By reducing the effects of body weight during rehabilitation, warm water therapy in our therapeutic temperature pool can reduce pain, increase strength and endurance, improve range of motion and expedite healing.

Mount Carmel Audiological Services tests and diagnoses hearing disorders in infants and children and hearing loss and balance disorders in adults. Our audiologists assess the extent of hearing loss, balance and related disorders and recommend treatment, including hearing aids. They also select, fit, and dispense hearing aids, and educate consumers and professionals on the prevention of hearing loss.

Hand therapy helps increase range-of-motion, flexibility, strength and functional use of the hand. Our certified hand therapist and occupational therapists provide evaluations and treatment for those with significant loss of hand and arm function due to injury or disease, including specialized exercise programs and customized splints.

Mount Carmel's Occupational Rehabilitation Program provides specialized services to help injured workers regain the physical capacities and skills necessary to return to work. Our staff works closely with each patient, as well as their physician and employer/case manager, to meet their individual needs.

Occupational therapy at Mount Carmel involves specialized programs that address range of motion, strength and coordination in order to improve a patient's ability to work and participate in daily activities.

Mount Carmel's physical and occupational therapists provide specialized treatment for people with injuries or illnesses of the skeletal system, muscles, tendons and soft tissue. We provide specialized therapy for neck and back pain, shoulder tendonitis/impingement, rotator cuff injuries, carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, knee and ankle sprains, hip, knee and other joint replacements and arthritis.

We also offer a pre-operative class for patients undergoing joint replacement surgery.

Mount Carmel's experienced physical therapists can help patients develop, maintain or regain maximum movement and functional abilities for all aspects of your life. Therapy programs typically involve specialized exercise, physical manipulation and other techniques to promote health, injury prevention and rehabilitation following an injury or illness.

The Rehab Day Treatment Program (RDT) is an outpatient rehabilitation program for patients with neurological impairments. The program is aimed at improving patients' independence in the areas of self-care, home management and community re-entry, and enhancing their work or volunteer options. Patients receive individual and group therapy with our highly trained team of physical, occupational and speech therapists.

Speech, language and swallowing disorders can affect anyone at any age. Mount Carmel's highly trained and experienced therapists provide effective treatment for articulation and speech disorders, poor vocal quality, stuttering, language disorders, cognitive impairments and swallowing disorders.

Mount Carmel offers a progressive new procedure called VitalStim™, which uses external electrical stimulation to "re-educate" the pharynegeal muscles and help reestablish functional swallowing patterns.

For patients who have suffered a sports injury, a supervised exercise and hands-on-therapy program using state-of-the art equipment can get them back in the game. Our team of physicians, physical therapists, exercise physiologists and athletic trainers will develop rehab programs specific to the injury and performance goals.

Vestibular rehabilitation addresses problems with dizziness or balance resulting from an inner ear imbalance or hearing loss. Therapists with special training use exercise techniques to help relieve symptoms and improve our patients' ability to work and perform normal daily activities.

Mount Carmel offers a variety of physical therapy programs exclusively for women. These programs emphasize proper strengthening and exercise to meet some of the unique and ever-changing needs of a woman's body, including:

• Constipation
• Pelvic Pain
• Loss of Bladder or Bowel Control
• Lymphedema*
• Osteoporosis
• Pain Due to Pregnancy

Click here to learn more about our Women's Physical Therapy services.