Susan B. Allen is a center of trusted, expert physical therapy services, helping rehabilitate patients who have experienced an injury or accident. Physical therapy can also help relieve some physical disability resulting from birth defects, arthritis, or chronic pain caused by repetitive motion.  

Therapy can recover the physical abilities that a person has lost and can help that person become independent and self-sufficient. Physical therapists also spend a great deal of time educating the patient and the patient's family on methods to speed the recovery process. 

Registered Physical Therapists and Certified Physical Therapy Assistants provide therapy services at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital. These therapists also provide evaluation and consultation services to all physical therapy patients, whether inpatients, outpatients, or patients being seen by the Susan B. Allen Home Health Care Agency. Consultation services in the home might include recommendations for home modification, adaptive equipment or other services useful in the care of the patient.

Services provided by the physical therapy department at Susan B. Allen Memorial include rehabilitation for:

• Joint sprains, muscle strains and bursitis
• Neck and back injury
• Myofascial and headache pain
• Surgery (total joint replacement, repair of tendons, ligaments)
• Sport injuries
• Injuries from accidents (broken bones)
• On the job injuries
• Strokes
• Cancer related deficits
• Brain damage
• Birth defects
• Illness (multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, arthritis, and others)
• Postural deviations
• Balance disorders
• Edema management

In addition to these programs, the physical therapy department also holds educational classes stressing injury prevention, back care, health promotion and other topics.

Most treatments are reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and most private insurance carriers.

For more information about the services provided by the rehabilitation department, please call (316) 322-4580.