Through physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and sports therapy, we improve the functional health and everyday skills of our patients during motoric rehabilitation. If possible, they should be able to move again independently and without restriction across all areas of life. Here you can get an overview of these forms of therapy.
Physiotherapy
In physiotherapy, we mainly work on the mobility of our patients with the aim of enabling them to participate more actively in their lives again.
A major focus is on mobilising and verticalising severely affected patients as well as on teaching them to take their first steps on level ground, if necessary with supportive aids.
We also train complex movements such as changing position, wheelchair transfers, climbing stairs, floor transfers, and outdoor or environmental training with our patients.
By initiating physiological movement patterns, strengthening and automating movement, improving coordination skills, and expanding the range of movement, we improve body awareness and the ability to interact with the environment.
Robotics
The Neurological Rehabilitation Centre Godeshöhe stands for the interlocking of classical therapy methods with state-of-the-art technology. For many of our patients, relevant everyday movements are no longer possible to perform independently. Robotics helps us to mobilise severely affected patients in order to re-stimulate damaged structures such as the nervous system, stabilise the cardiovascular system, and intensively promote the relearning of movements. In physiotherapy, we use three robot-based or computer-assisted devices (Lokomat®, Andago®, and C-Mill®) for gait training.
These devices have different levels of support so that different devices can be used to support therapy depending on the severity of our patients' damage.
Lokomat is a robot-assisted therapy device for the rehabilitation of the lower extremities and trunk. Scientific findings show that training with the Lokomat improves the therapeutic options for neurological diseases. With the help of the robot, patients can perform longer therapy sessions with higher intensity. The exoskeleton can be individually adjusted, and the training can be optimally adapted to the patient's abilities. At the same time, the Lokomat monitors the patient's performance during the training. By means of biofeedback, the patient receives motivating feedback.
The Andago offers safe and intensive gait training under everyday conditions and is a versatile training tool that bridges the gap between gait training on the treadmill and free walking. This gives patients the opportunity to move physiologically and safely without fear of falling.
The treadmill uses technology to enable patients with gait and balance disorders to walk again in a safe and controlled environment. Virtual objects are fed into the therapy via a beamer or monitor so that it is possible to train everyday situations such as climbing over objects or avoiding obstacles. At the same time, all steps are recorded via a pressure measurement plate and two video cameras, which can be used for gait analysis and documentation.
Occupational therapy
The complexity and severity of neurological disease patterns often limit the patients' ability to act. In occupational therapy, we train active, situational action in order to maintain or restore the greatest possible independence and freedom of action for our patients in their everyday lives and at work.
Mobilisation of joints and muscles
Training of perception and imagination of movement
Promotion of cognitive abilities
Functional muscle stimulation
Equipment-supported therapy of the upper extremities
Fine and graphomotor training
Handicraft groups and PC training
Training in activities of daily living (ADL) in the patient's room, in the exercise flat, and in the breakfast group
Aids counselling and testing
Armeo® is a therapy device used for neuromuscular dysfunctions of the arms. In Armeo® therapy, patients with neurological dysfunctions of the arms and hands are supported. In occupational therapy we use two different Armeo® devices: Armeo® Spring and Armeo® Senso. Both have various repetitive therapy exercises on the screen. By means of self-initiated movements, the working range and selective control of restricted hand and arm function are expanded.
Sports therapy
Sports therapy is a movement therapy measure with the aim of improving the physical, social, and psychological functions with suitable means of sport. Integrated into the multidisciplinary treatment team, we apply therapies according to the individual movement and performance capabilities of our patients.
We carry out therapies mainly in groups of different strengths and objectives. Across all measures, we place particular emphasis on the playful, experience-oriented aspects, which awakens and motivates a desire for movement.
Patients already mobilised in a wheelchair can exercise in our sport therapy sitting groups: here the upper extremities are mobilised, the trunk stabilised, and the leg muscles activated. Building on this, the focus is on regaining and promoting everyday skills such as standing up and sitting down.
In order to gain more confidence in standing and walking, fall prevention and balance training are given high priority in the more advanced groups. In our stronger sports therapy groups, conditional and coordination skills are further developed in order to increase the quality of life of our patients in everyday life and to promote movement in the long term.
Our patients' endurance and individual resilience can be stabilised and increased during ergometer training. Control via special monitoring software ensures central monitoring of the heart rate as well as transparent recording and documentation of all training measures. This guarantees our patients safe and efficient exercise.
We also offer Nordic walking to increase personal fitness: the right technique with targeted use of poles makes walking more efficient and easier on the joints, and an excursion to the nearby Kottenforst forest contributes to relaxation and mental balance.
In training therapy, the focus is on strengthening weakened or impaired muscles, but coordination, endurance, and balance can also be specifically improved here. In addition, we offer therapeutic climbing; a very appealing and complex form of therapy that follows a holistic therapy approach.
In our spacious therapy pool with wide access steps and a lift system for wheelchair patients, we make use of two principles in particular: buoyancy and water resistance. Here you can train in a highly individual and gentle way.
We have disease-specific groups for back patients, patients with multiple sclerosis, or Parkinson's disease. These patients are trained with regard to their individual and special needs, and receive help in dealing with the disease.
We offer wheelchair technique training for paraplegic patients. From simple skills such as driving, steering, and braking to overcoming small and large obstacles, we help patients become fit for everyday life. In wheelchair sports, the focus is on togetherness. Sports are tried out, and endurance and coordination are trained and improved in a playful way.
Awareness of the body can be improved, and relaxation and balance can be experienced with activities such as Tai Chi, Qi Gong, or Progressive Muscle Relaxation.
Activating and rhythm-oriented forms of therapy such as Drums Alive or Zumba are above all, fun. Along the way, the interaction of nerves and muscles is promoted, the brain is activated, the fitness is improved...
Therapeutic archery is offered as an innovative interdisciplinary therapy method.
The therapy can target sensorimotor aspects such as posture, strength, etc. In addition, therapeutic archery is used as a psychological therapy to promote self-awareness, self-efficacy, and self-confidence. Furthermore, this method is used as mindfulness training, relaxation training (also breath relaxation), and to promote intuition experience.
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