Mary Kneiser: Brain tumor treatment through rehabilitative medicine

Mary Kneiser specializes in rehabilitation and physical medicine. Rehabilitation is a broad science that crosses over to other fields. Thereby, it is not a surprise to find that patients of brain carcinomas also need rehabilitation in order to return to their normal lives. Patients who suffer from brain tumors often have cognitive side effects that can affect the quality of their lives, even after carcinoma removal.

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While brain surgery alone is an option, it also happens to be a risky process; a single mistake can cause irreversible damage. Extremely delicate procedures such as carcinoma removal will impact the patient’s life heavily. Rehabilitation with professionals such as Mary Kneiser is thereby an absolute necessity.

From Physical Medicine

Patients have various options when returning to a normal lifestyle. Rehabilitation for post-acute traumatic brain injury has proven, through medical studies, to be very effective. Dr. Kneiser’s methods in rehabilitation and cognitive retraining (performing simple tasks such as planning meals and going to grocery stores) can bring back memory. Speech and language therapy may also be employed so that the ability to speak and properly communicate may be recovered.

From Physical Medicine

Physical therapy comes into play during occupational therapy, wherein motor functions may be recovered. Since the brain controls motor functions as well, overall balance, walking, and movement may be hindered. Physical therapy can help the body get reacquainted with these functions.




More information on Mary Kneiser’s practice can be found at her website at MaryKneiser.com.