The Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Center

The outpatient rehabilitation clinic at Northern Nevada Medical Center provides physical, occupational and speech therapy to help you return to productive living.

What to Expect from Your Outpatient pHYSICAL Therapy

You will receive a therapy plan tailored to your needs. This plan may include exercise, manual physical therapy and other modalities. Family members will be included in your therapy and taught to help with your recovery.

Help for a Variety of Illnesses and Injuries

Sports physical therapy

This is for people who have experienced traumatic or cumulative trauma injuries during athletic activities. The goal is to return the athlete to active participation as quickly and successfully as possible.

Post- OPERATIVE rehabilitation

We can help you maintain your gains with a professionally supervised fitness program designed just for you. Following any orthopedic surgery, we focus on regaining strength, range of motion, and help you transition back into the fitness activities you enjoyed before illness or injury.

nEURO rehabilitation

The specially trained rehabilitation team works with patients from conditions such as stroke, Parkinson`s, gait/balances disorders, and Multiple Sclerosis to help them regain lost skills. Family members will also be taught how to help you regain independence.

Physical therapy

Physical therapists can help reduce pain, weakness and stiffness while helping you build strength and endurance with manual techniques, exercise and modalities. Ask your physician for a prescription for physical therapy if you have any of the following:

• Back and neck pain
• Sciatica, numbness and tingling
• Arthritis, bursitis and tendonitis
• Degenerative disc disease
• Pain and inflammation
• Neurological problems (Stroke, Parkinson’s Disease)
• Muscle weakness
• Balance or walking difficulty
• Sacroiliac pain
• Fractures, sprains or strains
• Joint replacement surgery
• Amputation
• Shoulder dysfunction

Occupational therapy

Licensed therapists can teach you how to better care for yourself and help you return to productive living following surgery, injury or other conditions. Occupational therapy can help with:

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Shoulder, elbow or wrist dysfunction
• Upper extremity fracture, sprain or strain
• Joint replacement
• Nerve injury
• Self-care challenges
• Stroke recovery challenges

Speech therapy

Licensed speech pathologists can help with swallowing, speech or language problems. Therapists will work with you and family members to help you regain your ability to speak or swallow after stroke, throat surgery or other conditions that affect speech and language. Speech therapy can help patients with:

• Speech or swallowing problems
• Stroke recovery challenges
• Language and voice disorders

Ask Your Doctor About a Referral Today

The Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Center offers a variety of strength-training and advanced technology to aid your recovery:

• Sports physical therapy
• Neuro rehabilitation
• Post- Operative rehabilitation
• Speech therapy
• Occupational therapy