This program offers exceptional inpatient care for adults with spinal cord problems caused by arthritis, infections or cancer. Our dedicated team of rehabilitation professionals collaborate with patients and their families to devise an individualized treatment plan to ensure our patients meet their goals and achieve the greatest possible level of function and quality of life.
Our doctors, nurses and therapists have special expertise in the rehabilitation of:
- Patients recovering from spine surgery with persistent weakness, numbness, and bladder and/or bowel problems
- Infections involving the spine
- Cancer involving the spine
- Compression of the spinal cord due to degenerative changes in the spine
Our program includes:
- A comprehensive evaluation by a board-certified physician specializing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, who will coordinate the patient’s care with an interdisciplinary team
- Intensive physical and occupational therapy aimed at improving the patient’s independence and mobility
- Speech and language therapy aimed at improving speech and/or swallowing problems
- Compassionate nursing from RNs with experience providing care to patients with spinal cord injuries, including the management of neurogenic bladder and bowel
- Psychology and pastoral services to assist with adjustment to disability
- Therapeutic recreation to engage patients in leisure activities, plan and implement community outings, and to assist with adapting patients’ leisure and recreational interests when needed
- Evaluation for medical equipment and devices, including braces and wheelchairs
- A multi-faceted approach to pain management
- Medical management of other health conditions with consultation services available from specialists from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- A discharge planning process that facilitates the patients’ return to home and to the activities they enjoy
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