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Why is standing so important for treating the most severely affected patients?
Jakob Tiebel
Business Owner, N+ Digital Health Agency
1. Hypertonia and spasticity can be significantly reduced by standing.
2. Daily standing can prevent contractions of the torso and of the lower extremities. In cases of strong spasticity in the plantar flexors, standing is the only way to maintain full dorsal flexion of the foot. The muscle group is too powerful for manual manipulation.
3. Mobilisation of the whole nervous system is performed more easily when standing.
4. Regular standing protects against osteoporosis and fracture
5. Standing upright appears to have a positive effect on vigilance. Patients become more awake.
6. Early and regular standing reduces fear of falling during later training in standing and walking.
“We have vegetative state patients who we put in the dynamic standing trainer. It may be somewhat unusual, but it is very interesting. Because it is precisely when we move these patients into vertical position that important stimuli are set.”
7. Improved circulation training
8. Relieving and avoiding bedsores. The time needed to heal existing pressure sores is shortened by standing.
9. Improved outflow from upper urinary system
10. Regular standing supports lung ventilation, thus improving and making breathing easier.
11. Standing upright on your own feet again is an extremely positive experience. It is progress in therapy, which even patients with diminished vigilance can appreciate.
12. It offers family members, therapists and carers the opportunity to communicate with the patient at eye level.
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Jakob Tiebel
Business Owner, N+ Digital Health Agency
Jakob Tiebel studied applied psychology with a focus on health economics. He has clinical expertise from his previous therapeutic work in neurorehabilitation. He conducts research and publishes on the theory-practice transfer in neurorehabilitation and is the owner of Native.Health, an agency for digital health marketing.
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