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Our rehabilitation specialists take an individualized approach to your care. Our patients have a high rate of improved function and a high rate of satisfaction with our services. We work to make sure you receive the most cost effective care possible.
Physical Therapy
Through individualized programs, Mercy therapists help restore function and maximize recovery following illness, disease or injury:
- Injury of the neck, shoulder, back, hip, knee, ankle or foot
- Joint replacement
- Strokes or other neurological conditions
- Amputations
- Arthritis
- Balance problems/vertigo
- Post surgical conditions
- Fibromyalgia
- Lymphedema
- Injury of the hand, wrist or elbow
- Injury of the muscle, tendon or ligament
- TMJ
Types of therapy available:
- Aquatic therapy
- Manual therapy
- Neurological Rehabilitation
- Orthopaedic Rehabiiltation
- Sports Medicine
- Women's Health-Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation
- Prenatal Health
- Ergonomics Assessments
- Work Rehabilitation and Conditioning
Occupational Therapy
Through occupational therapy, learn how to meet the challenges of daily living, conserve your energy for the tasks that are most important to you or modify your environment to meet your need for independence.
Some illnesses or injuries treated by occupational therapy include:
- Stroke or other neurological rehabilitation
- Brain or spinal cord injuries
- Orthopaedic conditions
- Lymphedema
- Low vision
- Arthritis
- Pulmonary disease
Types of Occupational Therapy available:
- Hand Therapy
- Egonomic Evaluation
- Functional Capacity Evaluation
- Orthopaedic Rehabilitation
- Neurological Rehabilitation
Speech Therapy
Speech pathologists can assist you with speech, language and oral function difficulties and cognitive problems.
- Brain injuries or stroke
- Post surgical procedures
- Voice disorders
Types of speech therapy available:
- Memory and cognitive skills deficits
- Swallowiong disorder treatments
- Voice Restoration
- Aphasia Rehabilitation
Our Rehabilitation Specialties include:
Vital Stim
Vital Stim therapy uses small electrodes to stimulate the muscles responsible for swallowing. At the same time as the stimulation, we conduct therapy to help "re-educate" swallowing muscles. To learn more about Vital Stim, visit
www.vitalstimtherapy.com.
LSVT (Lee Silverman Voice Treatment)
LSVT is a proven, effective speech treatment program that restores oral communication in invidividuals with Parkinson's Disease. Recently, LSVT has been successfully applied to individuals with multiple sclerosis, stroke, ataxic dysarthria, aging voice, and vocal fold paralysis. To learn more about LSVT, visit
www.lsvt.org.
DPNS (Deep Pharyngeal Neuromuscular Stimulation)
DPNS is a systematized therapeutic method for pharyngeal dysphagia which utilizes direct neuromuscular stimulation to the pharyngeal musculature to restore muscle strength, endurance, pharyngeal reflex responses and pharyngeal reflex coordination.
Workplace Rehabilitation Center
Our Workplace Rehabilitation Centers' mission is to maximize an individual's ability to return to work. An interdisciplinary team, consisting of physical therapists, psychological assistants and psychologists design goal-oriented tasks to address the work related to the needs of individuals which include physical and possibly psycho-social and vocational issues. Functional Capacity Evaluations, conditioning activities, vocational assessments and real or simulated work activities are structured to address the issues of productivity, safety, physical tolerances, and work behaviors. The Work Rehabilitation Center strives to provide services of the highest quality to persons unable to work due to conditions such as:
- neck injuries
- back injuries
- extremity injuries
- orthopedic conditions
- amputations, and other neuromuscular disorders.
