Outpatient Rehabilitation Services

PHYSICAL THERAPY

Our specially-trained physical therapists can assist in your rehabilitation from:

•     Joint pain—back, neck, knees, hips, shoulders, foot/ankle
•     Post-operative recovery, including total joint replacement, spine surgery,
      rotator cuff surgery
•     Musculoskeletal dysfunction
•     Orthopedic injuries
•     Neurological rehabilitation
•     Stroke rehabilitation
•     Vestibular dysfunction
•     Difficulty with balance/falls
•     Urinary incontinence
•     Work or auto injuries

Services include:

•     Gait training
•     Balance training
•     Vestibular rehabilitation
•     Ultrasound
•     Electric stimlation
•     Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization
•     Manual Therapy
•     Massage
•     Joint mobilization
•     Iontophoresis (medication administered via electric current)
•     Exercise
•     Traction
   

Physical Therapy Hours (by appointment)
Monday – Thursday: 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. (last appointment)
Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. (last appointment)
Saturday: 8 a.m. to 12 Noon

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY/HAND THERAPY

Our Occupational Therapists, including a Certified Hand Therapist and a
Certified Lymphedema Therapist, can assist in your rehabilitation from:

•     Post-surgical recovery from elbow, wrist, and
      hand procedures
•     Custom-fabrication of orthosis/splint for elbow,
      wrist, hand, fingers, or thumb
•     Orthopedic injuries / dysfunction, including elbow,wrist, and hand
•     Neurological rehabilitation
•     Stroke rehabilitation
•     Difficulty with fine motor skills
•     Work or auto injuries
•     Lymphedema

Services Include:

•     Achieving independence in performing activities of daily living such as eating,
      dressing, bathing and toileting
•     Upper extremity and hand rehabilitation
•     Education and training on adaptive equipment
•     Cognitive and perceptual training
•     Custom and prefabricated splints
•     Saebo splint training
•     Ergonomic evaluations and education
•     Community education for pulmonary, cardiac and arthritis groups
•     Pre-drivers perceptual and cognitive testing
•     Manual Lymph Drainage Massage
•     Custom Garment Measurements for Lymphedema
•     Lymphedema Treatment Wrapping and Education
•     Post-Offer Employment Physical Assessments

Occupational Therapy Hours (by appointment)
Monday – Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (hours may vary by patient volume)
Walk-In custom fabricated splints Monday, Wednesday, Friday (no appointment necessary)

SPEECH THERAPY

Our specially/trained speech and language pathologists can assist in your rehabilitation for:

•     Dysphagia – difficulty with swallowing
•     Risk for choking due to difficulty eating/drinking
•     Stroke rehabilitation
•     Difficulty with speech, including finding words for speech and/or verbalizing
•     Post-operative neck and throat surgery
•     Head and Neck Cancer Speech/Swallowing Treatments
•     Vital Stim Therapy for difficulty swallowing

Services Include:

•     Evaluations for level of function
•     Improvement of oral motor control
•     Improvement of speech quality and production
•     Improvement of cognition
•     Improvement in swallowing ability
•     Improvement of communication effectiveness and voice production
•     Modified Barium Swallow evaluations

Speech Therapy Hours (by appointment)
Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

WOMEN’S HEALTH PHYSICAL THERAPY

Our specially-trained women’s health physical therapist can assist in your rehabilitation from:

•     Stress Incontinence – this may be leakage with coughing and sneezing.
•     Urge Incontinence – complaints of involuntary loss of urine accompanied by
      a strong desire to void. Frequent trips to the bathroom are
      common.
•     Mixed – combination of Stress and Urge Incontinence.
•     Pelvic Pain – this may include many different types of pain in the pelvic region
      that prevent you from living a normal life.

LYMPHEDEMA TREATMENT

Individuals suffering with primary or secondary lymphedema may benefit from the following treatment components:

•     Manual lymph drainage
•     Compression bandaging
•     Proper skin care
•     Remedil exercises
•     Compression garments (sleeves and stockings)
•     Self-care education

TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR REHABILITATION SERVICES OR FOR MORE INFORMATION

Most insurances accepted.

Please obtain a prescription from your doctor.

Find an Orthopedic Physician

St. Clair Hospital offers a wealth of highly qualified physicians in Orthopedics, including doctors specializing in Neurology, Neurosurgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Podiatry.