Physical Therapy

With one Physical Therapist, a Physical Therapy Assistant, and Technicians, the hospital is able to provide a wide range of services for evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of inpatients and outpatients on a physician referral basis. The 2000 square foot facility offers individual patient rooms, a whirlpool treatment room, and a well-equipped gym area. The department offers various services which include arthritic care, sports injury treatment, wound care, work related injury care, and rehabilitation for back injury, orthopedic, pediatric, post-trauma and stroke. Home care services are also available for patients with home healthcare needs. The Physical Therapy department offers Industrial Medicine that includes functional capacity evaluations, work hardening, worker education, and job site analysis.

 

What it is and....who it's for?

Physical Therapy For Everyone

A construction worker with an injured back...a senior citizen with arthritis...an infant with a birth defect...an Olympic athlete...a person who has suffered a stroke...a child with a disability...a pregnant woman...an over stressed business executive... a diverse group of people, yet all in some way can benefit from physical therapy.

Making A Difference

Physical Therapy takes a personal and direct approach to meeting an individual's health needs and wants. Whether a patient's goal is walking independently or breaking a high jump record.

For people with health problems resulting from an injury or a disease, the physical therapist assists in the recovery process.  Physical therapy makes them stronger, relieves pain, and helps them to regain use of an affected limb, or to relearn activities of daily living such as walking, dressing, or bathing.

Physical therapists must teach patients and their families what to do so that the healing continues through self care at home.

The Physical Therapist Assistant

Physical Therapist Assistants work under the supervision of a Physical Therapist.   Their duties include assisting the Physical Therapist in implementing treatment programs according to their plan of care, training patients in exercises and activities of daily living, conducting treatments, using special equipment, administering modalities and other treatment procedures, and reporting to the Physical Therapist on the patient's responses.

Skills and Knowledge

The Physical Therapist is able to evaluate a patient's joint motion, muscle strength and endurance, functional ability, neurological, muscle tone reflexes, appearance and stability of walking, use of braces and artificial limbs, function of the heart and lungs, integrity of sensation and perception, performance of activities required in daily living, and developmental activities.

Physical therapy techniques include therapeutic exercise, joint mobilization, range of motion exercises, cardiovascular endurance training, relaxation exercises, therapeutic massage, bio feedback, activities of daily living training, wound debridement, pulmonary physical therapy, ambulation training, and same day custom orthotics.  Modalities include heat, traction, ultrasound, electrotherapy, and cryotherapy.  Hydrotherapy also can be applied during the treatment program.

A Variety of Responsibilities & Settings

Physical Therapists are respected members of the health care team.  They work with other health care providers. Such as physicians, occupational therapist, rehabilitation nurses, psychologists, social workers, dentists, podiatrists, speech pathologists, audiologists, and chiropractic physicians.

At Memorial Hospital of Texas County we strive to provide the most comprehensive health care available in the High Plains area.  We are expanding our physical therapy services to include home health, industrial medicine, sports medicine, and a headache/TMJ clinic.  Developing an area-wide cardio/pulmonary rehabilitation program, pediatric programs, and a wide variety of other manual techniques.

For more information on how physical therapy can help you, your family, or business, please call Memorial Hospital of Texas County's Physical Therapy Department at (580) 338-6515 Ext 2296