Inpatient Rehabilitation Services is a multidisciplinary department at East Alabama Medical Center consisting of the inpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapy departments. These rehabilitation professionals participate in a multidisciplinary team approach to return patients to optimal functioning.
Physical Therapy
The physical therapy staff participate in rehabilitation of orthopaedic, cardiac, renal, pediatric, oncology, wound care and skilled nursing patients, just to name a few. In addition to the usual exercise and gait training, the physical therapy team provides balance retraining, wound care, and treatment of acute and chronic pain.
- General Orthopaedic Rehab
- Spine Rehabilitation
- Neurological Rehabilitation
- Pre-operative & Post-operative Management Programs
- Wound Care
- Wellness & Prevention Programs
- Sports Physical Therapy
- Physical Conditioning
- Pediatric Rehabilitation
Occupational Therapy
Our occupational therapy team evaluates and treats patients throughout the facility. The focus of occupational therapy is functional rehabilitation of patients in order to increase independence with home, work, and leisure activities.
- Patient Education
- Elbow & Hand Orthopaedic Rehabilitation
- Home Adaptations
- Physical Agent Modalities
- Joint Mobilization
- Custom Splinting
- Sensory Integration Therapy
- Scar Management
- Pediatric Rehabilitation
- Cognitive Retraining
- Neuromuscular Facilitation
- ADL Retraining
Speech Therapy
The speech therapy team provides not only rehabilitation of deficits related to speech, but also cognitive retraining and safety awareness, as well as problems related to feeding/swallowing difficulties. The largest patient groups seen by the speech therapy team are geriatric and stroke patents; our therapists treat patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Cognitive Rehabilitation
- Pediatric Feeding & Swallowing Therapy
- Adult Swallowing Evaluation & Therapy Following Stroke
- Speech & Language Therapy for Developmentally Delayed Children
- Dialect Reduction Training
- Articulation Therapy for Correction of Speech & Sound
- Hearing Screenings