Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy
The outpatient neurological department offers intensive physical, occupational and speech therapy to those individuals with neurological conditions using the highest level of clinical care with advanced technology.
Treatments and techniques include:
- Mobility retraining including ambulation, transfers, and community navigation.
- Activities of daily living to increase independence for self-care, home and community tasks
- Independent living skills with a focus on school and work transitions
- Speech/language retraining
- Feeding and swallowing
- Cognitive retraining
- Visual retraining
- Physical skills facilitation to improve strength, range of motion, endurance and coordination
- Driving Assessments
Specialty training programs may include the use of specialized equipment including:
- Lee Silverman Voice Training BIG (LSVT BIG® ) Protocol, which is an evidence based treatment protocol shown to improve gait speed, step length, bed mobility, balance and function with activities of daily living in people with Parkinson's Disease.
- Parkinson’s Wellness Recovery (PWR!) Moves therapists are specialized physical therapists who implement comprehensive Parkinson’s disease specific functional skill training interventions with the goal of putting off functional decline across the disease severity. This therapy targets multiple motor and non-motor symptoms.
- The Lokomat® which is a robotic driving walking system that guides a person’s legs on the treadmill.
- The Andago®which is a body weight support system that is used for over ground walking training. It has mobile robotic technology that senses and actively follows a person’s movement.
- NeuroCom Basic Balance Master and InVision which is a computer program that assesses your balance and vison.
- The Dynavision D2 which is an interactive light board that uses sixty-four 3D targets to train a broad range of skills. Use of the device may improve attention to peripheral vision, reaction time, hand-eye coordination, balance, gross motor skills, and functional mobility. It is also used to work on thinking skills such as memory, multi-tasking, and processing speed.