Rehabilitation close to home
By Jan Mead
To the Blue Mountain Eagle
R
ehabilitation services at Blue Mountain
Hospital are alive and well.
We continue to provide outpatient,
inpatient, swing bed and home health therapies
to our Grant County community. In the last
two years, we have added occupational ther-
apy services to our inpatient and home health
programs, and we are in the process of adding
speech therapy services for our inpatient pro-
gram, which should begin this summer.
Blue Mountain Hospital outpatient ser-
vices continue to provide physical therapy
with the addition of new staff to accommo-
date community needs. In the recent past, we
have served 80-90 patients on our caseload.
Now we are serving 180 patients. Outpatient
physical therapy provides care for a large va-
riety of diagnosis and age groups, including,
but not limited to: post-surgical rehabilitation
for all orthopedic surgeries, low-back pain,
neck pain, headaches, carpal tunnel, elbow
pain, ankle sprains and strains, knee sprains
and strains, hand pain, joint pain from ar-
thritis, fibromyalgia, Parkinson’s, multiple
Contributed photo
Blue Mountain Hospital physical
therapy staff: from left, Jason
Shuster, Jan Mead, Sheila Comer,
Vincent Maurer, Stephanie
Hendricksen and Amy Denman.
sclerosis, post-stroke rehabilitation, fall pre-
vention, gait and balance training, sports per-
formance optimization, vertigo and TMJ, as
well as pediatric care.
Physical therapy utilizes hands-on manual
therapy treatments, including spinal align-
ment, joint mobilization and soft tissue mo-
bilization, along with exercise and movement
prescription to get you out of pain and back to
doing the things you love.
Occupational therapists in our inpatient
and home health settings are focused on gain-
ing an individual’s independence after a de-
bilitating illness. Our therapists work on ac-
tivities such as dressing, cooking, bathing and
other functional tasks that are related to daily
living. They will utilize exercise prescription
and functional movement during a treatment
session that are focused on your goals for re-
turn to your prior level of function or better.
In order to receive inpatient or home
health therapy services, you must have an
order from your physician. To receive out-
patient physical therapy services, it is not a
requirement by the state of Oregon to have
a doctor’s referral for physical therapy, but it
is a good idea to consult your primary care
physician to discuss your concerns with your
doctor prior to seeking therapy services.
We are available to consult by phone if
you have any questions about your specif-
ic concerns. Please call 541-575-4157, and
our reception staff will be happy to answer
any questions about insurance and get you
in touch with one of our therapists regarding
specific conditions.
Jan Mead, PT, LAC, is the rehabilitation
services director for Blue Mountain Hospital
District.
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