While you are a patient at Christian Health’s Bolger Short-Term Rehab, your individualized rehabilitation plan will likely include physical therapy services. Physical therapy is a medical specialty that focuses on improving and promoting mobility and function.
Physical therapy may include:
- Illness management and recovery
- Symptom identification
- Exercises to restore strength and balance
- Training to walk safely with or without canes or walkers
- Training to move safely from bed to chair and back again
- Use of heat, ultrasound, and electrical stimulation modalities to assist in pain control
- Training of aides and/or family members in safe techniques for assisting in care
- Evaluating the need to splint legs to minimize loss of motion
- Consulting with physicians and staff on other equipment needs of the individual
For More Information
For more information about physical therapy at Christian Health or admission toBolger Short-Term Rehab, call (201) 848-5855.