Rehabilitation and Therapy Services

Rehabilitation and therapy services focus on helping patients achieve their maximum potential with a temporary or long-term impairment that limits or alters a patient’s functional ability. Rehabilitation specialists assess the limitations and provide treatment based on an individual plan with specific goals. Therapists provide comfort measures, support patients as they adapt to a limitation, teach the use of assistive devices or exercise plans, and help the patient achieve as much independence as possible.

Rehabilitation specialists have expertise in specific areas:

Physical Therapist:
Physical therapists assess and treat people with problems resulting from injury or illness. They develop individual treatment plans that address disorders of nerves and muscles, limits in range of motion, poor balance, weakness, and difficulty walking or getting around. Therapists teach patients exercise plans that may reduce recovery time and help them reach their previous functional level.

Occupational Therapist:
Occupational therapists assess and treat patients who had an injury or illness leading to limitations in activities of daily living. Like a physical therapist, the occupational therapist designs treatment plans to help patients reach their highest level of function. The plan has activities that focus on improvement in dressing, bathing, feeding, grooming and hygiene.

Speech Therapist:
Speech therapists diagnose and treat language and speech disorders. They also help patients with swallowing disorders by teaching swallowing precautions to prevent aspiration and help improve swallowing. Speech therapists develop individualized treatment programs consisting of speech exercises and communication techniques.