STROKE Therapy With Bobath Exercise Approach

Stroke management requires appropriate therapy to provide the best results for patients, from neurologists to medical rehabilitation doctors. This is because a stroke that occurs due to a blockage in the blood vessels of the brain or bleeding in the brain can affect many other organs because the brain is a nerve center. Management of the golden period in stroke attacks must be continued until the therapy process for the patient. Bobath therapy is a type of therapy that can be applied in the recovery of stroke patients.

Get to know Bobath Therapy
Impaired movement and body function can reduce the quality of human life. Among adults, stroke is the main factor triggering the disorder. Stroke patients often lose the ability to balance in their activities and limited the movement of a number of their limbs, especially the hands and feet. For example, stroke patients cannot hold a pencil, wear their own clothes, and even get out of bed by themselves. In the treatment of stroke, Bobath therapy can be used to overcome this problem.

Bobath therapy is also often referred to as Neurodevelopmental Treatment (NDT). Stroke patients have limited movement patterns. Therefore, in the treatment of stroke using Bobath therapy, the patient will be guided to relearn certain movements gradually and repeatedly until a normal pattern is formed. The patient is taught to master each particular movement before moving on to another.

The more movement exercises, the more patterns are formed so that the patient's overall body function will improve. Bobath therapy aims to prevent patients from developing abnormal self-movement patterns. If you have mastered normal patterns, it is hoped that the patient will be able to carry out daily activities better so that his quality of life is maintained.

Bobath Therapy Goals:

Improved posture, coordination and movement
Reduces stiffness in muscles
Optimizing and modifying functional capabilities
Reducing pain
Achieve independence
Improve quality of life

Bobath Therapy Procedure

The form of stroke treatment with Bobath therapy depends on the condition of each patient. The medical team will use the results of the examination that identify the symptoms experienced by the patient as a basis for determining a therapy program. The essence of this therapy is to train patients to learn certain movement patterns according to their needs.

So the medical team will first examine the patient's condition to find out the limitations of movement due to the stroke he has experienced. In general, there are three methods used in Bobath therapy, namely facilitation, stimulation, and stabilization.

In facilitation, the patient is guided to master the movement patterns needed to do something. For example, sitting before lying down. Patients will be taught how to control posture from lying down to being able to sit perfectly.

The stimulation is the stimulation given in verbal and non-verbal form to the patient when practicing the movement. For example, the therapist gives verbal stimulation in the form of cues. Meanwhile, non-verbal stimulation includes pats or pressure on the limbs of the patient being trained. Meanwhile, stabilization is a method to achieve balance so that the movement is more stable.

Types & Cases That Can Be Treated With Bobath Therapy

1. Post stroke
2. After head injury
3. Post-infection/brain tumor
4. Parkinson's (Degenerative Nervous Disease)
5. Dementia (Decreased mental abilities such as memory impairment and attention deficit disorder, other neurological disorders).

RSU Hermina Pandanaran already has a bobath therapy facility with physiotherapists who are experts in their fields. In determining patient therapy, according to recommendations from neurologists and medical rehabilitation. Get easy registration through the mobile application hello hermina, call center 1500488 and the website www.herminahospitals.com.