Physical Therapy helps people who experience difficulty with mobility due to pain, arthritis, stroke, heart disease, diabetes, Parkinson's, MS and other diagnoses.

• teach you ways to improve your joint mobility, muscle strength, physical endurance and balance

 

• help you improve you independence getting in and out of bed, chair, wheelchair, etc.

 

• teach you skills to improve your safety and independence with walking and teach you how to use a walker, cane or other assistive device if necessary

 

• help you improve your wheelchair mobility

 

• assess your home environment for safety

 

• apply physical modalities for pain, muscle spasms, and improved circulation

 

• (ultrasound, electro stimulation, TENS)

 

 

Occupational Therapy

 

Occupational Therapy helps people who experience difficulty with daily activities such as dressing, bathing, cooking, etc. Due to arthritis, stroke, heart disease, Parkinson's and other common diagnoses.

 

Occupational Therapy can:

 

Increase joint mobility, muscle strength and physical endurance

 

increase independence in activities of daily living and related self care skills (bathing, dressing, meal preparation, etc.)

 

assess your environment for modifications and adaptive equipment to increase ease and safety of daily activities

 

provide education for work simplification, energy conservation and joint protection

 

physical modalities for pain and functional mobility

 

 

Speech Language Pathology

 

Speech Language Pathology helps persons who experience difficulty speaking, thinking, remembering, listening, reading, writing and swallowing due to a stroke or neurological disease like Parkinson's, MS or ALS or due to developmental disorders.

 

 

Speech Language Pathology can:

 

• help anyone of any age, infancy through adulthood

 

teach ways to compensate for any disorder

 

teach lip reading for those hard of hearing

 

improve clarity of speech for non-native English speakers

 

teach your child sign language as a way to improve communication

 

improve swallow safety