President
(Taki) Takizawa, Shigeo
MA. (Founder / Inventor)
President, International Biophilia Rehabilitation Academy
Professor, Biophilia Institute, The Designated and Registered Institute
by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Paradigm shift on the rehabilitation medicine

We aim at the restructuring of rehabilitation (rehab) medicine. The beginning of "the revolution of hope" was declared at the workshop and international conference which were held in Romania and Poland in 2011. Romania and Poland, which hosted the conference, were the countries which realized and contributed to the revolution in the communist end.

The author declared it as the President of the International Biophilia Rehabilitation Academy that it was the start of realizing "the revolution of hope," namely "the society formulation of independent living for the advanced age disabled person achieving independence from care reliance by enforcement of the restructured rehab medicine."

The core concept of rehab medicine as "accept the disability" must be switched to "overcome the disability.” It is a paradigm shift on the rehabilitation. As for the rehab technique, it is a change to the Takizawa Method organized with the Motivative Exercise which is using devices and exercising extremities simultaneously regarding the self-sustaining rehab exercise from the Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation by the passive exercise.

We have concluded the study result to be effective, so that the beginning of "the revolution of hope" has been declared. The paradigm shift means the change-over of the standard of social common sense and the revolutionary transition of an era of change.

Especially in the field of science, the continued efforts by any outsider of the related domain and the scientific mechanism clarification would be required in order to cause the paradigm shift. In order for the "revolution of hope" realization which prevents the social disruption of the aging crisis, the author considers that two paradigm shifts are required. One is a paradigm shift of the rehab medicine, although the contents have been clarified with many papers and reports since 1998, such as the "establishment of the rehab medicine innovation which can overcome the disability.”

However, the policy of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare needs to be reflected in realization of this paradigm shift; one more step study needs to be inquired. If "overcome the disability" is attained, one can live by one self in independent living, even if one has disabilities. This means it would not be necessary to rely on care from another person.

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