Rehabilitator is a specialist who helps to recover from severe injuries. He is usually approached by people who have suffered complex diseases that have led to complications, changes in the functions of the body or individual organs.
Let's take a closer look at this profession, which has recently become more and more in demand.
Rehabilitators are excellent psychologists
Rehabilitator is not only a doctor who applies many medical techniques and enables people to get back on their feet. This is also a psychologist, a person who helps to overcome a difficult emotional state, cope with depression, despondency. Often, people with disabilities, people who have gone through hot spots, turn to such a specialist in order to be able to integrate into the world, adapt, accept themselves, and learn how to communicate with others. Therefore, the methods used by the rehabilitation doctor have their origins not only in medicine, but also in pedagogy and psychology.
Required Skills
A competent specialist in this field should have the following skills:
- to be well versed in human physiology;
- be aware of modern healing methods, actively apply them;
- be interested in innovations in this area, draw up their own rehabilitation programs, offer new methods and ways to solve problems;
- know psychology and basics of pedagogy;
- master the skills of massage and exercise therapy;
- be able to correctly diagnose a patient.
Rehabilitation specialist can be a theorist or a practitioner. Some are engaged exclusively in science, developing new programs and methods, bringing together all the available theoretical knowledge in medicine and psychology, using the experience of previous generations. The treatment itself is carried out by rehabilitation practitioners.
When to contact a rehabilitation specialist
Sometimes a person does not even know that undesirable effects after a disease will not go away by themselves. That the dislocation will not go away on its own, and waiting can only aggravate the situation. It turns out that many people experienced exactly the same problems and overcame them with dignity.
Here are the most common cases when it is worth asking for help:
- You suffered from an illness that caused serious complications.
- Problems with the musculoskeletal system.
- Disabled.
- Overweight.
- Breathing problems.
- Problems with the nervous system.
- Diseasesleather.
- Bruises, dislocations, sprains.
Qualities of a good rehabilitation therapist
Of course, when working with people, moreover, sometimes with people of difficult fate, complexities of character and attitude, a rehabilitator must have certain personal qualities, in addition to high professionalism. First, it is patience, the ability to listen and understand. Without this, it is unlikely that it will be possible to truly help. And we are talking not only about medical, but also about psychological support. Secondly, a rehabilitator is a responsive, sensitive person who is capable of sympathy and empathy.
Where the rehabilitation specialist will be needed
Every sports team and every individual athlete has a rehabilitation doctor. He closely monitors his physical and emotional state. But this does not mean that in other areas this profession is not in demand. Here is an incomplete list of where a person who decides to study as a rehabilitation therapist can go to work:
- Hospitals (of course, this is the place where the doctor's clients are an endless stream. There will always be people who need qualified help).
- Rehabilitation centers (from the name it is clear that people who want to recover from illnesses, injuries and difficult emotional states visit these centers).
- Orphanages, boarding schools (in such institutions, children need psychological help and support in order to enter the world as full-fledged people, not to be afraid, not to feel disadvantaged and “not like everyone else”).
-Nursing homes (adaptation of people with disabilities).
- Social security authorities.
- Educational institutions.
How to get this profession
In all major medical universities in our country, you can get the speci alty "rehabilitator". This requires the applicant to have knowledge of standard disciplines and pass the exam: Russian language, chemistry, biology. In any case, you will have to get a higher medical education. And work as a rehabilitator will be a direction. Recently, more and more people began to choose this profession for themselves, it is becoming more and more popular. Yes, and it is not paid the same as a few years ago, but much higher. The more new and creative ideas a specialist offers, the more techniques he uses in his work, the more noticeable his results. There is room for growth, the main thing is to set a goal. Having completed the training completely, there will be no question of where to go to work, because medicine is developing now, and it always needs competent specialists.
Russian Union of Rehabilitators
In our country there is such an organization (or, as it calls itself, a union), which unites medical specialists in this field from all over Russia. It includes both individuals and legal entities, medical and non-medical specialists, just interested citizens, public organizations and volunteer communities. All well-known rehabilitologists in Russia are members of this union. Leading scientists are well-known scientists,professors, cultural workers, teachers, etc.
Their main goal is to improve the quality of support and care for patients, to cultivate a he althy lifestyle. Moreover, the creators and leaders aim to make rehabilitation assistance more accessible to ordinary citizens, those who live not in big cities, but in small towns. It is worth saying that the work gives tangible results. If earlier many did not even know that there is such a profession as a rehabilitologist, now young people specially enter universities and colleges to connect their lives with this serious activity.
Rehabilitation is a very difficult profession that requires great dedication and patience. It is not known how the student's life will turn out: will he work with adults or will he help children; he will work with difficult teenagers or disabled people, athletes or bedridden patients. The activities are always diverse, the patients are completely different, and you need to be able to find an approach to everyone. Even someone who has been working in this field for a long time cannot always say about himself: “I am a good rehabilitation specialist.” You can go through training, but here are personal qualities - they either exist or they don’t. Well, experience, of course, and the desire to develop, learn and find something new in this business decides a lot. In any case, if you really want to help people, maybe this profession is exactly what you need!
