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The
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine offers intensive
rehabilitation services to the pediatric, adolescent, adult,
and geriatric populations in both inpatient and outpatient
settings. Our inpatient program on the 1st floor of
St. Barnabas Hospital is focused on restoring mobility and
function to patients who have experienced a trauma or an acute
episode of a medical condition. The outpatient program on the
7th floor in the Ambulatory Care Center, at Third
Avenue and 182nd Street, provides services to
clients with orthopedic conditions, neurological conditions,
pain syndromes, and developmental delay.
Services
are provided by licensed physical and occupational therapists
using state-of-the-art equipment and the most currently
available treatment techniques. Several of our clinical staff
are certified in specialty areas, including pediatric
intervention, lymphedema treatment, spinal manipulation, and
joint mobilization.
Goals
of the Rehabilitation Program
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Restoration of function
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Teaching of compensatory strategies for the management of
disability
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Prevention of further limitations from the secondary effects
of a trauma or medical condition
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Maximization of functional abilities to promote health and
overall quality of life
Physical Therapy Services
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Ambulation and gait training to improve walking and mobility
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Transfer training to improve movement from one surface to
another
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Strengthening, endurance training, and general conditioning
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Balance training and coordination
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Pain
management
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Wound
care and management
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Community re-entry skills training
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Patient/client and family/caregiver education
Occupational Therapy Services
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Self-care skills training
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Wheelchair mobility training
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Cognitive/perceptual training to improve orientation,
memory, and problem solving
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Transfer training for tub/shower and toilet
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Upper
extremity coordination, strengthening and conditioning
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Pain
management
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Upper
extremity splinting and prosthetic training
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Community re-entry skills training
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Patient/client and family/caregiver education
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