 Physical medicine and rehabilitation is also known as physiatry. It's a branch of modern medicine which deals with restoring the functional independence of patients as well as improving their quality of life. The department in our hospital deals to such patients who require long-term care or short-term acute care. Department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Manipal is able to provide comprehensive and multidisciplinary rehabilitation care. This is possible because of our unique team. Manipal Hospital is one of the few hospitals in Bangalore for that matter in Karnataka which has a multidisciplinary rehabilitation unit. We have a team of 30 physiotherapists, 6 occupational therapists, 2 speech and swallow therapists, 2 neuropsychologists and above all we have 2 rehab specialists, a team of doctors who are specialists in physical medicine and rehabilitation. This team with its functional model believes in adding life to ears to these patients and improving overall quality of life. We are constantly striving towards reducing the number of days these patients stay in our hospital by providing quality care and making sure they return to their previous selves at the earliest. We have some of the state-of-the-art equipments which can be used for many rehabilitation including neuro rehabilitation, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, pediatric rehabilitation, sports injury rehabilitation. For example, a patient who comes with a stroke into the hospital after the initial management with the neurology or neurosurgery or ICU team, once the patient is back in the ward they are taken care of by the rehab team. So the rehab team, the physiotherapist will help to improve the strength, the flexibility, the coordination and the occupation therapy will take care of the activities of daily living. The speech and swallow therapist will take care of the swelling mechanisms as well as the speaking abilities. And finally the rehab specialist will take care of the pain, the spasticity. The rehab specialist here in Bangalore, here in Manipal Bangalore are trained in specialized procedures like Botox injections, intra-articular injections, pain management, spasticity management, etc. Botylene toxin injection or commonly known as Botox injection is now one of the commonest procedures that is used by the rehab specialist here in Bangalore Manipal Hospital. These rehabilitation programs are customized to these patients, taking into consideration of their previous functional status, their existing comorbidities along with what are their felt needs and what are the realistic expectations. Such programs are designed to achieve short-term and long-term goals for these patients. And these can be provided on an outpatient basis or inpatient basis or even home-based. Neuro rehabilitation forms one of the core areas of our expertise. We deal with a variety of neurological conditions like stroke, traumatic brain injury, degenerative brain disorders like a Parkinson's, some pediatric degenerative diseases, pediatric disabilities, where our multidisciplinary team is involved in bringing the patients back to their former self. The spasticity or the commonly known as tightness developing in the muscles can be easily treated by Botylene toxin injections. Physical therapist helps our patients to improve their flexibility, strength, coordination, balance, gait, etc. We have therapists who are especially trained in sports, biomechanics and sports physiotherapy who are helping many of our sports players who had various type of injuries to recover from their sports injuries and go back to their active sports. So we have the best team of specialists, the best set of equipments and the best hospital in Bangalore. So rehabilitation can be rest assured in your safe hands.