What are the rehabilitation exercises for common peroneal nerve injury?
Disease description:
After treatment and rehabilitation for common peroneal nerve injury, what rehabilitation exercises can be performed to restore physical health?
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Chen Jian
After an injury to the common peroneal nerve, the goals of rehabilitation training are to restore nerve function, muscle strength, and joint range of motion, and to prevent complications. Common rehabilitation training methods include:
1. Passive movement: Assisted by another person to perform flexion and extension activities of the affected lower limb to maintain joint range of motion and prevent contractures.
2. Active-assisted movement: Using elastic bands or assistance from family members to perform active limb movements, which helps enhance muscle strength, improve blood circulation, and promote nerve function.
3. Muscle strengthening exercises: Targeting the muscles on the front and outer side of the lower leg, using elastic bands or light dumbbells for resistance training to increase muscle strength.
4. Resistance training: Using weights or resistance devices to challenge the muscle strength of the affected limb, improve muscular endurance, and promote nerve remodeling.
5. Balance and coordination training: As common peroneal nerve injury may lead to gait abnormalities, balance training such as single-leg standing and balance board exercises can improve the patient's balance and coordination.
6. Gait training: Performing proper walking exercises to correct gait abnormalities and reduce the risk of falls.
7. Range of motion exercises: Performing active and passive stretching exercises of the ankle joint to maintain joint flexibility and prevent joint stiffness.
