Josephine S. Dolera, DPT
Director, Rehabilitation Services

The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine offers intensive rehabilitation services to pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. Customized treatment programs, provided by licensed physical and occupational therapists, are designed for each patient using the most current techniques including specialized treatments.

Physical therapy services include:

• Strengthening, endurance training, and general conditioning
• Balance and coordination training
• Gait training to improve mobility
• Orthotic and prosthetic training
• Wound care management
• Injury prevention
• Pain management
• Manual lymph drainage
• Compression garment measurement
• Patient and caregiver education

 

Occupational therapy services include:

• Upper extremity coordination and strengthening
• Upper extremity splinting and prosthetic training
• Wheelchair mobility training
• Cognitive/perceptual training
• Self-care skills training
• Pain management
• Scar management
• Patient and caregiver education

 

Specialty services include:

• Temporomandibular joint dysfunction treatment
• Urinary incontinence therapy
• Vestibular rehabilitation
• Lymphedema treatment
• Headache treatment
• Pediatric therapy
• Hand therapy