Neurologic Rehabilitation

What is neurological rehabilitation or neuro-rehabilitation?

In simple terms, it’s a process to help you or your loved one recover from brain, spinal cord or nerve injury or disease. The goal is to treat your symptoms and improve your function and well-being.

Treating individuals with a neurologic injury or neurologic disease takes compassionate, comprehensive care. Our experienced and trusted teams specialize in physical, occupational and speech-language therapy services. Each therapy helps you to recover faster. Some of the most-treated conditions are spinal cord injury, brain injury and stroke. We also treat conditions like ALS and Parkinson’s disease.

The focus of Dignity Health Physical Therapy’s neuro-rehabilitation services is three-fold:

  1. Help you improve or maintain function for daily, independent living.
  2. Improve your balance and mobility for better movement and increased activity.
  3. Foster your health and quality of life.

Expert services for the complex needs of individuals with:

  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Guillain-Barré syndrome
  • Multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Spinal cord injury
  • Stroke
  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Other neurologic conditions

Therapy plans for individual recovery designed to achieve goals of the family

Physical therapy: To increase strength, motor control and stability while walking and standing. Therapy may include:

  • Balance exercises
  • Body-weight-support training on- and off-treadmills
  • Locomotor training
  • Fall prevention training
  • Electrical stimulation to improve weak or paralyzed muscles
  • Caregiver training
  • Return to work preparation

Occupational therapy: To address limitations in daily activities like bathing or dressing. Therapy may include:

  • Hand and arm strengthening
  • Wheelchair training
  • Training to adjust for vision loss
  • Activities to improve thinking, memory and problem-solving
  • Electrical stimulation to improve weak or paralyzed muscles
  • Driver evaluation, including pre-driving screen and assessment
  • Caregiver training

Speech-language therapy: To improve speaking and understanding, language skills, memory, eating and swallowing difficulties. Specialties include:

  • Aphasia – Loss in ability to express and understand words
  • Dysarthria – Weak or paralyzed muscles that make speech difficult
  • Cognitive communication disorder – Inability to communicate or understand due to illness or injury
  • Cognitive impairment – Loss of knowledge and understanding that impacts verbal and nonverbal communication
  • Apraxia – Loss of movement and coordination in various muscles
  • Dysphagia – Damage or paralysis of throat muscles preventing chewing and swallowing

Advanced neuro-rehabilitation specialty services:

Our therapy programs, designed by our rehabilitation experts, provide individualized treatment. Our specialists have advanced training to provide you with the best care.

The process of neurological rehabilitation takes commitment. Our team works with you and your family every step of the way.

We welcome support of family and friends as part of active rehabilitation. And, we’re here to answer questions and discuss progress at any time.

 

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