Physiotherapy

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The Department of Physiotherapy provides physiotherapy services for both Outpatients as well as in patients.

OUTPATIENT PHYSIOTHERAPY

An average of 200 - 250 patients are being given physiotherapy daily. The services include massage, manual therapy, movement therapy, electrotherapy modalities, thermal agents, cryotherapy, exercise therapy etc. The beneficiaries are patients with musculoskeletal problems, degenerative conditions, stroke patients etc. The Physiotherapy unit (F1) is located in the first floor of Sri N.P.V Ramasamy Udayar Block and an outpatient unit is located in ground floor of the Faculty of Physiotherapy.

IN PATIENT PHYSIOTHERAPY

An average of 300 - 350 patients are given physiotherapy daily. Patients in Intensive Care Unit are given round the clock care by the Physiotherapists.

In Patient physiotherapy is being provided for the patients referred from:

Neurology General Medicine General Surgery Gasteroenterology Orthopaedics Chest and TB Cardiology Cardio-thoracic surgery Obstetrics and Gynaecology Oncology OMFS

Paediatrics Neonatology Plastic surgery ENT Dermatology Rheumatology Geriatrics Hand surgery Endocrinology Nephrology

The Team

MEDICAL CENTRE OPMr. Soundararajan K Mrs. R. Indhumathi Mr. R. Koushik Raj	NEWBLOCK-OP &REHABILITATION DEPARTMENT Dr. N. Venkatesh Mr. K. Subbiah Mr. Sathish G (MDTR)
ORTHO UNITS(MEDICAL CENTRE)Dr. P. Antony Leo Aseer Mrs. G A Geetha Hari Priya Dr. D. Hepzibah Rubella  (Ortho and Plastic Surgery -MC& G Block) Mrs. M.Chrysolyte Mr. Naveen Kumar R	ORTHO (G-BLOCK)Mrs. R. Angeline Mr. B. Balamurugan Mr. R. Balasubramanian
NEURO & NEURO SURGERY  UNITS INCLUDING VIDYASUDHADr.R. Sivakumar Mrs. A. Rajarajeswari (Vidya Sudha) Mrs. M. Rajeswari (KCDU) Mrs C.M. Radhika Mrs. C. Arockiapramila (Vidya Sudha) Mr. P. Parthiban Mr. Cindhan M (MDTR)	NEURO – REHABILITATION Mr. C R Praveenkumar Ms. A. Aruvi
CARDIO UNITSDr. T. Senthilkumar Mrs. S. Sridevi Mr. K. Vijayakumar Ms. G.Harshini (MDTR)	WOMENS HEALTH (MEDICAL CENTRE & G BLOCK) Dr. B. Sathyaprabha Mrs. P. Ponmathi Mrs. S. Subhalakshmi Ms. M. Janani (OBG & MC General)
GENERAL (MEDICAL CENTRE)Mrs. R. Yogeswari Mr. E. Raj Mr. S. Sagadevan(MDTR)	G-BLOCK (GENERAL)Mr. P. Ajithkumar Ms. B. SaiAlekhya Mr. K. Sathiyamurthy
ONCOLOGYMs. B. Swetha Mr. T. Dhanasekar	RHEUMATOLOGY (MEDICAL CENTRE & G BLOCK)Ms. Gokulavarthani S
EXTENSION SERVICES (VAYALANALLUR (PHC)Mr. D. Surendhar

Clinical Focus

Outpatient services

Cardiac Rehabilitation
Physiotherapy department and Cardiac Care Centre jointly started Cardiac Rehabilitation unit in September 1999. We have received excellent feedback from the patients who have attended the Cardiac Rehabilitation Services.

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics
A separate Obstetric and Gynecological Physiotherapy clinic has been set up for educating about pre & post natal care  exercises and various women’s health issues.

Karthikeyan Child Development Unit
An early intervention program is conducted along with neonatology department.

Vidya Sudha
School for children with special needs, where physiotherapist works in team with professionals like occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, special educators, and social workers to integrate the children in the society.

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Centre
The pulmonary rehabilitation program is conducted by the multidisciplinary team which includes Chest physician, Physiotherapist, Respiratory therapist, Psychiatrist, Psychologist, nutritionist, social worker, nurse, educationist and a yoga therapist who are all trained for pulmonary rehabilitation.

Rheumatology
The department of physiotherapy and rheumatology jointly renders care for patients with rheumatological conditions in improving their quality of life.

Organ transplantation

Organ transplantation recipients are special group of patient population who suffer residual muscle weakness, fatigue, and low functional capacity after surgical interventions. Physiotherapist plays a major role in improving functional capacity, muscle strength and reducing fatigue in this population. Structured, early graded exercise training would be of the most important treatment plan for this population. 

Sri Ramachandra Rehabilitation Centre (SRRC)-SAHAYA

The ultimate goal of SRRC is to train the patient to access their home safely even if they are functioning at a different level than before their injury or illness. There will be a team of multi-disciplinary rehabilitation professionals (Physiotherapist, Occupational therapist, Speech therapist and Clinical psychologist) who will train the patients and their families.

Geriatric care

It is a multidisciplinary clinic were patients will be referred for physiotherapy with Neuro muscular issues. Each patient is assessed and treated for restoration of functional activities and prevention of Secondary complications. Physiotherapist plays a major role in improving  balance, muscle strength and reducing fear of falls in this population. 

Lymphedema care

This clinic monitors and prevents lymphedema formation in post mastectomy or post CA gynaecological conditions patients.It promotes awareness among these patients and enhance great well being of the patients.

Obesity clinics

This clinic is used to measure body composition n and provide advices on percentage of body fat ad way to reduce it effectively

 Outreach &Community activities

1. World stroke day outreach camp  at Vayalanallur on 03/11/2023
2. Free screening camp for world sacropenia day at G block on 4/07/2023
3. World Incontinence week screening camp at G block,22 &23/06/2023
4. Physical health screening and exercise counselling at G block on 17/05/2023
5. Screening camp  on pain screening and exercise counselling at G block on 08/05/2023
6. Awareness and screening for sign for parkinsons disease in elderly population at G block on 11/04/2023
7. Camp on women wellness at Vayalanallur on 06./03/2023
8. NSS camp –Multispeciality camp on Banarathottam on 22/02/2023
9. World osteoporosis day was celebrated with a screening camp emphasizing on Exercise counseling on G Block, on 20/10/2022
10. World Stroke day-Awareness on stroke on Vayalanallur on 05.09.2022
11. Women’s Wellness camp on Faculty of Physiotherapy, on 08.03.2022&09.03.2022. The camp was conducted for the Women employees of SRIHER
12. Breast awareness camp at Vayalanallur on 29.10.2021 Awareness camp on importance of physical activity in breast cancer Prevention 
13. Breast awareness outreach camp on Mettupalayam, on 27.10.2021 Awareness camp on importance of physical activity in breast cancer Prevention 
14. Disability identification camp was organized on occasion of “International Day for

Persons with Disabilities” at Vidya Sudha on 03/12/2021 &; 04/12/2021

15. “Employee wellness program- women at work”-CAMP new block outpatient department from 08/03/2021 to 11/03/2021.
16. Awareness about physical activity at Kolapancherry Village, Thiruvallur district on 15/02/2020
17. Women’s day celebration was celebrated on Outpatient department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, G block on 06/03/2020 &07/03/2020
18. Womens wellness camp,Little drops ,Iyyapanthangal Screening and awareness program on 24.7.2019
19. NSS physiotherapy Camp at Karunakaranchery,General awareness camp on Physical activity 20.7.2019
20. Geriatric Women’s health camp at Little drops ,Iyyapanthangal  and SV Homes Arumbakkam Chennai .on Jan 2019

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