Our Orthopedic Rehabilitation Program helps patients – from teenagers to adults – recover from major trauma, joint replacement surgery, musculoskeletal injury and multiple fractures. Our specialists have extensive experience providing the medical, nursing, and therapy care necessary to help every patient maximize their abilities and maintain their independence.
Services are available through inpatient hospital stays, and follow-up treatment can be scheduled through our outpatient medical clinics and services.
Your Care Team
A physical medicine and rehabilitation physician offers comprehensive care for our Orthopedic patients. The Orthopedic Rehabilitation team also includes nurse practitioners, certified rehabilitation nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, respiratory therapists, dieticians, pharmacists, case managers, social workers, neuropsychologists, biomedical engineers, orthotists, and assistive technology and robotic equipment specialists.
Through regularly scheduled meetings and frequent interaction, the team works together to improve each patient’s strength, balance, mobility and endurance. The goal is to provide activity, strength and motion and recommend use of assistive equipment to compensate for deficits. Our Outpatient Services are available to offer a continuum of care to our orthopedic patients after their hospital stays.
Our Program
After undergoing a comprehensive evaluation, patients receive individualized treatment plans designed to encourage maximum recovery and independence. Our team works with patients, family members and referring physicians to set goals for a successful return to home, work, school or community life. Family members also are encouraged to be a part of therapy and education sessions.
Issues typically addressed during the recovery process include:
- Activities of Daily Living: Learning how to meet daily needs is an essential part of rehabilitation. Through individual and group treatment programs, we help patients re-learn and accomplish daily tasks related to self-care (i.e. dressing, bathing, home management and driving).
- Mobility: Patients participate in exercise programs designed to strengthen intact muscles, maintain or gain mobility, and build endurance and confidence to perform everyday activities. If needed, patients may also learn how to use a wheelchair on a variety of surfaces, how to transfer from a wheelchair to a bed, toilet, tub or car, and how to walk with assistive devices such as crutches, walkers, canes, orthotics or prosthetics.
- Seating and Wheeled Mobility: If needed, our staff provides expert guidance for the selection and customization of wheelchairs and other mobility devices.
What Sets Us Apart
Rehabilitation is an important step toward independence, and the decision is in your hands. Here are some factors to help you evaluate our capabilities when choosing rehabilitation care.
Latest Technology
We equip our therapy gym and patient rooms with the latest rehabilitation equipment and technology designed to enhance recovery.
Neuro Clinical Specialists
We employ the largest number of Neuro Clinical Specialists and Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurses in Mississippi.
Quest Program
Our Quest community reintegration program is Mississippi’s most comprehensive outpatient program for people with brain, spinal, and other neurological injuries who wish to make a successful return to work, school, or community life.
Wheelchair Guidance
We offer evaluations and guidance for the selection of wheelchairs, environmental control units, adaptive computer equipment, and other assistive technology via the expertise of specially certified therapists
Motion Analysis Lab
We evaluate the abilities of patients with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and stroke in our Motion Analysis Laboratory, one of only a few such labs in the nation.
Gait Training
We provide treadmill gait training and robot-assisted walking therapy, which can help patients make significant gains in their walking ability.
Clinical Trials
We give patients the opportunity to benefit from clinical trials and other research through our Center for Neuroscience and Neurological Recovery (CNNR). The CNNR is led by a physician-scientist who works with a team of investigators, including fellow physicians and experts in engineering, therapy, neuropsychology, and orthotics and prosthetics.
Innovations
We offer innovative rehab technologies, including electrical stimulation devices that address foot drop, hand and leg weakness, and swallowing disorders.
Lifelong Care
We provide lifelong care through an extensive network of outpatient clinics and community services, including Methodist Physical Medicine, Methodist Outpatient Therapy, Methodist Pain Management, and Methodist Orthotics & Prosthetics.
Spasticity Management
We have built a nationally recognized spasticity management program to help patients overcome this frequent side effect of brain and spinal cord injury.
Not-for-Profit
As a not-for-profit hospital, we invest in our mission to provide the highest quality care, education, and research to our patients.
