorative process in the ligaments and tendons by injecting a special preparation.
- Snoezelen therapy (controlled multisensor environment). Rehabilitation technique aimed at the treatment of mental disorders. It work in rooms with a calming atmosphere, which is also stimulating due to the use of sounds, light, odors and textural materials.
- Kinesitherapy. A technique aimed at updating and preserving the functional state of body systems through physical exercises with the correct calculation of their intensity and duration.
- Laser therapy. When using low-intensity laser radiation, the processes of metabolism and regeneration in the tissues are triggered. The use of a laser has immunocorrective, anti-edematous and anti-inflammatory effects, and also stabilizes the functions of the body.
- Tecar therapy. In this type of rehabilitation, high-frequency current is used, which penetrates the tissues and stimulates their regeneration.
Rehabilitation techniques in foreign clinics are selected individually, so that the process of restoring the patient’s body is faster and better.
MODERN EQUIPMENT IN FOREIGN REHABILITATION CENTERS
- LOKOMAT – a system for learning to walk after serious injuries, stroke or cerebral palsy. Its impact lies in the automation of motor processes that are natural to humans. The rehabilitation process takes shorter period due to the high intensity of the procedure and the personalized selection of the rhythm of movements.
AMADEO – equipment used to restore hand functions, improve motor skills and sensory. It is used in rehabilitation areas such as neurology, orthopedics and pediatrics.
The Erigo system is a technology for early rehabilitation of bedridden patients. Due to the gradual change of position from horizontal to vertical simultaneously with an intense sensory-motor load, the process of recovery of different body functions occur much faster.
- Spinal Decompression System (DRX 9000 C). This equipment is used for the rehabilitation of patients with hernias in the lower back and neck with the success rate of 74%.
During this procedure, the pressure between the vertebral discs decreases, nitrogen, oxygen and water are delivered to the damaged area because of which the pressure on the nerve endings is decreased causing relaxation with an outcome of improvement in the patient’s health condition.
REWALK is a robotic technology for the rehabilitation of people with a paralyzed lower body.
It is a bionic exoskeleton that allows a paralyzed person to walk, stand and climb stairs.
Local rehabilitation centers can also resort to these techniques, but they often use few procedures – only 1-2. This does not happen in foreign clinics, since their doctors are focused on a combination of rehabilitation measures for their patients.
FAMOUS DOCTORS AND REHABILITOLOGISTS IN FOREIGN CLINICS
In the largest Israeli rehabilitation center Loewenstein, there are doctors with a huge experience in the rehabilitation of military personnel.
One of them, Dr. Hagay Amir, was engaged in military medicine for about 15 years, currently he is a member of the Higher Medical Committees of the Defense Ministry of Israel. His professional skills allow high-quality diagnostics of the functional performance of people with disabilities and accurate rehabilitation programs for patients with orthopedic diseases.
In theReuth rehabilitation center Tel Aviv, there is a professor and rehabilitation therapist Avi Ori, whose experience is over 40 years. Quality programs for the rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injuries are conducted under his leadership and personal participation.
Dr. Levent Tekin, who works at the Turkish Center Romatem, is well-known as a specialist in physiotherapy and acupuncture – has achieved a certificate from the Ministry of Health of Turkey in this methodology. Because of this, he successfully rehabilitates patients with various functional disorders.
PRICES FOR REHABILITATION SERVICES IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES:
- Israel – € 1,000-1,500 per day for patients in serious condition;
- Germany – € 350-850 per day;
- Czech Republic – from € 200 per day;
- Turkey – from € 4,500 per month;
- Italy – € 800-2,000 per week without the cost of living.
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