We are a team of 6 Healthcare professionals from different Specialities like Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy working for children with Disabilities and making their lives better. However with the COVID19 induced Lockdown, we had a restriction on our clinical practice as it will have opportunities for cross infection or spreading (as our therapy practice involves close contact and hands-on like helping them stand and walk by holding their hands or supporting them / in case for speech issues like needing to work on the mouth and relevant areas).
Hence a thought arises to use Tele-rehabilitation / Tele-Health as a medium to be in touch with our Patients and train the parents to handle the kids and keep our practices going in this lockdown. But we wanted to have something different from the regular online session that can generate interest in parents and children. So the innovative aspect of this project which we started on the 6th of April 2020 is to have a team approach wherein we all 3 professional specialists see a Patient online together which otherwise in-person is not a feasible or possible option. This is our USP that makes our approach through online and unique one. In addition to this online sessions, we also do free training for Patients and caregivers on specific topics related to children's disabilities for empowering and educating the parents. On the other side we continue to explore more options using the online medium and reached out to even Patients across the borders as well and now we feel it's a viable option in future too even after the lockdown,r out to distant Patients and have a safe practice without personal contact with the children with Disabilities who are at high risk of infection considering their weak physical nature.
We named our Service as "Pro eRehab"
We are 6 Healthcare / Rehabilitation Professionals who started this up:
Archana Sharma, MOT, Occupational Therapist
Arushi Gupta, BOT, Occupational Therapist
Archana Marigowda, MSLP, Speech Therapist
Ashrita Achar, MSLP, Speech Therapist
Priya Kuberan, MPT, Physiotherapist
Joshua Samuel R, MPT, Physiotherapist
We are from different practice areas like Bangalore, Chennai, Himachal and Delhi but we still connect amongst us and with the patients and deliver our services efficiently.
Affordable rehabilitation is also one thing that we all are working towards and we believe Telerehab or an online medium of delivering therapy services is one way of doing it.
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Pro eRehab: Online Team Based Rehabilitation
An exclusive online rehabilitation service from a team of rehabilitation professionals
for children with disabilities.
Why Pro eRehab?
Amidst this COVID19 induced lockdown where there is a challenge between the patient and rehabilitation professionals meet up especially in the pediatric group who are affected by key Neuro-deveopmental conditions like cerebral palsy and autism, there is a push towards online / distant rehabilitation over a possible available mode of Tele-health. However, the challenge even during face to face rehabilitation is to have all the key rehabilitation professionals at one space.
What is Pro eRehab?
With our new strategy "Pro eRehab" we not only connect to patients online, but also if required an opportunity to provide the much needed dual or multi professionals rehabilitation care at one go. The first online session for the child once enrolled will be taken up by the rehabilitation team comprising of Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist and if required a Speech therapist or related rehabilitation professionals as well to start with. Once the online assessment is done based on the child's activities assisted by the parent / caregiver, the plan is laid down individualized that include online guided sessions with the rehabilitation professionals and also offline activities.
We believe this mode and strategy of Rehabilitation would not only help the children at need during this lockdown phase, but also to cater to distant patients in having a systematic follow-up, continuity with the rehabilitation and the much required parental involvement in the child's treatment and progress.
Pro eRehab Core Team:
We are a team of 6 Rehabilitation Professionals – 2 Physiotherapists, 2 Occupational Therapists and 2 Speech Therapists, with the common goal of providing the best possible online rehabilitation solutions for children with disabilities working as a team.
Major goals for the Pre eRehab Team:
1. Provide online consultation and recommendation to the children with rehabilitation needs.
2. Home based online and offline guided individualized tailored programs for conditions like Developmental Delay, Cerebral Palsy, Autism and other neurodevelopment disorders.
3. Parental training and involving parents as key deliverers of rehabilitation.
4. Follow a systematic team based assessment and follow-up methods during the COVID19 induced lockdown as well as post that too as a useful distant mode of rehabilitation.
5. Using the technology (Zoom/Skype/WhatsApp) as a useful tool in providing rehabilitation.
Together, we believe in making the lives of children with disabilities better by a team approach that is possible through Tele Rehabilitation.
Our Profiles:
The #ProErehab Team:
Ms. Archana Sharma MOT, Consultant Occupational Therapist
Archana is an Occupational Therapist from Himachal Pradesh and has been in the field of Rehabilitation since 2014. She is presently working in Moms Belief SOCH since August, 2019. She has a Post- Graduation (MOT) specialized in Developmental Disabilities from Manipal University. She has experience in working with both adults and the pediatric population. Besides clinical, she has also been involved in academics related to teaching and research work with one of the notable presentation at the ISPRM 2018, Paris. She is also presently pursuing a course on certification in Sensory Integration Therapy with CLASI and also involved in a part of coming up with a tool for evaluation of SI issues with CLASI.
Ms. Arushi Gupta BOT, Consultant Occupational Therapist
Arushi is an Occupational Therapist from Delhi and has been in the field of Rehabilitation since 2018 worked with Max Superspeciality Hospital New Delhi and Medanta-The Medicity Hospital Gurgaon and is presently doing her Independent Practice. She had graduated in BOT from Delhi University, National Institute for Persons With Physical Disabilities (IPH), Delhi. She has majorly been working in Neuro-rehabilitation, Developmental Delay ,Sensory Integration, Dysphagia management, Work related Musculoskeletal Disorders, Mental Health , Hand Rehabilitation and Repetitive Stress Injuries. She is also a certified Yoga therapist along with certification in Sign Language. She has done various projects on Accessibility and Inclusivity for the differently able. Her area of expertise is Pain Management, Vocational Training, ADL (Activities of Daily living) Training and Pediatric Rehabilitation.
Ms. Archana Marigowda MSLP, Consultant Speech Therapist
Archana is a Speech Language Pathologist from Bangalore and in the field of Rehabilitation since 2017 presently working with Futuready pediatric intervention services. She had completed her Bachelors in audiology and speech language pathology from the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing and masters in Speech Language Pathology from Dr. S R Chandrasekhar institute of speech and hearing. She majorly works with pediatric population having various communication disorders including but not limited to Autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, Apraxia of speech, IDD etc. She is also trained in providing Oral Placement Therapy for improving Oro motor coordination required for speech skills. Her area of expertise is Pediatrics and she is passionate about continuous learning and providing state of the art therapeutic services to children with special needs.
Ms. Ashrita Achar MSLP, Consultant Speech Therapist
Ashrita is a Speech Language Pathologist from Bangalore and in the field of Rehabilitation since 2017 presently working with Futuready pediatric intervention services. She had completed her Graduation and Post graduation in Speech Language Pathology from Dr. S R Chandrasekhar institute of speech and hearing. She majorly works with children having various forms of communication disorders such as Autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, articulatory and phonological difficulties & IDD. She is also trained in providing Oral Placement Therapy for improving Oro motor coordination required for speech skills. Her area of expertise is Pediatrics and hopes to better their world by helping them.
Ms. Priya Kuberan MPT, Consultant Physiotherapist
Priya is a Physiotherapist from Bangalore and has been in the field of Paediatric Rehabilitation since 2012. She has been a clinical physiotherapist at Centre for Child Development and Disabilities, Bangalore as well as a visiting consultant at Neukids, Aster CMI hospital, Bangalore. Currently she runs her independent practice in Bangalore and continues to be a consultant at CCDD, Bangalore and an online consultant with Totsguide, a virtual assessment programme. She is extensively trained in Neurodevelopmental Therapy (NDT), Sensory Integration and Parental training programs. She is an Early Intervention Specialist and has had exposure to different domains of development, that a child may lack in. She has been a part of a rehabilitation team including other therapists, pediatricians and special educators and understands the value team work bring about in therapy.
Mr. Joshua Samuel Rajkumar MPT, Consultant Physiotherapist
Joshua is a Physiotherapist from Chennai (presently Bangalore) and has been in the field of Rehabilitation since 2011 and is presently an Independent Practitioner running JOSH Clinic - Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation, Bangalore. He has graduated from Government Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chennai and also done his Master’s degree specializing in Neurology. He specializes majorly in Pediatrics especially neurodevelopment conditions like Cerebral Palsy, Scoliosis, Chronic pain management and Occupational Health. He has also been involved in academics, training student and fellow professionals as well as published notable researches on cerebral palsy thwat included co-authoring a chapter - Neuromusculoskeletal Rehabilitation of Cerebral Palsy in the Book 'Cerebral Palsy - Current Steps', INTECH open 2016, ISBN 9789535126485. Some of his works were also presented at key congresses like EACD 2017 and ISPRM 2018. He has also done specialized neurodevelopment courses like Bobath Approach, MAES therapy, ABR method and Aquatic Therapy.
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We are there to support and the needy can reach us by contacting:
Call/WhatsApp: +91 7406736141
Facebook: @proerehab
Facebook: @proerehab
Email: proerehab@gmail.com or joshphysiotherapist@yahoo.com
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