Accident victims sometimes need physical rehabilitation in order to return to some semblance of normalcy in their daily lives. An accident can leave a person without the use of certain physical functions and physical rehabilitation can often restore those functions or retrain specific muscles to do the work normally performed by the now damaged ones.
As a child, people learn to walk, climb and perform other physical activities by being taught and through practice. This helps train the muscles to act in a certain way while performing certain functions. When, as an adult, a person is involved in an accident that may prevent those muscles from functioning, they may need physical rehabilitation to retrain those muscles or to train other muscles to perform those tasks.
One aspect of physical rehabilitation often overlooked is the mental awareness of what is attempting to be accomplished as well as the mental preparedness to become involved in the retraining exercises. There are some who have a hard time accepting the reality that they have to begin over from the start in learning how to walk, for instance. It can be a difficult mental adjustment as well as a physical one.
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A person who loses the use of certain muscles may have to learn to use other muscles to perform the same functions as those lost. It may not always be possible to substitute as, for example, a person who has lost the ability to walk has to other muscles that can help with that function. However, with the correct mental attitude and proper physical rehabilitation a person may be able to restrengthen their leg muscles and through training learn how to walk again.
Perhaps a person s muscles, through an extended recovery period, has lost their strength or mobility. It will require physical rehabilitation in order to bring those muscles back to their original strength and mobility. For example, a burn victim may have been unable to walk for several months and their muscles will require retraining and strengthening in order to work properly.
The same will probably be true with arm muscles and others that went for an extended period without being used. The physical rehabilitation may also include sessions related to mental health to help maintain a positive attitude throughout the physical rehabilitation sessions. With the mental attitude, there may be a reluctance to put forth the effort required for complete physical rehabilitation.