Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Starts you on the path towards functional recovery with the ultimate aim of reintegration to your home, community and workplace.

You or your loved one has just suffered an injury to the spinal cord. This may have occurred suddenly, after an accident or gradually as a result of a disease of the spine or spinal cord.

You may now be having some or all of the following complaints

• Inability to move your legs partially or totally and having difficulty walking.
• Inability to move your hands partially or totally
• Numbness of the lower and /or half of your body
• Difficulty in passing urine or moving your bowels
• A sense of helplessness and despair

The Rehabilitation Team

You will soon meet our rehabilitation team, which includes your rehabilitation physician, urologist, orthopaedic surgeon, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, social worker, nurse, and psychologist. They will help set you on the path towards functional recovery. Your stay with us may last between three to six months. Apart from learning to walk or use a wheelchair, and to take care of yourself, you will start a personal bladder training programme to prevent complications from changes in your bladder function.

The Programme

• You will have physiotherapy and occupational therapy sessions from Monday to Friday to improve your mobility      and your ability to take care of yourself. Therapy may not continue if the doctors decide that your condition is unstable.
• On admission, you and your family will be informed of what you can hope to achieve from our programme. Your progress will be monitored weekly and your programme reviewed.
• You will be prescribed any necessary mobility and self care aids such as wheelchairs, walkers and commodes.
• Before discharge we will discuss any relevant issues or concerns you may have with you and your family, such as fertility and sexuality issues, home and work assessment and modification, and vocational advice.

How you help

• As a patient, do maintain a positive attitude at all times.
• Participate actively in all your therapy sessions and build rapport with members of the rehabilitation team.
• Keep strictly to your fluid intake regime given by your doctors.
  
• Report any change in your condition or discomfort immediately eg fever, abdominal pain, cloudy or smelly urine.
  
• Be prepared to be independent within the degree of disability decided by the team that is taking care of you.
  
• Follow the instructions given to you on discharge, and return for follow up appointments as directed by your doctor.

How your family can help

• Have a positive attitude and participate actively in the patient’s programme, to help him/her be as independent as possible in future.
  
• Meet the rehabilitation team as soon as possible after admission, to handle administrative matters and share relevant information about the patient and his family, their social and financial background.
  
• Decide how/where the patient will be cared for after discharge, so that we can arrange for appropriate caregiver training if necessary.
  
• Encourage the patient and understand his/her moods and fears.

  For further information, please contact Department of Rehabilitation Medicine.

   

  Our Specialists
  

  	Name : Chan Kay Fei Designation : Head & Senior Consultant Credentials : MBBS, MRCP (UK), FAMS Subspeciality : Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Pain Management, Occupational Rehabilitation
  	Name : Kong Keng He Designation : Senior Consultant Credentials : MBBS, MRCP (UK), FAMS Subspeciality : Stroke and Nerological Rehabilitation, Spasticity Management, Motor Point Blocks, Nerve Blocks, Botulinum Toxin Injections, Medical Acupuncture
  	Name : Chan Wai Lim, William Designation : Senior Consultant Credentials : MBBS, FACRM, FAFRM, FAMS Subspeciality : Spinal Injury Rehabilitation, Amputee Rehabilitation
  	Name : Chua Sui Geok, Karen Designation : Senior Consultant Credentials : MBBS, MRCP (UK), FAMS, FRCP (Edin) Subspeciality : Brain Injury & Neurological Rehabilitation, Pain Management, Spaticity Management, Motor Point Blocks, Nerve Blocks, Botulinum Toxin Injections, Medical Acupuncture
  	Name : Tow Per Er, Adela May Designation : Senior Consultant Credentials : MBBS, MRCP, FAMS Subspeciality : Spinal Injury Rehabilitation, Pain Management, Urodynamic Studies, Medical Acupuncture
  	Name : Yen Hwee Ling Designation : Consultant Credentials : MBBS, MRCP, FAMS Subspeciality : Stroke & Neurological Rehabilitation, Adolescent Neurological Rehabilitation, Medical Acupuncture
  	Name : Yap Eng Ching Designation : Consultant Credentials : MB ChB, MRCP, FAMS Subspeciality : Spine, Sports and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
  	Name : Yap Giok Mei, Samantha Designation : Consultant Credentials : MBBS, MRCP (UK) Subspeciality : Brain Injury & Neurological Rehabilitation
  	Name : Tjan Soon Yin Designation : Consultant Credentials : MBBS, MRCP (UK), FAMS Subspeciality : Chronic Pain Management, Musculoskeletal & Amputee Rehabilitation
  	Name : Neo Jong Jong Designation : Associate Consultant Credentials : MBBS, FAFRM (RACP) Subspeciality : Rehabilitation Medicine
  	Name : K Palaniappan Designation : Registrar Credentials : MBBS, MRCP(UK) Subspeciality : Rehab Medicine
  	Name : Tan Ping Ping Designation : Registrar Credentials : MBBS, MMed(Int Med), MRCP(UK) Subspeciality : Rehab Medicine
  	Name : Deshan Kumar Rajeswaran Designation : Registrar
  	Name : Loh Yong Joo Designation : Resident Physician Credentials : MBBS Subspeciality : Rehab Medicine
  	Name : Tham Shuen Loong Designation : Resident Physician Credentials : MBBS Subspeciality : Rehab Medicine

   

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