復健協助關節活動（中英文版）

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THE CHAPTER ON JOINT REHABILITATION　復健協助關節活動篇
Apart from being comfortable, the chapter on maintaining good mobility of joints is also able to increase our conveniences in taking care of our family member!
讓您的家人關節保持好的活動度，除了可以讓他感覺舒適外，也可以增加我們照顧時的方便！
If his/her certain joints are movable, please encourage and supervise him/her to exercise them to the utmost limit. And for those joints that are not movable (such as the hand or leg due to stroke or spinal cord injury), please help him/her to conduct joint exercise. It only takes 10 minutes of your time, and two times daily is able to achieve unexpected result!
當他的某些關節還可自行活動時，請鼓勵並督促他每日能自己活動到最大的範圍，對於他所不能活動的關節（如中風後或脊髓損傷後的手或腳），請你為他執行關節活動，每次費時十分鐘，一日二次便有意想不到的效果喔！

THE PRINCIPLES OF JOINT EXERCISE　關節活動原則
1.Before moving the joints, use a moderate hot towel or hot compress mat to hot compress on different joints to relax the muscles. After then, they are more easily to do the exercises.關節活動前，可適當的以熱毛巾或熱敷墊，熱敷各關節，使肌肉放鬆後，會較容易進行
2.Start from the hand, shoulders to legs, from the near section of every part to the far end of joints. Pay attention that every movable joint must do the exercise.可由手、肩到腳，從各部位的近端到遠端關節，注意每個可以活動的關節都要做
3.While doing joint exercising, do not force to bend or extend the joints when met with resistance to avoid bone breakage or damage. Take a gradual approach method on every joint by increasing the angle and performance. Watch out for facial expression and reaction of the family member!做關節活動時遇到阻力勿強行彎曲或拉直，以免造成骨折或傷害，每個關節採漸進式的角度增加操作，隨時注意您家人的表情反應哦！
4.Joint exercise has to be done disciplinary and consistently. Do not stop from time to time as this yields no result. It is best to perform a session each in the morning and evening and 3~5 sequences on each joint.關節運動要規律、持續執行，不要做做停停等於沒效果，最好是每天早晚各一次，每個關節做3~5次
5.Be careful of own postures while doing the exercises to make sure they are correct. Do not bend the waist excessively to avoid muscle sore.操作時注意自己的姿勢要正確，勿過度彎腰，以免造成自己的酸痛