Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
The Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Center at MedPark Hospital offers a unique approach to patient care, emphasizing multidisciplinary collaboration and patient-centered treatment plans. Our physiatrists, highly trained specialists in physical medicine and rehabilitation, conduct comprehensive assessments and diagnoses, crafting personalized therapy plans that address mobility, speech, swallowing, and muscle training needs. Ultimately, their goal is to help patients regain normal or as close to normal status as possible and achieve the highest possible level of function. Beyond comprehensive physical rehabilitation services, our physiatrists collaborate with a team of specialists, including occupational therapists, nutritionists, and clinical psychologists. This integrated approach ensures that your care addresses every aspect of your well-being, from physical recovery to emotional support and practical lifestyle adjustments.
The comprehensive services available at the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Center at MedPark Hospital include:
- Prehabilitation services: The services help prepare patients before surgery to prevent postoperative complications, e.g., breathing exercises for alleviating postoperative pain and improving lung function and preoperative muscle training for postoperative recovery.
- Rehabilitation services: Rehabilitation conducted after trauma, surgery, or injuries in which medical specialists and therapists will jointly assess and plan a rehabilitation program appropriate for each patient.
- Wellness services: Health promotion or preventive care treats, restores, and promotes physical fitness, especially for seniors, so that they can transition into advanced years with a good quality life, for instance, fall prevention, balance training, and workout to increase regional muscle strength.
At the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Center, our mission is to empower you to regain your physical potential. We focus on restoring lost abilities caused by illness or age, preventing future health risks, and unlocking your peak fitness potential for sports performance.
Why the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Center at MedPark Hospital?
- Ensuring full rehabilitation for patients, the center is well-equipped with technology, tools, and exercise machines, including:
- High-power laser therapy devices
- Shockwave therapy devices
- Ultrasonic therapy machines
- Radiofrequency machines
- Magnetic therapy devices
- Electrical traction machines
- Electrical stimulators
- Compressor unit for vascular condition
- Treadmills, hand pedal exercisers, and foot pedal exercisers
- VitalStimPlus electrotherapy system
- High-performance devices for respiratory function test
Experience seamless rehabilitation at the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Center:
- Conveniently Located: Situated on the same floor as the Orthopedic Center and Neurology Clinic, we offer one-stop service for patients needing rehabilitation after stroke, Parkinson's disease, orthopedic surgeries, and more.
- Patient-Centric Design: Our top priority is your well-being. Examination and rehabilitation rooms are positioned for close collaboration, allowing physiatrists to monitor your progress. Dedicated areas for outpatients, inpatients, and bedside therapy are available.
- Advanced Technology: Our hydrotherapy features two temperature-controlled pools, offering personalized aquatic therapy for optimal recovery.
- Nature-Inspired Healing: As the first in the country, we boast a beautiful rehabilitation garden. Paved with diverse textures, it provides a stimulating environment for practicing walking, improving balance, and enhancing tactile senses in the gentle warmth of indirect sunlight. We believe in the power of nature to promote healing.
Diseases and Conditions
- Musculoskeletal conditions
- Office syndrome
- Ruptured tendon
- Frozen shoulder
- Myofascial pain syndrome
- Tendinitis
- Trigger finger
- Fractures
- Joint stiffness
- Knee pain
- Back pain
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- De Quervain’s tenosynovitis
- Neurological conditions
- paresis
- Paralysis
- Parkinson’s disease
- Brain injury
- Spinal injury
- Cerebral palsy
- Balance problems
- Heart and lung diseases
- Post-PCI or post-coronary artery
- surgery patients
- Post-CABG patients
- Patients with lung conditions
Test and Procedures
- Electromyography and nerve conduction study (EMG, NCV, SEP, VEP)
- Videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS)
- Physical therapy assessments
- Balance tests
- Prescribed respiratory and pulmonary function tests
- Occupational therapy assessments
- Dry needling
- Ultrasound-guided injection for tendinitis and frozen shoulder
- Ultrasound-guided trigger finger release
- Pain management for back pain, neck
- pain, knee pain, etc.
- Rehabilitation for patients with fractures or joint stiffness
- Rehabilitation for patients with neurological disorders, such as stroke, brain tumor, spinal injury, congenital cerebral palsy, etc.
- Rehabilitation for patients with balance and coordination problems.
- Preoperative and postoperative rehabilitation for patients undergoing abdominal and/or thoracic surgery.
- Rehabilitation for patients with respiratory and coronary artery conditions.
- Exercise recommendations for patients in prepartum and postpartum periods.
- Muscular performance enhancement and rehabilitation for patients with sport-related injury, post-operative patients, post-heart surgery patients, etc.
- Assessment of muscle function for the design of proper exercise programs.
- Rehabilitation for patients with cognitive and learning issues.
- Activities of daily living training.
- Rehabilitation for patients with hand problems.
- Design and production of prosthetics and orthotics.
- Early intervention.
- Sensory integration therapy
- Academic basic skill preparation for children
- Chinese acupuncture
Inpatient and outpatient cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation - Hydrotherapy
Specialty
Trigger finger and hand numbness
Our center proudly offers a 2019 National Research Council award-winning trigger finger treatment using ultrasound-guided percutaneous needle surgery. This minimally invasive procedure is a routine part of our practice. A specialist doctor performs an ultrasound examination of the area around the trigger finger before inserting a needle to cut the swollen and thickened tendon sheath encasing and constricting the tendon, causing pain and impeding tendon mobility. This innovative technique requires only 5 minutes of procedural time, performed in the examination room, obviating the need for large-incision open surgery, resulting in treatment costs that are 30% lower. Patients on blood thinners do not need to stop their medications, entailing increased safety, and no suture needs removal. Patients can resume their normal activities immediately after the procedure. This technique can be applied to treat numbness of fingers and hands caused by carpal tunnel syndrome and De Quervain’s tenosynovitis.
Chinese acupuncture
MedPark Hospital, through physiatrists specializing in integrated medicine, offers acupuncture services for the following conditions related to physical medicine and rehabilitation:
- Brain and nervous system disorders, such as hemiparesis due to stroke, facial palsy, trigeminal neuralgia, disc herniation, and carpal tunnel syndrome.
- Diseases affecting muscle, tendon, and joints, such as office syndrome, cervical spondylosis, frozen shoulder, bicipital tendinitis, tennis elbow, golfer elbow, de Quervain’s tenosynovitis, Piriformis syndrome, osteoarthritis of the knee without deformity, patellar tendinitis, ankle sprain, and plantar fasciitis.
- Immobilization syndrome, such as weakness, insomnia, dizziness, loss of appetite, and constipation.
- Mild exercise-related or sport-related injuries requiring no surgery.
Inpatient and outpatient cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation
We offer personalized inpatient and outpatient care for patients with cardiovascular and pulmonary conditions, helping you recover and regain your independence. Our program strives to enhance your quality of life by enabling a return to your daily activities and a fulfilling life. It aims to prevent potential complications by lowering the risk of recurring heart disease and other health issues. Furthermore, we focus on promoting overall health to enhance physical and mental well-being through comprehensive care.
The Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Center at MedPark Hospital aims to assist patients in regaining their physical ability and reaching their maximum potential and fitness. The center provides holistic care focusing on your well-being to ensure a free, independent, high-quality life.
