Rehabilitation Medicine at CGH offers an integrated and comprehensive
programme for patients to help them achieve their maximum level of independence
after an injury or illness.
Rehabilitation medicine is a unique medical specialty
that is not restricted by age or disease. It focuses
on function and interaction of individuals with their
environment and society. We help patients to restore
any loss of function through therapeutic exercises,
use of physical modalities such as heat and judicious
use of medications. We adopt a holistic, interdisciplinary
team approach.
We aim to help patients and their family understand
and cope with the patients' conditions. We will equip
the caregiver with the skills required for caring for
our patients at home so that they may reintegrate into
the community.
The following rehabilitation programmes are available:
Neuro-rehabilitation
These programmes are designed for patients with stroke,
Parkinson’s disease, head injuries, brain tumours,
intracerebral haematomas, aneurysms and arterio-venous
malformations as well as other neurological diseases.
Geriatric
Rehabilitation
This programme assists elderly patients to regain the
physical functions they may have lost and teach them
how to care for themselves again after prolonged illness
or injury.
Spinal
Rehabilitation
This programme involves helping patients with spinal
cord injury leading to paralysis of legs (paraplegia)
or legs and arms (tetraplegia) to be mobile and independent
again.
Orthopaedic
and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
These programmes are for patients with fractures, amputations
and other orthopaedic and rheumatic disorders.
Multidisciplinary
Spasticity Clinic
A one-stop consultation for patients who suffer from
chronic spasticity arising from stroke, brain injury,
spinal cord injury or other neurologic conditions which
lead to pain, contractures, muscle tightness and deformity
of joints. Patients benefit from the integration of
care provided by the rehabilitation specialists, physiotherapist,
and occupational therapist in a single visit.
Amputee Clinic
This clinic evaluates and helps amputations patients
with prosthesis fitting, residual limb care, prescription
of mobility aids. We help our patients make progress
in the rehabilitation.
Staff Members
For information on our staff, please click here.
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Rehabilitation Medicine at CGH offers an integrated and comprehensive
programme for patients to help them achieve their maximum level of independence
after an injury or illness. 
