The Use Of Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Centers

Working in various settings of physical therapy rehabilitation centers is one of the most challenging and complicated. Apart from the 40-hour workweek, it is physically strenuous as well. Physical therapists often have to the need to stoop, kneel, crouch, lift, and stand for extensive periods. Above and beyond, physical therapists move heavy equipment and lift patients or help them turn, stand, or walk. Most of the patients that I have encountered are diagnosed with Diabetic Neuropathy (DN). Diabetic Neuropathy is a brought about by a complication of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. In 2012, there are about 29.1 million Americans, or 9.3% of the population, had diabetes (American Diabetes Association [ADA], 2016). Due to its increase†¦show more content†¦Acting in accordance with National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), diabetic neuropathies are family of nerve syndromes affected by diabetes (2009). People with diabetes can be asymptomatic overtime and some can have notable signs with radicular symptoms in the upper and lower extremities (NIDDK, 2009), Moreover, can affect even the digestive, cardiac, and reproductive system in serious conditions (NIDDK, 2009). In fact, based on academic literatures, about two thirds of patients with diabetes have medical or subclinical pathology of nerve (Bansal, Kalita, Mistra, 2006). The occurrence of neuro pathy amplified from approximately 7 percent to 50 percent on admittance at 25 years in consequence (Bansal, Kalita, Mistra, 2006). The threatening factors of diabetic neuropathy are as follows: decreased glycemic regulation, old age, high blood pressure, prolonged diabetic mellitus (DM), increased cholesterol, smoking, alcoholic, tall height, and HbA1c level (Quann, Lin, Khardori , 2015). About close to 26 percent of seniors or above 65 years of age are impacted with DN (ADA, 2016). Diabetes was the 7th primary cause of mortality in the United States in 2010 (ADA, 2016). Pathogenesis of DN Several assumptions were made due to unexplained pathological mechanism of DN