PEDIATRIC THERAPY We take a collaborative approach to your child’s
care. Our therapists have Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit (NICU) and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
(PICU) training and can provide direct referral to
Early Intervention/CPSE and additional assistance
programs. Services include:
Speech therapy:
For communication challenges, oral motor concerns,
articulation, auditory processing, and social skills.
Physical therapy:
For movement, motor development, and body
function treatments to promote active participation in
home, school, and community environments.
Occupational therapy:
For strengthening the development of fine motor
skills, sensory motor skills, and visual motor skills
needed to function and socialize.
For over 50 years, Richmond University Medical
Center has provided advanced rehabilitation
services and programs. Individualized treatment
plans are tailored around each patient’s specific
recovery needs with the goal of restoring function
and improving overall quality of life. Our team
of experienced and dedicated therapists utilizes
state-of-the-art equipment with the latest
medically-proven therapies to maximize recovery
as quickly as possible.
Our services include:
� Occupational therapy
� Physical therapy
� Speech, language, cognitive,
and swallowing therapy
� Rehab Physician/Physiatry
� Pediatric rehabilitation
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
For patients recovering from a variety of neurological,
orthopedic, and other conditions that result in a loss of
function including brain injury, amputations, stroke, and hip
or knee replacements.
Services include:
� Hand therapy
� Cognitive therapy
� Vision therapy
� Community reintegration training
� Activity of Daily Living (ADL) training
� Splinting
� Adaptive Equipment/wheelchair assessment
� Home modification
� Electrical stimulation/Ultrasound
� Paraffin therapy
PHYSICAL THERAPY
For patients recovering from orthopedic, neurological,
cardiopulmonary, and vestibular impairments, including
brain injury, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, vertigo, sciatica,
osteoarthritis, back, neck, or shoulder pain, and sports or
work-related injuries.
Services include:
� Therapeutic exercises
� Ultrasound/Electrical stimulation
� Balance and coordination training
� Adaptive equipment training (crutches, prosthetics, orthotics)
� Postural and ergonomic assessments
� Gait training
� Strengthening and stability exercises
� Hot and cold therapy
SPEECH, LANGUAGE, COGNITIVE AND SWALLOWING THERAPY
Therapies for speech and language disorders and voice
and swallowing difficulties resulting from cancer, dysphagia,
stuttering, apraxia, aphasia, dysarthria, and voice problems.
Services include:
� Speech/language therapy
� Swallowing therapy
� Voice therapy
� Stuttering therapy
� Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
� Accent modification
� Modified Barium Swallow Studies (MBS)
� Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES)
� Electrical stimulation/Ultrasound
PHYSIATRY
Our physiatrists use a comprehensive approach to help
diagnose a multitude of conditions.
Services include:
� Diagnosis and treatment of acute pain and chronic disorders/diseases
� Trigger point and joint injections
� Electrodiagnostic testing/EMG testing and Nerve Conduction Studies
� Orthotics and Prosthetics Clinic
� On-site wheelchair and seating assessment services
� Spasticity management