Outpatient Rehabilitation for a Better Quality of Life
The goal of BrookHaven’s Outpatient Rehabilitation program is to provide or continue your therapy with maximum mobility, performance, and communication skills. Whether you are coming straight from home, or continuing after an inpatient stay with us, our professional staff evaluates each patient’s functional abilities and then designs a customized rehabilitation program for each individual. At BrookHaven we treat the whole person, seeking to improve the patient’s quality of life physically, emotionally and socially.
Our program specializes in the treatment of conditions that result from an illness or injury including:
- Orthopedic conditions
- Swallowing difficulty
- Post-operative rehabilitation
- Neurological rehabilitation needs
- Neck and back pain (post-stroke, head injury, multiple sclerosis, ALS)
- Spinal injuries and unstable spine
- Diabetic and other peripheral problems neuropathy
- Work-related injuries
- Prosthetic training
- Sports injuries
- Orthotic fitting
- Arthritis
- Immobile joints
- Balance problems
- Fibromyalgia
- Recurring headaches
- Wound care
- Chronic pain
- Hand dexterity problems
- Hand, elbow and wrist injuries
- Traumatic brain injury
Our full-time team of physical, occupational and speech therapists provide therapy up to six days per week using an interdisciplinary, goal-oriented approach for each patient. When the patient is ready for discharge a thorough home visit is conducted to identify any safety and special equipment concerns.
Physical Therapy
- Joint replacement recovery
- Back & neck pain
- Chronic conditions such as COPD & CHF
Occupational Therapy
- Training to improve self-care, dressing and activities of daily living
- Exercises related to activities and function of the upper body
Speech Therapy
- Speech disorders such as stuttering, dysarthria and apraxia
- Language disorders such as aphasia
- Swallowing difficulties
- Fall prevention
- Slow healing wounds
- Therapeutic exercise
- Training on the use of adaptive equipment
- Home improvements for safety & increased independence
- Medical conditions such as traumatic brain injury, stroke, dementia, Huntington’s disease, tracheostomies
