E mōhio ana koe ki ngā peka me ngā tautoko horihori? Ko wai te tohunga niho me te tohunga prosthetist?

I tēnei rā ka kōrero tātou mō ētahi tāngata tino nui e rua i roto i tā tātou ao hauora, engari kāore pea tātou i rongo nui mō rāua. Ko ngā ingoa o ēnei he Tākuta Niho me he Tākuta Niho Whakamuri. Tērā pea kei te whakaaro koe ko wai ēnei tāngata, ā, he aha tā rātou mahi. Me kōrero noa iho tēnei, i roto i tētahi huarahi e mārama ai koe.

Ko wai te taote niho?

Whakaarohia kāore tō ringa, tō waewae, tō wāhanga rānei o tō tinana e mahi tika ana, e hiahia ana rānei kia tautokona. Koinā te wā e hiahia ana tātou ki te āwhina a tēnei tangata e kiia nei ko te tohunga niho. He kupu ngāwari noa iho, ko te tohunga niho he kaiwhakarato hauora e hanga ana, e whakauru ana hoki i ngā taputapu motuhake, arā, ngā taputapu niho, hei āwhina i te tautoko me te tiaki i tō tātou pūnaha uaua me ngā uaua. Kei roto i ēnei taputapu niho ngā mea pēnei i ngā whīwhiwhi , ngā whitiki , me ngā whakaurunga hu niho motuhake. Ka taea e ēnei te whakau i ngā wāhanga rerekē o tō tātou tinana, te whakarerekē i aua mea, te whakarerekē i te tohatoha o te taumaha, te whakawhāiti rānei i ngā nekehanga kore e tika ana. Mena he hauātanga tinana, he whara rānei tōu, ka taea e te tohunga niho te aromatawai me te hanga i tētahi taputapu niho ritenga hei whakauru.

He aha ngā mate e rongoatia ana e te tākuta niho?

Nā, me titiro tātou ki te wā e tika ana kia kite koe i tētahi tākuta niho. Ka taea e koe te rapu āwhina mai i tētahi tākuta niho mēnā kei a koe tētahi o ēnei e whai ake nei:

• Te whara o te pūnaha uaua: Whakaarohia he wheua whati, he whāwhā rānei. I ēnei wā, ka taea e ngā orthotics te āwhina ki te whakaū, ki te whakau, me te tiaki i te wāhi whara i a ia e ora ana. Ka taea hoki e rātou te āwhina ki te whakaiti i te pēhanga ki runga i te whara.
• He āhua rerekē o te pūnaha uaua me te wheua: Hei tauira, ngā āhuatanga pēnei i te scoliosis ( te piko o te tuaiwi), te hip dysplasia (te āhua rerekē o te wheua hope), ngā āhua rerekē rānei o te waewae pēnei i te waewae papatahi , te waewae karapu rānei (ngā waewae rerekē). Ka taea e ēnei orthoses te āwhina ki te whakatika i ēnei āhua rerekē, te ārai rānei i te kino haere.
• He mate io-uaua e hua ai te ngoikore me te/ranei te pakari o te uaua (spasticity): He rite ki ngā āhuatanga pēnei i te cerebral palsy , te stroke rānei, ka taea e ēnei taputapu orthotic te tautoko i ngā wāhi ngoikore me te whakaiti i ngā pānga o te pakari o te uaua.
• He mamae mau tonu e pā ana ki tō pūnaha musculoskeletal: hei tauira , te rumatiki ,Ngā mea pēnei i te carpal tunnel syndrome, te whara mau tonu rānei. Ka taea e ēnei orthoses te tango i te taumaha mai i te wāhi mamae ka huri ki tētahi atu wāhi.

Nā, ko wai te tohunga hanga kanohi?

Āe, kia kite tātou ko wai te tohunga hanga-whakapaipai. He tohunga te tohunga hanga-whakapaipai e hanga ana, e whakauru ana hoki i ngā wāhanga hanga-whakapaipai (ngā-whakapaipai) hei whakakapi i ngā wāhanga ngaro o tō tātou tinana. Whakaarohia he tangata kāore he ringa, he waewae, he ringaringa, he waewae, he maihao rānei. I roto i tēnei āhuatanga, ka taea e te tohunga hanga-whakapaipai te hanga i tētahi ringa, i tētahi waewae rānei hanga-whakapaipai e pai ana ki a koe, e rite ana ki ō hiahia, ā, e ātaahua ana hoki. Ehara i te mea koinā anake, engari ka āwhina anō hoki ia i a koe kia taunga ki tēnei mea, kia whakatikatika, kia whakatika hoki i ngā wā e tika ana.

He aha ngā āhuatanga ka rongoatia e te tākuta prosthetist?

Ko te nuinga o te wā ka āwhina te tohunga hanga waewae i te hunga e ngaro ana ngā waewae me ngā hapa o te waewae. Ka taea e koe te toro atu ki te tohunga hanga waewae mēnā kei a koe:

• He rerekētanga whānau mai tōu (he hapa whānau) i tētahi o ō ringaringa, o ō waewae rānei.
• Mena kua tapahia te ringa, te waewae rānei .

He aha te rerekētanga i waenga i te tohunga niho whakahāngai me te tohunga niho whakahāngai?

He hononga kaha kei waenganui i ngā tākuta niho me ngā tākuta prosthetist. I ētahi wā, ko te tangata kotahi e mahi ana i ngā mea e rua. Ko ētahi he tohunga ki te kotahi noa te wāhanga. Heoi, ka mahi tahi rāua me ngā hangarau e mahi tahi ana me tō tātou pūnaha musculoskeletal . Ko te tikanga o tēnei, ko ngā taputapu e hangaia ana e rātou ka āwhina ki te whakarerekē, ki te whakapai ake rānei i te mahi a ō tātou tinana. Ahakoa he tautoko turi, he tautoko turi prosthetic rānei, ka whakamahia e rātou ngā mātāpono koiora-mīhini kotahi.

He māmā noa iho, ka hangaia e ngā tākuta hanga-ira ngā wāhanga hanga-ira hei whakakapi i ngā wāhanga ngaro, ngā wāhanga hē rānei o tō tātou pūnaha angaiwi. Mēnā i whānau mai koe me te kore he waewae mahi, mēnā rānei i tapahia he waewae, me toro atu pea koe ki tētahi tākuta hanga-ira.

I tētahi atu taha, he maha ngā tāngata e pāngia ana e te mamae me ngā mate o te pūnaha musculoskeletal, e rongoāhia ana e ngā tākuta wheua . Ka āwhina rātou i te tangata mā te waihanga i ngā otinga e āhei ai rātou ki te noho, ki te tū, me te hikoi kia pai ake, kia haumaru hoki.

Ka haere ngā tākuta niho me ngā tākuta prosthetist ki ngā kura hauora?

Kāo. He tohunga hauora hono ngā tākuta wheua me ngā tākuta prosthetist.Ko ētahi atu ka taka ki roto i te kāwai o ngā kaitautoko. He rite ēnei ki ngā kaiwhakarato hauora motuhake e āwhina ana i ngā tākuta me ngā nēhi, hei tāpiri atu ki ā rātou mahi hauora. Kāore rātou e haere ki te kura hauora, engari he mātauranga motuhake tā rātou me te whakangungu noho i roto i tā rātou mara. Ka whiwhi rātou i te tohu Paerua i roto i te Orthotics me te Prosthetics.

He aha ngā mea e akohia ana e ngā tākuta niho whakahāwea me ngā tākuta niho whakahāwea?

Me mātau te tohunga niho, te tohunga prosthetist rānei ki ngā kaupapa pūtaiao maha. Ko ētahi o ēnei:

• Anatomy: Ko te ako i te hononga o ngā wāhanga katoa o te pūnaha uaua me te wheua tetahi ki tetahi.
• Koiora-mīhini: Ko te ako i te mahi a ngā kaha miihini i roto i tō tātou pūnaha uaua me te wheua.
• Kinesiology: Te pūtaiao o te nekehanga me ōna pānga ki ō tātou tinana.
• Pathology: Ko te ako i te ara ake me te whanaketanga o ngā āhuatanga e rongoatia ana e rātou.
• Hangarau: Te toi o te hanga taputapu ka taea te whakamahi i te mana i ngā huarahi matatini.
• Te hoahoa me te hanga: Ko te tukanga hanga i ēnei taputapu, ahakoa mā te whakamahi i ngā taputapu ā-ringa, i ngā rorohiko rānei.

He aha ngā pūkenga e tika ana kia whiwhi te tohunga niho whakahāwea me te tohunga prosthetist?

Hei tohunga niho pai, hei tohunga prosthetist rānei, me whiwhi koe i ēnei pūkenga:

• Aromatawai haumanu: Me taea e rātou te aromatawai tika i ngā āhuatanga o te tinana o ia tangata e rongoatia ana e rātou, te take o tō rātou mamae, me ngā mahi ka taea te mahi hei whakatau i tēnā.
• Ngā pūkenga whakawhitiwhiti kōrero: Me tino pūkenga rātou ki ngā tohunga haumanu, ā, me kaha ki te kōrero pai ki te hunga e rongoatia ana e rātou, ki te mahi tahi me ō rātou kaitiaki, me te mahi tahi me ētahi atu kaiwhakarato hauora.
• Te pūkenga ā-ringa: Ka mahi ngā tākuta niho me ngā tākuta prosthetist ki ō rātou ringaringa. Ko te tikanga me whai pūkenga ā-ringa pai rātou ki te hanga i ngā taputapu tino tika e uru pai ana ki tō tinana. Me āhei hoki rātou ki te whakarerekē me te whakatika i aua taputapu.
• Ngā pūkenga whakaoti rapanga: He mahi uaua te kimi i te otinga orthotic, prosthetic rānei e tika ana māu. Mēnā he raruraru, ka whakatikatikaina e te orthotist, e te prosthetic rānei, ka ngana anō.

He tohunga haumanu ngā tākuta wheua me ngā tākuta prosthetist?

Āe, tino tika. Ka mahi tahi ngā tohunga niho me ngā tohunga prosthetist me te hunga e rongoatia ana e rātou i roto i te wāhi haumanu. Ka arotakehia e rātou tō āhua, ka kōrerohia ō hiahia me ō whāinga, ka inehia, ka hangaia pea he tauira o tō tinana i te wā e hoahoa ana i tō orthosis, i tō prosthesis rānei. Ka tirotirohia e rātou te hanga me te whakaurunga o tō taputapu, ā, ka akohia koe ki te whakamahi. Ka arotakehia hoki e rātou te mahi a taua taputapu.

Ahakoa he wā poto noa iho te hiahia o ētahi tāngata ki te āwhina a te tohunga niho, he tokomaha ngā tāngata whai mate pūmau ka hiahia pea ki te tiaki i ngā niho mō te toenga o ō rātou oranga. Waihoki, ko te hunga e noho ana me te taputapu hanga niho, ka hiahia pea ki te tiaki a te tohunga hanga niho mō te toenga o ō rātou oranga. Mā tēnei ka taea e ngā tohunga hanga niho me ngā tohunga hanga niho te hanga whanaungatanga roa ki te hunga e rongoatia ana e rātou. Ka taea e rātou te mōhio ki ō raruraru tinana me ō hiahia i runga i te taumata whaiaro.

He tohunga hauora ngā tākuta wheua me ngā tākuta prosthetist e tohunga ana ki te hanga taputapu hei mau hei rongoā i ngā mate o te pūnaha musculoskeletal. Mā te mārama ki ngā tikanga o te tinana, ka taea e rātou te mahi tahi me tō tinana ki te waihanga i ngā otinga whaiaro hei āwhina i a ia kia pai ake te mahi māu. Ahakoa me mau he orthosis, he prosthesis rānei, ka taea e te hoahoa me te taunga pai te hanga i tētahi rerekētanga nui ki tō kounga o te oranga.

Ngā mea tino nui hei maumahara mā tātou

Āe, me titiro noa tātou ki ētahi o ngā mea tino nui hei maumahara māu mai i ngā mea kua kōrerohia e tātou:

• Ko te tohunga niho he tangata e hanga ana i ngā taputapu niho, pērā i ngā whītiki me ngā whitiki tautoko, hei tautoko, hei whakatau, hei whakahaere rānei i te nekehanga o tētahi wāhanga o tō tinana.
• Ko te tohunga hanga wheua he tangata e hanga ana i ngā wāhanga horihori (ngā mea hanga wheua) hei whakakapi i tētahi wāhanga tinana ngaro, pērā i te ringa, i te waewae rānei.
• Ehara ēnei tokorua i te tākuta, engari he tino tohunga hauora tautoko rāua i roto i te rāngai hauora. He mātauranga motuhake tā rāua i tēnei mara.
• Mena he whati wheua tōu, he raruraru tuara, he mamae rumatiki, he whānautanga mai o te whānautanga, he ngaro rānei tetahi o ngā waewae, he mea tino nui ki a koe te āwhina a ēnei tāngata.
• Ka taea e te orthotic, te prosthesis rānei kua tika te whakanoho, kua hangaia pai, te kawe mai i te whakamarie me te whai huatanga nui ki tō oranga. Nō reira, ki te hiahiatia, kaua e wehi ki te toro atu ki tētahi tohunga pēnei. Kei reira rātou hei āwhina i a koe.

` Taonga Niho, Tākuta Whakapūmau Niho, Waewae Horihori, Taputapu Āwhina, Pūnaha Angaiwi, Ngā Tohunga Hauora Āwhina, Whakaora Tinana