Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation at Jefferson Hospital

The Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Program at Jefferson Hospital offers a range of services to help you participate in daily activities. Following an injury, stroke, or illness, our physical and occupational therapists help you improve mobility and function. Our speech therapists work to improve communication, eating, and swallowing. We also offer specialized programs for people with cancer, movement disorders, and other conditions.

Rehabilitation services at Jefferson Hospital

We offer inpatient and outpatient services to aid recovery, including:

• Inpatient rehabilitation unit
• Physical therapy
• Occupational therapy
• Lymphedema therapy
• Speech therapy
• Home health services

Inpatient rehabilitation unit

Specialists at our 20-bed inpatient rehabilitation unit help you achieve optimum function while you recover from stroke, trauma, surgery, or illness. We offer:

• Dedicated team of experts: Your care team includes a physician with advanced training in physical medicine and rehabilitation (a physiatrist). You also receive care from experts in orthopaedics, neurology, cardiology, and other specialties.
• Focused therapies: Our intensive therapy program involves a minimum of three hours of therapy, five days a week. We guide you through activities that ease your transition back home.

Physical therapy

Our physical therapists develop customized treatment programs to improve endurance, flexibility, strength, and balance. We offer:

• Patient navigator: To help you prepare for and recover from joint surgery, patient navigators in our Diamond Care program offer guidance and educational information. We coordinate tests and follow-up with you during recovery.
• Pre-surgical preparation: We offer educational sessions before surgery to so that you and your caregivers know what to expect. These sessions help ensure a smoother, faster recovery.
• Inpatient physical therapy: After a joint repair or replacement procedure, we get you up and moving safely in the hospital. We help you return home as quickly and safely as possible.
• Outpatient physical therapy: For your convenience, we have numerous AHN Therapy Services locations throughout the metro Pittsburgh area. Many clinics offer specialized programs for hand problems, concussions, Parkinson’s disease, and balance and sensory (vestibular) issues.

Occupational therapy

Our occupational therapists help you master daily activities like dressing, grooming, and fixing meals. Our goal is to help you regain and maintain independence in daily living. When needed, we can secure medical equipment to make everyday tasks easier.

Lymphedema therapy

Infections, trauma, heart disease, and cancer treatments can cause the lymphatic system to stop draining properly. This condition, called lymphedema, leads to swelling and pain in the arms or legs. Our therapists are experts at complete decongestive therapy, which improves lymph gland drainage. We also offer customized recovery programs and compression garments.

Speech-language therapy

Speech-language pathologists help improve the ability to talk, eat, and swallow. We help people affected by strokes, brain injuries, neurological disorders, and other medical conditions. We also help bolster language and cognitive abilities.

Home health services

Healthcare@Home, AHN’s home health services program, sends specialists to your home for physical therapy and rehabilitation services. We assist with daily activities such as bathing and grooming. We also offer skilled nursing care for chronic disease management.

Contact us

Call (412) DOCTORS (412) 362-8677 or request an appointment with a specialist at Jefferson Hospital.

Find us

Jefferson Hospital
565 Coal Valley Road
Jefferson Hills, PA 15025
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