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Outpatient Rehab
The comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation programs meet the needs of patients requiring occupational, physical and speech therapies. The programs provide several service facilities that include nonresidential therapy, counseling, education and restorative services for injured and disable person.
The aim of the programs is to integrate the services to improve the functional level of every person. Also it gives more focus on patient's development of an optimum level of function and community integration.
The outpatient services are designed for the people who have, moderate to sever limitations and who are able to travel for receiving care. The most frequent aliments referred for the outpatient therapy are sports medicines, soft tissue, back, and work related injuries.
There are some other ailments that are commonly treated in an outpatient rehabilitation program such as:
- spinal dysfunction
- multiple trauma
- chronic pain
- cumulative trauma disorders
- joint replacement and disorders
- hand injuries
- peripheral nerve injuries
- neurological disorders
- amputation
- soft tissue disorders
The outpatient programs provide treatments for patients from any setting. Many patients receive individual physical therapy, occupational therapy or speech language therapies two to three times per week for eight to twelve weeks. The therapy session may vary from thirty minutes to one hour. Group therapy may also be the part of your rehab program.
Below is the listing of treatment programs provided by the outpatient rehabilitation:
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Foot and Ankle Rehabilitation
- Muscle Re-education, Conditioning and Strengthening
- Back Rehabilitation
- Custom Splinting
- Hand Rehabilitation
- Ergonomic Job Site Evaluation
- Voice Retraining
- Diagnostic Evaluations
- Dysphagia Studies
- Proper Body Mechanics
- Wound Care
- Neurologic Rehabilitation
- Sports Rehabilitation
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Balance Disorders
The amount of improvement in every person varies according to many factors such as person's age, overall health, severity of stroke, goals, motivation, etc. Therapy focuses in achieving functional skills such as homemaking, driving and other work activities rather than on moving specific part of the body or saying a certain word.
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