NeuLife Rehab Gets Physical: Recognizing October as National Physical Therapy Month
NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida is the premier provider of innovative post-acute rehabilitation in the Southeast United States.
Our Clients include individuals who have sustained catastrophic injuries resulting from the following kinds of occurrences:
- Traumatic brain injuries (TBI)
- Mild brain injuries (MBI)
- Motor vehicle accidents (MVA)
- Multiple Trauma
- Post-traumatic stress syndrome
- Spinal cord injuries (SCI)
- Neurologic injuries
- Catastrophic injuries from other causes
An integral part of the post-acute rehabilitation delivered by NeuLife Rehab is physical therapy. Individuals may at first equate the use of physical therapy only with the later stages of acute care and with post-acute rehabilitation from broken bones, injuries to the musculature and similar trauma or multiple trauma that may not be considered catastrophic. However, there is much more to physical therapy modalities than that and, therefore, NeuLife Rehab recognizes the special place that physical therapists serve on our multidisciplinary team of professionals.
The physical therapists at NeuLife Rehab work in conjunction with other professionals on a multiprofessional team to rehabilitate NeuLife Rehab Clients toward independence to the fullest extent that their mental and physical abilities permit. As NeuLife Rehab’s Clients are catastrophically injured, they and their families might not be familiar with all that physical therapists can do and why their skills and professionalism should be celebrated in October and always. Therefore, some examples may help.
Physical therapy is provided to individuals who have been immobilized through a catastrophic injury like a spinal cord injury (SCI), or possibly a traumatic brain injury (TBI) or even a mild brain injury (MBI) that hampers mobility if left unrehabilitated through physical therapy. Physical therapy is also useful to improve strength, balance and coordination, all which can be affected in a catastrophic injury such as a stroke. With specific reference to traumatic brain injuries (TBI), multiple body systems can be implicated, underscoring the importance of physical therapy and physical therapists.[1]
We hope that this has given you a more complete understanding of the role of physical therapy and physical therapists in post-acute rehabilitation. NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora Florida honors physical therapists in October and always.
When an individual becomes a Client of NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida, he or she undergoes an independent functional evaluation administered by a multidisciplinary team of professionals that may consist of:
- Board Certified Neurologist
- Board Certified Behavior Analyst
- Board Certified Physiatrist
- Neuropsychologist
- Psychologist
- Board Certified Psychiatrist
- Speech Language Pathologist/Cognitive Therapist
- Physical Therapist
- Occupational Therapist
- Nurses
- Certified Rehab Counselor
From the results of the independent functional evaluation, the professionals of NeuLife Rehab formulate a Client Goal Plan. The Client Goal Plan guides the clinically relevant services delivered by NeuLife Rehab. The Client Goal Plan guides the cognitive, psychiatric, neurologic, psychological and neuropsychological therapy of the Client. The goal of NeuLife Rehab’s innovative post-acute rehabilitation is the attainment for our Clients of independence to the fullest extent that his or her physical and mental abilities permit.
NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida consistently provides the highest standard of care in the delivery of clinically relevant services to achieve successful, sustained outcomes and exceed the expectations of all persons served.
Proper and timely post-acute rehabilitation that may determine the difference between disability and independence is what NeuLife refers to as the “platinum post-acute period” — the crucial window following acute care that is needed to nurture the whole person to health with specialized, clinically relevant services.
NeuLife, in Mount Dora, Florida, is an accessible residential post-acute program providing specialized rehabilitation to individuals diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury
(TBI), Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Amputations, Burns and other Catastrophic Injuries and Challenging Diagnoses.
2725 Robie Avenue
Mount Dora, Florida 32757
[1] http://www.brainline.org/content/2011/05/physical-therapy_pageall.html
