Rehabilitation Services
You can lose strength and stamina when you spend extended time in a hospital setting. Rehabilitation can help you regain function and return home as quickly as your recovery allows.
Our therapists are trained in the latest techniques and develop a customized, comprehensive plan specifically with your abilities in mind. Our hospitals offer well-equipped rehabilitation gyms and activity rooms, or you may receive rehabilitation services bedside.
Your team may include a physical, occupational and/or speech therapist. Some of the services we provide are:
Physical Therapy
- Endurance training
- Gait training
- Strengthening program
- Range of motion exercises
- Upright posture orientation
Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy specializes on restoring a patient’s ability to perform ADL (activities of daily living) via therapeutic activities that include:
- Exercises to increase upper extremity range of motion, strength, and conditioning
- Mobility training for ADL
- Energy conservation techniques
- Assessing and instructing on adaptive equipment to increase functional independence with ADL
- Neuromuscular re-education
- Cognitive therapy for ADL
Specific tasks that Occupational Therapy focuses on during sessions include:
- Lower and upper body dressing
- Personal hygiene including combing hair, brushing teeth, face washing
- Bathing and toileting
- Self feeding
- Training for commode and tub transfers
- Adaptive equipment training to maximize independence with ADL
Speech Therapy
- Cognition enhancement
- Communication
- Swallow assessment/training
- Video swallows
- Passy-Muir valve training
- Adaptive equipment
- Group and individual therapy sessions