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Inpatient Physical Therapy ServicesOur Inpatient Physical Therapy Services include:
· Functional Mobility Retraining: Our skilled physical therapists teach you proper and safe functional mobility with an emphasis on minimizing the risks of falls and re-injury. Walking on all surfaces and climbing stairs, rising to stand off all surfaces and other everyday activities are taught in inpatient and outpatient settings.
· Neurological Rehabilitation: Our experienced clinicians evaluate and develop a treatment plan to meet your individual needs and goals. Our specially trained physical therapists treat an array of disabilities and impairments, including stroke, Parkinson’s, head and spinal cord injury, spinal surgeries, multiple sclerosis and Guillan-Barre.
· Orthopedic Rehabilitation: Experienced physical therapists evaluate and treat all types of orthopedic conditions and surgeries. They focus on intense training of proper mobility and exercises to restore normal range of motion, strength and mobility following an orthopedic surgery or other condition. Our physical therapists play a key role in Good Samaritan’s Arthritis and Joint Replacement Center, a center of excellence for total joint replacement.
· Wound Care: Good Samaritan’s Physical Therapy Department offers the most effective, state-of-the-art, wound care treatments available. Our physical therapists are trained experts in creating clean, optimal wound healing environments while identifying and eliminating complicating factors that delay wound healing.
· Phase I Cardiac Program: Good Samaritan’s physical therapists help ensure a successful recovery following open-heart surgery by training you in the crucial postoperative exercises. In Phase I, you will be well prepared for transition to Phases II and III, designed to help you achieve a full recovery and develop an active lifestyle.
· Amputee Program: Our physical therapists are experts in prosthetic retraining for amputees. They work closely with your doctor and prosthetist to ensure a proper fitting and functioning prosthesis for normal standing and walking. They will retrain you for an optimal gait pattern for all conditions and surfaces. this is from the good Samaritan hospital website.
What is Physical Therapy?
The profession of Physical Therapy is devoted to working with patients to rehabilitate and prevent movement dysfunction or disability caused by illness, injury or other causes. In addition, licensed therapists work with patients to relieve pain, promote healing, and restore functional abilities, to enable them to adjust to any temporary or permanent physical changes.
Who is qualified to provide physical therapy?
Physical therapists are the only professionals who provide physical therapy evaluations and interventions.
Physical therapist assistants provide physical therapy intervention under the direction and supervision of a physical therapist. Pennsylvania requires physical therapist assistants to be registered by the state.
Who Benefits from physical therapy?Physical therapy can benefit people of all ages.Our services are tailored for those who are experiencing difficulty due to:
Amputations
Arthritis
Cancer
Fractures
Joint replacements or surgery
Muscle or joint sprains or strains
Neurological conditions
Parkinson's disease
Multiple Sclerosis
Stroke or head injury
Sports Injuries
Work related injuries
Wounds or burns
What does Physical Therapy involve?
Assessment: Your care begins with an in-depth assessment of your condition. Your licensed physical therapist then develops a customized treatment program that is directed toward making meaningful, practical and sustained changes in your ability to function. Goals for therapy are developed with you and are focused toward maximizing functional independence, preventing further movement/function problems and maintaining health.
Treatment Program: To assist you in achieving your individual goals, we offer a wide variety of skilled physical therapy interventions including:
Therapeutic exercise: including a full compliment of exercise equipment.Functional training (mobility skills required for independence in every day living)Education (understanding your condition, treatment and how to care for yourself)Prescription and application of devices and equipment to aid or support functional mobility.Other interventions may be used to improve motion, promote healing and reduce pain:
Manual therapy
Electrotherapy
Ultrasound
Heat and cold modalities
Hydrotherapy
Traction
The therapists work with each patient to incorporate patient goals into the treatment plan. Treatment may include:
• Training on getting in and out of bed• Gait training• Range of motion and strengthening exercises• Balance training• Patient and family education• Discharge planning
The goal of inpatient therapy
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation