Consultant Physician – Rehabilitation Medicine
Saudi Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Some examples of cases that may benefit from treatment in the Rehabilitation Medicine Clinic:
- Spinal cord injuries
- Strokes
- Brain injuries
- Spinal injuries
- Nerve injuries
- Muscular atrophy
- Nervous system diseases such as multiple sclerosis
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Cerebral palsy in children and delayed development
Some of the services provided by rehabilitation clinics are as follows
- Treatment of complications of cerebral palsy in children and delayed development
- Rehabilitation treatment for motor paralysis and its complications after strokes
- Treatment of spastic paralysis using Botox injections
- Treatment of complications such as inability to walk or balance or tension and nerve spasms
- Treatment of sensory and nerve pain
- Determining the severity of disability and expectations
- Developing a treatment plan, medically and rehabilitatively, by coordinating goals with other specialties such as physical and occupational therapy, speech therapy and splints to obtain the best results
- Treatment of neurogenic bladder, poor control and urinary tract infections, chronic constipation.
- Treatment of infections and ulcers
- Psychotherapy
