At St. Bernardine Medical Center, our goal is to assess your unique condition so we can then discover whether or not you need surgery. Sometimes surgery isn't the only option to return you to activity. Physical therapy and occupational therapy provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment for a wide variety of patients with orthopedic, neurological, muscular/skeletal impairments, cardiopulmonary and complex medical conditions.

Physical therapy

Physical therapy focuses on restoring your physical strength, range of motion, coordination/balance and endurance to achieve the highest functional outcome and level of independence.

Services include:

• Body mechanics
• Gait training
• Industrial rehabilitation
• Modalities for pain
• Patient and family education and counseling
• Postural training
• Prosthetic training
• Therapeutic exercises
• Transfer training
• Wound care

Occupational therapy has a dual focus on functional independence with personal care and restoration of upper extremity function. Upper extremity rehabilitation includes the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand.

Treatment plans may include:

• Activities of daily living
• Adaptive equipment
• Coordination activities
• Edema management
• Joint protection
• Patient/family education
• Sensory stimulation or desensitization
• Splinting
• Therapeutic Exercise

Feeling good means that you can move well. Our staff helps your body to move as it should, naturally and with noticeably reduced pain. This is a complete program tailored to your individual needs. We understand that if your bones and joints feel healthy, you can really move, and freedom of movement is something everyone should be able to experience.

For more information on Orthopedic Services at St. Bernardine Medical Center, we invite you to contact us.  Click here to find an affiliated orthopedic physician, or call toll-free 1-800-566-SBMC (7262).