Physical therapy and rehabilitation

We offer amputation rehabilitation if you have received an amputation procedure. During this rehabilitation program, we teach you about prosthetic options and how each option will impact their activity. Our goal is to provide physical and educational support to all to help them adapt and make decisions for their futures.

If you need advanced, continued cancer care, we provide high-quality cancer rehabilitation services. These help you regain, maintain and enhance your lifestyle during and following cancer therapy.

Some of the services in these programs include:

• Acupuncture
• Exercise, with a physical therapy evaluation and individualized treatment sessions
• Cognitive assessment
• Healing arts therapy, such as journaling, creative writing, coloring and bead making
• Lymphedema therapy
• Mental health support
• Nutritional counseling
• Prescriptive exercise
• Stress management

We offer access to certified hand and occupational therapists that provide advanced treatment for burn injuries. Hand therapy treatments specific to burn care may include:

• Edema management
• Fabrication of custom orthotics
• Manual therapy
• Measuring custom compression garments
• Therapeutic exercises
• Wound care

Lymphedema is chronic swelling in the arm, leg, chest or back due to the accumulation of protein-rich fluid. Our lymphedema program offers services if you are at high risk of developing, or are currently experiencing, lymphedema.

Our services include:

• Bandaging and appropriate garment selection
• Exercise and self-care instruction
• Manual lymph drainage techniques
• Manual therapy techniques for scar tissue
• Patient education

After a neurological event, such as neurosurgery or a stroke (cerebrovascular accident), neurological rehabilitation is often necessary. It can help you relearn lost physical and cognitive skills.

Our neurological rehabilitation specialists develop a comprehensive treatment plan to help you overcome:

• Difficulty walking, speaking or moving
• Impairments in thinking, memory or problem solving
• Impairments with vision or hand-eye coordination

Occupational therapy helps you if you have conditions or injuries that limit your ability to do everyday tasks. Our licensed occupational therapist teams provide treatments incorporating functional activities, therapeutic exercise and play experiences.

These services include:

• Cognitive rehabilitation as it relates to self-care
• Energy conservation and work simplification
• Enhancing fine motor skills
• Fine motor skills
• Instruction in the use of adaptive equipment
• Neonatal and developmental therapy
• Neuromuscular reeducation
• Patient and caregiver education
• Practicing activities of daily living
• Safety and home modification
• Upper extremity rehabilitation
• Visual-perception exercises

Our orthopedic rehabilitation program assists you with returning to your previous level of functioning after an orthopedic procedure, such as spine surgery. Orthopedic rehabilitation usually involves physical therapy and strength training programs.

Some of the issues for which we provide orthopedic rehabilitation include:

• Foot and ankle injuries or conditions
• Hand and upper extremity injuries or conditions
• Hip replacement
• Joint injuries or conditions
• Knee replacement
• Painful conditions (chronic or acute)
• Shoulder replacement
• Spine injuries or conditions

Physical therapists help diagnose, manage and treat disorders and injuries of the musculoskeletal system, bones and joints. During treatment, physical therapists will medically supervise exercise that helps you restore and maintain maximum movement and function. Physical therapy may include cardiovascular exercise, strength training, endurance exercises and manual therapy techniques.

This type of rehabilitation supports pulmonary care by improving lung and respiratory function for people with chronic respiratory diseases and disorders. Pulmonary rehab usually involves a combination of education, exercise and personalized support.

Our speech-language pathologists help you with communication and swallowing problems. These abilities may have been previously lost due to medical conditions, such as stroke. Speech therapists help you relearn these abilities, focusing on fluency, articulation and voice quality.

Our sports medicine team focuses on diagnosing and treating sports-related orthopedic conditions and other injuries. We use a variety of techniques and treatments to help you recover as quickly as possible.

Our sports medicine specialists are experienced in treating a wide range of sports-related injuries. Some of the most common include:

• Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear
• Dislocated knee
• Dislocated shoulder
• Hip pain and injuries
• Medial collateral ligament (MCL) tear
• Repetitive motion injuries
• Rotator cuff injury
• Runner's knee
• Sprains and strains
• Tennis elbow