Outpatient physical rehabilitation
An outpatient rehabilitation program allows patients to stay at home during their recovery and receive therapy on their schedule. It is usually less intensive than inpatient rehabilitation.
Physical rehabilitation in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Our physical medicine experts work to renew your abilities as much as possible.
Parkridge Medical Center's outpatient physical rehabilitation clinic helps you recover after an illness, injury or surgery. Our doctors, therapists and specialists offer support to increase function, performance and quality of life.
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Conditions treated with physical rehabilitation
When you come to us for care, our outpatient therapy specialists aim to fully understand your needs. We provide support for recovery from conditions, such as:
- Brain injuries
- Cancer
- Car accidents
- Hip fractures
- Joint injuries
- Ligament injuries
- Neurological disorders
- Polyneuropathies
- Recovery from spine procedures
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sports injuries
- Strokes
- Tendon injuries
- Workplace injuries
Our physical therapy clinic
The outpatient physical recovery program is designed to help you regain speech, movement and functional abilities in a comfortable, safe setting.
Cardiac rehabilitation
Our cardiac experts use several treatments to support your recovery, including movement development, fitness training and mental health therapy. We want you to maintain an active, safe and healthy lifestyle while minimizing your risk of future hospitalization.
Occupational therapy
This treatment focuses on giving you strategies to better perform activities, such as bathing, grooming or managing assistive devices. Your occupational therapist may perform one or a combination of the following:
- Customized splinting
- Manual and standard evaluations
- Scar remodeling
Physical therapy
Our physical therapists (PTs) use various techniques that focus on strengthening your body, particularly in your extremities. PTs also work to improve function, reduce pain, enhance balance and aid in managing lasting disabilities. Your PT may also offer these services:
- Electrical stimulation
- Heat and cold therapy
- Isokinetic strengthening of joint muscles
- Isokinetic testing of the joint muscles
- Manual and standardized evaluation
- McKenzie-certified therapy
- Neuromuscular re-education
- Orthopedic rehabilitation
- Ultrasound modality
- Vestibular rehabilitation
Speech therapy
Speech therapy helps resolve issues with communication or swallowing. Our therapists, also known as speech-language pathologists, offer services, such as:
- Cognitive or linguistic therapy — This focuses on problem-solving, short-term recall and abstract reasoning.
- Dysphagia therapy — While targeting swallowing difficulties, this therapy uses methods, such as electrical stimulation.
- Speech or language therapy — The core of this therapy is practicing articulation, word retrieval and comprehension challenges.
- Voice therapy — This focuses on those who have experienced vocal cord paralysis or weakness.
Sports medicine
Should an injury or illness sideline you from your favorite sports activity, our sports medicine program has recovery options. The experienced rehabilitation and sports medicine specialists in our program offer the following treatments to help improve your chances of returning to your passions, including:
- Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction
- Athletic conditioning
- Foot, ankle, knee and shoulder arthroscopy
- Hand, wrist, and elbow surgery
- Ligament and tendon repairs
- Rotator cuff repairs
- Shoulder, hip and knee arthroscopy
- Tendon injuries