Physical & Occupational Therapy
After injury, illness or disability, our goal is to help patients regain
their mobility as efficiently as possible. That’s where Northland
Orthopedic Center’s Physical and Occupational Therapy programs step in,
providing highly trained specialists and personalized therapy. Our staff
of 29 therapists, including a certified hand therapist and eight
therapy assistants, have caseloads that allow them to provide one-on-one
patient care.
With state-of-the-art technology featuring Dartfish Motion
Analysis, therapists are able to analyze basic movement such as walking
or running patterns and also analyze complex sports movements such as a
golf swing. A technology that's proven beneficial for Olympic athletes,
Dartfish allows therapists to record an individual in action
and then break down the movements and replay for the person to see.
Comparing movements, perhaps the technique of an amateur pitcher with
that of a professional athlete, helps patients visualize and correct how
they are moving. The idea is to increase strength and reduce the risk
of re-injury.
Physical Therapy
When
helping patients reach their goals for increased independence and
mobility, individual attention is crucial. So is a warm, positive
environment. Our Physical Therapy Unit is a comfortable, 15,000 square
foot facility, fully equipped with modern exercise gyms, a mobility
area, private treatment rooms and warm and cool water pools. It’s the
perfect environment in which to offer a wide variety of physical therapy
treatment programs, including:
- Strengthening
- Mobility
- Balance
- Endurance and walking activities
- Pain management
- Instruction in use of equipment
- Wound care
- Agility training and training for return to sports
- Customized home exercise programs
These highly customized programs allow us to provide skilled treatment for a variety of orthopedic diagnoses, including:
- Amputee prosthetic training
- Arthritis
- Balance and vestibular impairments
- Chronic pain/myofascial syndromes
- Fracture & total joint rehab
- Hand & tendon injuries
- Orthopedic peripheral joint injuries
- Orthopedic spine injuries
- Radicular pain syndromes
- Repetitive strain injuries
- Spinal cord injuries
- Sports-related injuries
- Work-related injuries
Occupational Therapy
Our Occupational Therapy Department is a spacious, state-of-the-art
facility equipped with an exercise gym, a mobility area, a warm water
therapy pool and training kitchen and bathroom. Our therapists address
the specific needs of each person and customize treatment to their
goals.
Occupational Therapy programs include:
- Upper extremity muscle and sensory reeducation
- Endurance training
- Retraining in activities of daily living (bathing, dressing and other self-care)
- Instruction in use of equipment
- Methods for injury prevention
Our Certified Hand Therapists have specialized training to care for
patients who have suffered accident or trauma, leaving them with wounds,
burns, injured tendons or nerves, fractures or loss of a portion of the
hand or arm. Therapists are also trained to treat arthritis and
repetitive motion disorders such as tennis elbow or carpal tunnel
syndrome. Our focus is always on helping patients attain their highest
level of function, and if possible, returning to work.
Our specialized Lymphedema Therapists treat patients with increased
swelling in arms or legs due to lymph node damage or removal, and
patients who have had cancer treatment.
The Occupational Therapy Unit of the Northland Orthopedic Center provides skilled treatment of many of diagnoses, including:
- Arthritis
- Breast reconstruction
- Burns
- Fracture and total joint rehab
- Hand trauma
- Incontinence
- Lymphedema
- Neurological diseases and impairments
- Orthopedic upper extremity injuries
- Repetitive strain injuries
- Tendon, nerve and vascular repairs
- Visual field deficits
- Visual motor and perceptual impairments
- Work related injuries
