Now you can recover from an accident, injury, or medical procedure faster and with less stress. That’s because Schuyler Hospital offers the type of rehabilitation you might require within a short drive from home. The staff and the atmosphere will make you feel like you’re among friends and neighbors.
The level of skill at the Rehabilitation Center is second to none. You can put your confidence in our fully trained and licensed rehabilitation professionals. Each is a specialist, with proven competencies in his or her field. In addition to state licensure-each therapist completes yearly continuing education to further their knowledge. Some speciality areas include orthopedics, lymphedema, osteoporosis, vestibular, ergonomics, wound care and McKenzie spinal rehabilitation.
What sets the Rehabilitation Center apart, beyond the expertise and quality of our services, is how we deliver them. It’s very much a one-on-one relationship. We strive to understand your challenges and work with you to set and reach common goals. Your therapist will create a program custom-tailored to your needs to help you recover as quickly as possible. Our department believes in caring for the “whole patient”, too. We work closely with doctors and other healthcare professionals as an interdisciplinary team that provides an unsurpassed continuity of care.
Occupational Therapy Occupational therapy is the evaluation and treatment of fine motor disorders. The goal is to bring the patient back to a level of ability that will allow performance of everyday tasks to the fullest extent possible.
Related services include:
• Hand therapy-pre and post surgical care
• Splinting, graded exercise, pain management, and/or
retraining for dexterity to return function to individuals
with hand injuries
• Neurologic rehabilitation following a neurologic event
(stroke, head injury, disease process, etc.)
• Home evaluations for assessment of activities of daily
living and safety
• Therapy for improvement of fine motor skills and
visual-perceptual skills
Physical Therapy
Physical therapy is the evaluation and treatment of gross motor impairments. These can arise from traumatic soft tissue injury, sprain, strain, stroke, acute and chronic pain, open wounds, neurological disease, and fractures. Sports medicine rehabilitation includes scar management, isokinetic exercise, plyometrics, conditioning, and counseling/ education for return to sport. We also teach patients how to decrease their risk of injury.
Related services include:
• Sports injury management and prevention
• Orthopedics
• Lympedema evaluation and treatment
• Pre and Post surgical care
• Osteoporosis program
• Total joint rehabilitation
• Spinal cord injury treatment
• Neuro Rehabilitation (MS, ALS, and stroke), TBI, etc.
• Ergonomics and assistance with return to work
• Pelvic floor strengthening (urinary incontinence)
• Pediatric evaluation and treatment (scoliosis, torticolis,
congenital disorders etc.)
• Wound Care
• Evaluation and Treatment of balance and gait disorders
Speech Therapy
Speech therapy is the evaluation and treatment of defects of swallowing, speech, and spoken and written communications, typically due to a brain lesion. We treat language disorders as well as attention, memory, and problem solving difficulties. In some cases, we train patients to use non-verbal communication devices.
Click here to download Schuyler Hospital's Rehabilitation Services brochure.
To schedule a tour, or for more information, contact Schuyler Hospital's Rehabilitation Services at (607) 535-8616 or info@schuylerhospital.org
