Physical Therapy and Rehab

Shands Rehab Center

Professionals at the Shands Rehab Center provide both inpatient and outpatient rehab care. The outpatient rehab center is across the street from the hospital in the Medical Plaza North Building. Therapists provide a full range of physical therapy services to patients of all ages. Professionals aim to improve the quality of life for patients of all ages dealing with the effects of trauma or disease.

Services include, but are not limited to:

Occupational therapy	Physical therapy
Speech and language pathology	Swallow evaluations for adults and children
Wheelchair evaluations	Assistive device evaluation and fitting
Massage therapy

Our professionals manage treatments for patients who are experiencing:

Stroke (CVA)	Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
Orthopedic injuries	Hip or knee replacement
Wound care	Back and neck pain
Sports injuries	Medically complex conditions
Neurological conditions	Amputations
Injury from auto accidents	Work-related injuries
Pregnancy-related back pain

Shands Rehab Center for Kids

Pediatric Rehab is a comprehensive approach through which physical, occupational and speech-language pathologists treat children with special needs. Our therapists work together to ensure maximum progress toward the child’s developmental goals.

A team of dedicated professionals

Shands for Kids at Shands Lake Shore brings together a team of dedicated professionals who focus on helping patients improve through therapeutic interventions while dealing with the effects of illness or injury. As patients continue to recover from the effects of illness or injury, we provide them with the tools needed to improve their lives and become more independent.

Early Childhood, pre-school or school-related issues

Fine Motor Dysfunction	Handwriting difficulties
Cognitive deficits	Visual perceptual/oculomotor impairments
Emergent literacy/pre-reading difficulties	Dyslexia
Language-based reading issues

Social skills/Sensory related issues

Social skills deficits	Sensory Integration Disorders
Play skills deficits	Activities of daily living skills

Speech/Language issues

Expressive language difficulties (communicating thoughts/ideas)	Receptive language and language processing difficulties (understanding spoken language)
Augmentative communication needs for nonverbal patients	Auditory processing
Articulation difficulties (difficulty forming letters/words with mouth)	Apraxia of Speech (extreme difficulty with forming sounds)

Physical issues

Decreased strength	Decreased range of motion at joints
Decreased mobility	Impaired posture
Poor balance/coordination	Joint deformity
Gross Motor delay	Gait disturbance
Decreased endurance

Feeding/oral motor issues

Information

For more information about Shands Lake Shore Rehab services, call 386.292.8215

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