Rehabilitation Medicine

Since its establishment in 2016, the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine has strived to implement Taikang's strategic steps towards a five-in-one modern rehabilitation medicine center integrating "medical care, education, research, wellness and rehabilitation". At present, 35 beds are open, with 35 medical, technical and nursing staff, including 8 holders of master's or doctoral degrees and 3 chief and associate chief physicians. The department routinely provides rehabilitation treatments such as exercise therapy, physical agents, occupational therapy, speech therapy, swallowing therapy, cognitive therapy, orthotic therapy and traditional Chinese medicine, and has rehabilitation sub-specialty groups including the Suyuan Rehabilitation and Wellness Branch Center, early clinical rehabilitation, musculoskeletal and sports rehabilitation, neurological rehabilitation, cardiopulmonary and critical care rehabilitation, pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation, visualized and intelligent rehabilitation, pediatric rehabilitation, psychological counseling and treatment, pain rehabilitation, traditional Chinese medicine rehabilitation, and orthotic brace application. In 2023, the department won the Team Excellence Award at the Nanjing Rehabilitation Medicine Skills Competition of the Nanjing Staff Skills Competition.

[Main rehabilitation diseases and signature techniques]

1. Neurological rehabilitation: rehabilitation of functional impairments caused by diseases such as cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, vascular dementia, Parkinson's disease, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, myelitis and peripheral nerve injury; signature techniques include neuromodulation techniques, interventional treatment for spasticity, swallowing therapy, etc.

2. Orthopedic rehabilitation: rehabilitation of diseases such as after joint replacement, after fracture surgery, joint dislocation, amputation, hand trauma, osteoarthropathy, sports trauma, spinal injury, cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis and low back pain; signature techniques include isokinetic muscle strength assessment and training, musculoskeletal ultrasound-guided interventional treatment, extracorporeal shock wave, and deep muscle electrical stimulation therapy, etc.

3. Cardiopulmonary and critical care rehabilitation: rehabilitation of decreased cardiopulmonary function and decreased activity capacity caused by after cardiopulmonary surgery and chronic cardiopulmonary diseases, etc.; signature techniques include cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and exercise therapy techniques.

4. Pediatric rehabilitation: rehabilitation treatment for children with developmental delay, attention deficit, autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, hearing and speech developmental disorders, cognitive and social disorders, etc., as well as early intervention for high-risk infants.

5. Postpartum and pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation: rehabilitation treatment for weakened pelvic floor muscle strength, urinary incontinence or voiding dysfunction, pelvic organ prolapse, postpartum pain, etc.