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Goswami Rehab Rehabilitation Guide

Advanced Complex Case Recovery: Rehabilitation After Critical Illness

Coordinated rehabilitation for patients whose strength, breathing, cognition, movement, or independence has been affected by critical illness or multiple conditions.

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Expected prognosis

Recovery is highly variable. Early gains may be seen over weeks, while severe weakness, neurological injury, swallowing or cognitive problems, and complications can extend recovery over many months. A plateau in one measure does not always mean functional recovery has stopped.

Approximate time

Initial reconditioning often takes 4–12 weeks. Moderate to severe post-ICU or neurological recovery commonly continues for 3–12 months or longer, with reassessment at regular milestones.

What this service covers

  • Post-ICU rehabilitation for weakness and deconditioning
  • Stroke, brain injury, and spinal cord injury rehabilitation
  • Guillain–Barré rehabilitation and severe neurological illness
  • Multi-system illness and prolonged hospitalisation
  • Loss of mobility and activities of daily living

Physiotherapy & rehabilitation methods

  • Review of discharge information, precautions, medications, and current medical stability
  • Strength, sensation, tone, balance, cognition, breathing, transfers, and gait assessment
  • Low-load functional practice progressed to strengthening and endurance
  • Positioning, contracture prevention, fatigue management, and caregiver training
  • Team communication with doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, and speech therapists when needed

What affects recovery?

  • Cause and severity of the illness
  • Length of ICU or hospital stay
  • Pre-existing strength and independence
  • Cognition, mood, sleep, nutrition, and fatigue
  • Complications and the availability of caregiver support

Safety notes

  • Progression must be coordinated with medical restrictions, lines, wounds, oxygen, and blood-pressure responses.
  • New confusion, fever, severe breathlessness, chest pain, fainting, or a sudden neurological change needs medical review.
  • Caregivers should be taught safe handling rather than lifting or pulling a patient without instruction.

Clinical note: Timelines are approximate educational ranges, not an individual prognosis. The treating physiotherapist adjusts the rehabilitation plan after assessment and coordinates with the medical team when needed.

Textbook basis: Braddom, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; O’Sullivan, Physical Rehabilitation; Umphred’s Neurological Rehabilitation.

Choose your care

Care that fits your recovery plan

See the available options, understand the price, and send your request online.

Home visit

Home visits across India

In person

₹1,125 – ₹1,350

Introductory price per session

  • Specialist matched to your condition
  • Care in your own home
  • Confirmation within 24 hours
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Online consultation

Available worldwide

Teleconsultation

₹742 / $7.91

Introductory price per consultation

  • Video assessment and exercise guidance
  • Choose Google Meet, Zoom, or WhatsApp video
  • Same-day confirmation: usually within 6 hours, no later than 12 hours
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The final fee is confirmed before the appointment and may vary with the session type, specialist, and rehabilitation plan.

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