Outpatient Hours: Monday through Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Licensed physical therapists, licensed speech / language therapist, licensed physical therapy assistants and physical therapy aides staff the Physical and Speech Therapy Department at the Whitesburg ARH Hospital. Physical and Speech Therapy helps people return to maximum physical function, improve their mobility, and achieve a greater degree of independence. Some of the services provided by our Physical, and Speech Therapist include:

• Performing tests and evaluations of joint mobility, muscle strength, sensation, functional ability, developmental milestones, cognition, functional activity tolerance and cardiovascular functioning.
• Setting short and long-term goals for their patients.
• Assessing the patient's need for assistive devices to facilitate independence with activities of daily living as well as reinforcing safety.
• Designing individualized treatment plans which may involve therapeutic exercises, endurance training, gait training, training in activities of daily living, massage/soft tissue manipulation, applications of heat and cold, hydrotherapy/wound care, electrical stimulation, traction and more.
• Treatment plans for pediatrics may include therapeutic activities focusing on gross motor skills, fine motor coordination and oral motor/feeding skills.
• Educating patients and their families in safe and effective implementation of prescribed treatment plans.
• Conducting various screenings
• Providing prevention programs to community and work-site groups
• Providing cardiac rehabilitation.
• Sensory Integration Therapy focusing on pediatrics.
• SPEECH: Articulation / oral motor disorders.
• LANGUAGE: Childhood language disorder, Aphasia, Cognitive Disorders.
• VOICE: Voice disorders , Laryngectomy, Tracheostomy.
• FLUENCY: Stuttering.
• SWALLOWING: Vital Stim Therapy

• People who have been injured in accidents (strains, sprains, fractures, etc.)
• People who have experienced strokes, head or spinal injuries
• People with wounds or burns
• People who have had amputations
• People with multiple sclerosis, arthritis, and other diseases or disorders
• Children with developmental delays, cerebral palsy, spina bifida or other congential disorders
• People with work related injuries
• Athletes who want to prevent sports injuries or those who have experienced such injuries
• People with neck or back pain or other musculoskeletal injuries or conditions
• Post -surgical patients
• People with a recent heart attack, stable angina or other cardiac related diagnosis

A physicians order is required for all services. For more information about Physical and Speech Therapy Services at Whitesburg ARH call, 606-633-3500 Ext 3524.

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