BAKERSFIELD, CA / ACCESS Newswire / March 13, 2025 / A traumatic accident can leave you with serious injuries, (hopefully) temporary disabilities, and ongoing pain. Rehabilitation and physical therapy can help you recover both physically and mentally.
But how exactly does this work and how should you prepare for rehab after a traumatic accident?
The Purpose of Injury Rehab
Injury rehab is a set of therapeutic exercises, manual therapies, and certain types of modalities that are designed to help individuals achieve the same level of activity, comfort, and ability that they had before the injury. Some advanced rehab facilities offer robust rehab options, including full mobility courses.
At the same time, injury rehab is meant to help reduce the possible risks of reinjury in the future. If successful, injury rehab can help you return to a normal life, even if it takes weeks or months of effort.
If you've been in a traumatic accident and suffered an injury that has significantly impaired your ability to live a normal life, injury rehab might be ideal for you. But what are the best ways to prepare for this journey?
How to Prepare for Rehab After a Traumatic Accident
These are some of the most important ways to prepare for rehab after a traumatic accident:
· Trust the experts. First, you need to be ready and willing to trust the experts. Chances are, it was a doctor or another medical professional who recommended rehab as a mode of treatment. Once you begin working with physical therapists and other rehab professionals, it's going to be even more important to trust their advice and directions. If they tell you to abstain from a certain activity, do so. If they tell you to do a certain exercise on your own, follow their instructions to the letter. These people want you to get better and they have the knowledge and expertise to lead you to the best course of action, but it's imperative for you to follow that path.
· Remain patient. Remain as patient as you can. Dealing with a severe physical injury can take a toll on your mental health, and every patient wants to recover as quickly and easily as possible. However, injury rehab can sometimes take months, or even years, sometimes with incomplete or unsatisfactory results. Even so, if you want the best possible outcome, you need to exercise patience.
· Review your course of therapy. Make sure you thoroughly understand the course of therapy available to you. What are the goals? How are you and your therapists measuring success? What are the key exercises, therapies, and modalities that are going to help you on this journey? And how can you take full advantage of them?
· Be honest. You should always be honest with your doctors, physical therapists, and other care providers. If you're struggling with something, say so. If you're dealing with additional pain, bring that up. Your medical providers won't be able to provide you with the best possible care unless you're honest and transparent about what's going on.
· Set reasonable goals (and expectations). It's also important to set reasonable goals and expectations. If you expect to get better overnight, you're going to be in for some disappointment. If you don't have any goals, you may eventually find yourself unmotivated to continue. Practical, reasonable goals that are grounded in reality are the key you need to keep pushing forward.
· Lean on others for support. Don't hesitate to lean on other people for support. This includes not only your family members and friends, but also the experts helping you on your journey to recovery. Chances are, they'll all be more than willing to help you with whatever they can - and sometimes, all you'll need is a friendly listening ear.
· Pay close attention (and take notes). Pay close attention to what your team is telling you - and take notes if necessary. The more precisely you can follow their direction and guidance, the faster you'll start to see results.
· Take things one day at a time. As you might imagine, the amount of time it takes to recover from an injury depends heavily on the nature of that injury. Some people are able to make a full recovery in a matter of weeks, while others continue their course of therapy for years. Your best course of action is probably to take things one day at a time.
Your injury rehab journey is going to be unique, as your injury and circumstances are unique. However, if you're willing to do the prep work necessary to prepare your body and mind for this experience, you'll be in a much better position to achieve desirable results.
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