Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Regain your strength and ability to function as you get moving again with orthopedic rehabilitation services from Cottage Center for Orthopedics. Enjoy access to a variety of advanced technology and up-to-date facilities, including the Keck Center for Outpatient Services, the Tuohy Foundation Aquatic Center and Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital.

Orthopedic Rehabilitation Helps Many Conditions

At Cottage Health, you’ll benefit from a rehabilitation program tailored for your specific situation if you’ve experienced bone- or joint-related conditions such as:

• Arthritis 
• Bone fracture 
• Joint replacement
• Osteoporosis
• Scoliosis and tumor 
• Spinal stenosis 
• Spinal surgery, including laminectomy
• Tendon repair

Rehabilitation Therapies

Choose from comprehensive inpatient or outpatient orthopedic rehabilitation programs—delivered by our multispecialty teams—to help you return to the life you love as quickly and safely as possible.

Physical Therapy

Cottage Health physical therapists (PTs) evaluate your physical condition and create an individual program to help you regain strength, coordination, balance and mobility. Components may include:

• Equipment for at-home use to assist your movement and safety
• Exercise
• Manual manipulation and other hands-on techniques
• Physical therapy

Occupational Therapy

As part of your recovery, your doctor may recommend occupational therapy at Cottage Health. Our occupational therapists (OTs) often collaborate with physical therapists to focus on ways you can regain your independence in functional skills required for everyday life and work, including:

• Bathing
• Communication
• Dressing
• Food preparation, swallowing and eating
• Job- or work-related activities
• Mobility
• Personal hygiene and toileting
• Social and community participation

Additional Rehabilitation Therapies

Beyond PT and OT, you can take advantage of Cottage Health rehabilitation programs such as:

• Aquatic therapy, including water exercise in our wheelchair-accessible therapeutic pool
• Assistive technology to help you regain independence in performing daily activities
• Adaptive driving evaluation and driver training on adaptive equipment
• Counseling services to support your adjustment to changing circumstances
• Recreation therapy, including adapted golf, adapted kayaking and other programs