Children are restless, they cannot sit still for a minute: they run, jump, play pranks. Unfortunately, their hyperactivity very often leads to injury. In most cases, these are wounds, cuts, etc., a little less often - fractures. But there are also cases when the musculoskeletal system is affected in children. As a result, they can develop diseases that damage muscles and joints, bones and nerve endings.
Sanatorium treatment in our country
Restoring the functions of the musculoskeletal system is a long process. In some cases, drugs at a certain stage of the disease become ineffective. And doctors prescribe complex therapy, which also involves sanatorium treatment.
There are several similar large institutions in our country. Children come to such centers for a long time to complete the entire rehabilitation course. Moreover, in order tothe children could continue their education and keep up with their peers, there are schools at children's sanatoriums. Patients in such rehabilitation institutions are provided with everything necessary, including the care of qualified medical personnel.
According to many, one of the best is the sanatorium "Spark" in Strelna. Most of the reviews about staying in this institution, both parents and children, leave the most positive.
Where is the sanatorium "Spark"
Strelna is the village where this center of orthopedics and traumatology for children is located. The settlement itself is located near St. Petersburg. It has been known since the time of Peter the Great, who planned to build his country residence here. The settlement of Strelna was supposed to become a "Russian Versailles". This small town with a population of just over thirteen thousand people is a place where tourists come to admire nature and historical monuments. And it is here that the Ogonyok orthopedic sanatorium was built. Strelna is only twenty-four kilometers from St. Petersburg. Not only residents of the northern capital come here for treatment, but also patients from many other regions of the country.
General information
Currently, the Ogonyok sanatorium (Strelna) is positioned as a rehabilitation center in the field of pediatric orthopedics and traumatology. It has its own laboratory and clinical departments. There is also a hall for physical therapy, a physiotherapy wing, as well as departments of biomechanics,functional and radiation diagnostics. Those children who come to this orthopedic sanatorium in the middle of the school year continue their education at a local school. Small patients are also offered therapeutic nutrition, a dental office and a psychologist are provided for them.
Admission rules
You can get inpatient treatment at the Ogonyok sanatorium (Strelna) at the expense of the city budget only within the framework of a special program that operates in St. Petersburg in order to provide free medical care only to children - residents of St. Petersburg. They are sent here by traumatologists-orthopedists from district polyclinics, based on the limit of allocated places. Many hospitals also issue vouchers to the Ogonyok sanatorium. Strelna, where this rehabilitation center is located, is located a thirty-minute drive from the Northern capital, which is very convenient for those children who find it difficult to endure a long road in a car.
The direction for treatment is a sanatorium card. It must be certified by the seal of the institution that issued it. Reception of documents and direct examination of small patients referred to a sanatorium, the medical commission conducts on the days of which it notifies the district clinics in advance.
At the time of check-in, a child must have: a sanatorium card or form No. 076 / y-14), an extract from an outpatient book on the development of the child, an x-ray and other results of examinations confirming the diagnosis.
Residence conditions
In the ranking of similar institutions in St. Petersburg, the first place is occupied by the orthopedic sanatorium "Ogonyok". Strelna, on the territory of which it was built, is located on the picturesque coast of the Gulf of Finland. On the territory of the institution, in addition to the medical building, there is also a berth for boats and yachts, as well as an indoor pool.
The territory of the sanatorium is small, but quite cozy. It is three and a half hectares. The territory is fully equipped and landscaped. The recovery center was built in 1958. It is financed from the budget. All related issues are decided by the city He alth Committee. Children from four to seventeen years old are accepted here. In the recovery center, they can stay from thirty to sixty days. You can live in the resort all year round. The building has centralized heating, its own boiler room.
Housing stock
In the children's rehabilitation center, children are accommodated in a three-story building. Four to eight people live in each ward. There are two teachers in the group. The amenities in the room are as follows: each child is provided with a personal bed, bedside table, one closet for two people. All rooms are equipped with a comfortable bathroom with a shower.
Upholstered furniture is installed in the halls. Here, children can watch TV, which is available on each floor.
In total, the Rehabilitation Center for Traumatology and Orthopedics "Spark" has five clinical departments, in which they canrestore their he alth to small patients with various diseases or consequences of injuries. Children are placed in departments according to their age, and not according to their orthopedic pathologies.
There are forty-three beds in the first clinical department. Children aged four to eight live here. The second clinical department accepts fifty-two patients from nine to eleven years old. The third can accommodate fifty-seven children. Their age category is from twelve to thirteen years. The same number of patients, but one year older, are taking the fourth block. The most adults live in the fifth clinical department. The patients here are between sixteen and seventeen years old.
Departments of the sanatorium meet the sanitary standards for children's clinical institutions of orthopedic profile. Their device and equipment makes it possible to receive specialized medical care as comfortably as possible for those patients who have limited motor abilities.
Each department also has a nurse's station, a treatment room, an intern's room, a staff room, as well as a separate buffet for patients and a bathroom.
There are three hundred and fifty places in the sanatorium. The he alth resort is ready to accept children diagnosed with an acute injury of the musculoskeletal system at any time.
Food
In the rehabilitation center "Spark" many children live without parents. According to the requirements of Rospotrebnadzor, meals in sanatoriums of this type should be five times a day. Children receivefull breakfast and lunch, afternoon tea, dinner and even a late dinner. The menu is compiled fourteen days in advance, and depending on the season (there are winter and summer options).
The dining room of the sanatorium has been overhauled. For patients with limited motor mode, food is provided in the clinical departments. The catering unit of the Ogonyok recovery center is equipped with all the necessary technological equipment for the normal distribution of food. The menu is provided for three age categories of children: from four to six, from seven to ten and from eleven to seventeen years. The main diet used is the standard table number 15. The dining room also provides the possibility of compiling food options: for example, hypoallergenic with the complete exclusion of various food allergens or gluten-free for celiac disease. Low-calorie meals are prepared for overweight children.
Fresh vegetables and a variety of fruits are daily included in the diet of young patients. The process is organized by a qualified nurse-nutritionist. Practical assistance in organizing and monitoring the quality of medical nutrition lies with the Council on Nutrition, which is constantly operating in the sanatorium.
Rest
The rehabilitation center in its infrastructure has not only residential and medical buildings, but also a sports and gym, outdoor entertainment areas, a library. There is a great children's play area. During the day, children can not only play, but simply walk around the nearby park under the supervision of educators.
School
Sanatorium "Ogonyok" is an institution where children can restore their he alth without interrupting the learning process. There is a school in the rehabilitation center. Children in it can study from the first to the eleventh grade according to the State Educational Standard. The sanatorium has fifteen classes with an average occupancy of fourteen to nineteen people. From the second grade, children begin to learn such foreign languages as English or German. In total, twenty-two teachers teach at the school, of which fourteen have been awarded the highest qualification category. The educational activities of children also include extra-curricular work, which involves subject decades, as well as ethical education. The children's playroom, which operates at the first and second clinical departments, is also equipped with computers, which makes it possible for kids to master the material covered with the help of special programs.
Rehabilitation center - treatment
Modern methods used in the sanatorium "Ogonyok" enable specialists to effectively influence the course of diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Through physiotherapy exercises, they manage to significantly reduce the recovery time for injured bone tissues. It is physical factors that are widely used here, which, in combination with pathogenetic treatment, give amazing results.
The Traumatology Rehabilitation Center has eight physiotherapy rooms. They are equipped with the most modern medical equipment, allowing doctors to provide effective assistance not onlyon the main musculoskeletal disease of the child, but also on the concomitant pathology of other organs or systems. Natural and preformed methods are used in the sanatorium. The methods of physiotherapeutic treatment used here, such as galvanization or electrophoresis, amplipulse, photochromo-, laser-, photodynamic, ozokerite-DVM-, EHF- and UHF-therapy, ultraviolet irradiation, give an amazing effect. Many young patients are also prescribed mud therapy, pneumo- and hydromassage, as well as mineral or medicinal baths.
Reflexology
This effective method in traditional medicine is to influence the acupuncture points of many functional systems in the child's body, internal organs, brain and spinal cord or endocrine glands. The Rehabilitation Center uses such variants of reflexology as acupuncture, magneto-, light puncture, as well as Tszyu-, Su-jok- and auriculotherapy.
Reviews
All parents upon discharge express their deep gratitude not only to the attending physicians, but also to the staff. After all, we are talking about children who find it difficult to get used to new conditions. Judging by the reviews, the sanatorium team perfectly solves this problem. Children here receive not only treatment, but also care and affection. When it comes to nutrition, his parents give him the highest score.
