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Outpatient Rehabilitation
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Cardiac Rehabilitation
If you have a heart condition, your healthcare provider may recommend a cardiac rehab program to help you recover. This video tells you more about cardiac rehab and how it can help.
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Outpatient Rehabilitation
If you’re recovering from an illness, surgery, or injury and need outpatient rehabilitation, this means you’ll receive one or more types of therapy after you’ve been discharged from a hospital or clinic.
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Occupational Therapist
An occupational therapist helps patients learn how to carry out activities of daily living at home, on the job, and in the community.
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Rehabilitation Case Manager
Case managers usually don't provide direct patient care, but may work either as part of the rehab team or for the patient's insurance company.
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Rehabilitation Nurse
A rehabilitation nurse specializes in helping people with disabilities and chronic illness to reach their best function and health, and to adapt to an altered lifestyle.
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Speech-Language Pathologist
A speech-language pathologist helps treat people with communication problems that result from disability, surgery, or developmental disorders. This specialist also treats people with swallowing disorders caused by stroke or brain injury.
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Cancer Rehabilitation
Detailed information on cancer rehabilitation, including members of the rehabilitation team
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Choosing a Rehabilitation Unit/CARF
Rehabilitation services are provided in many different places, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, and community health centers.
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Physiatrist
The physician who specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation is called a physiatrist.
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Physical Therapist
Physical therapists focus on restoring a patient's mobility (movement) and function, and preventing of further disability.
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Pulmonary Rehabilitation
A pulmonary rehab program can help people with long-term (chronic) lung diseases. Here's what you need to know.
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Neurological Rehabilitation
Neurological rehabilitation is a physician-supervised program designed for people with diseases, trauma, or disorders of the nervous system. Neurological rehabilitation can often improve function, reduce symptoms, and improve the well-being of the patient.
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Physical Rehabilitation at the Hospital
If you are in the hospital recovering from surgery, healing from an injury, or being treated for a disabling medical condition, physical rehabilitation may be an important part of your treatment.
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Rehabilitation for Stroke
Stroke rehabilitation works best when the patient, family, and rehabilitation staff works together as a team. Family members must learn about impairments and disabilities caused by the stroke and how to help the patient achieve optimal function again.
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Rehabilitation After Traumatic Brain Injury
Rehabilitation is an important part of recovery after a traumatic brain injury. It may include physical, occupational, and speech therapy as well as mental healthcare and social support.
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Rehabilitation for Children with Brain Tumors
After brain tumor treatment, it’s normal for a child to have after-effects. For instance, your child may have trouble talking, walking normally, or swallowing. Rehabilitation therapy can lessen these problems and help your child turn to normal activities, such as attending school.
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Knee Ligament Repair
Ligaments surround a joint to give it support and limit its movement. A torn ligament severely limits knee movement. Surgery is a choice to repair a torn ligament if other treatment does not work.
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