The Role of Physiotherapy in Direct Assistance to Victims of Torture: A Holistic Approach to Healing and Wellbeing

Tourangbam Dhanabir Singh, L. D. Roy, P. Thoibi, Naorem Kumari, Takhelmayum Sunitibala Devi, Nongmeikapam Surjit
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Physiotherapy is considered a healthcare profession concerned with human function and movement, and maximising potential. It normally uses physical approaches to promote, maintain, and restore physical, psychological, and social well-being, taking account of the variations in health status. The human function is more than just a physical and movement issue. Physiotherapy plays a unique role in the rehabilitation of people who have been profoundly traumatised. Certain precautions are needed when handling survivors of torture, but sensitive physical techniques can relieve the legacies of severe pain, dysfunction, and stress. The physical medium is especially effective for people who are unable to speak of their experiences. (Hough, 1992) Trauma, especially those who have experienced torture and considerable life-threatening violence presents a very wide range of responses from an individual - responses that often include family members and close relationships. The Humane to Humane Transcultural Centre for Torture Victims in Manipur has been providing direct assistance to over 450 clients and their families in support with the UN Torture Fund since 2009.Working with people who have been tortured has similarities to working with intensive care patients. There is a need for acute sensitivity to the client's responses, an extra awareness of the importance of autonomy, and an understanding of issues of power and helplessness. A multidisciplinary approach was adopted that included medical, psychological, creative movement therapy, social and financial assistance. Physiotherapy constituted an important component of the services provided by the centre, providing a vital link in rebuilding the personality of survivors of torture because trust can be fostered in the context of physical contact. Close liaison between the physiotherapist and other therapists is needed in this area of work. A combined approach is essential in the work and the support team also indulges in caring for each other and the luxury of co-working. The intimacy of our relationship with survivors of torture is matched by the perverted intimacy of their previous relationship with the torturer, and extra care is needed in this context.This paper elaborates on the range of psychosocial, physical, and emotional responses to torture, the methodologies adopted, and the results obtained in our centre.
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物理治疗在直接援助酷刑受害者中的作用:治疗和福祉的整体方法
物理治疗被认为是一种与人体功能和运动有关的保健专业,并最大限度地发挥潜力。它通常使用物理方法来促进、维持和恢复身体、心理和社会福祉,同时考虑到健康状况的变化。人体机能不仅仅是身体和运动的问题。物理治疗在严重创伤患者的康复中起着独特的作用。在处理酷刑幸存者时需要采取一定的预防措施,但敏感的身体技巧可以减轻严重疼痛、功能障碍和压力的遗留问题。物理媒介对那些无法说出自己经历的人尤其有效。(Hough, 1992)创伤,尤其是那些经历过折磨和严重威胁生命的暴力的人,会表现出个体非常广泛的反应——通常包括家庭成员和亲密关系。曼尼普尔人道主义跨文化酷刑受害者中心自2009年以来一直在联合国酷刑基金的支持下向450多名客户及其家属提供直接援助。与遭受酷刑的人一起工作与与重症监护病人一起工作有相似之处。需要对客户的反应保持敏锐的敏感性,对自主的重要性有额外的认识,并理解权力和无助的问题。采取了多学科办法,包括医疗、心理、创造性运动疗法、社会和财政援助。物理治疗是该中心提供的服务的一个重要组成部分,是重建酷刑幸存者人格的一个重要环节,因为可以在身体接触的情况下培养信任。在这方面的工作需要物理治疗师和其他治疗师之间的密切联系。在工作中,结合的方法是必不可少的,支持团队也沉迷于相互关心和共同工作的奢侈。我们与酷刑幸存者的亲密关系与他们之前与施暴者的变态亲密关系相匹配,在这种情况下需要额外的照顾。本文详细阐述了对酷刑的心理、身体和情绪反应的范围、采用的方法以及我们中心获得的结果。
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