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Rehabilitation Therapy (occupational, physical and speech)
Rehabilitation Therapy (occupational, physical and speech)Our Rehabilitation Therapy Department is committed to helping individuals achieve an optimal level of physical and vocational health. Our therapists assess and treat physical limitations, disabilities and declines in health status resulting from injury or disease. We provide rehabilitation therapy to patients while in the hospital and we have an outpatient treatment area with strengthening and endurance training equipment.

Our therapeutic treatments include:

  • Therapeutic exercise instruction
  • Joint mobilization
  • Functional mobility training
  • Ultrasound
  • Electrical stimulation
  • Hydrotherapy

Additional services include:

  • Wheelchair evaluations
  • Assistive technology consultations
  • Ergonomic education
  • Workstation evaluations
  • Recommendations for disability accommodations.

Rehabilitation therapy services require a referral from a physician, nurse practitioner, physician's assistant, podiatrist, or chiropractor.