Rehabilitation Services is a dynamic area at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre that provides assessment and treatment to a variety of inpatients and outpatients. The primary goal of treatment is to improve the patient’s level of function to his or her maximum ability.

Physiotherapy

Therapists are designated to the following types of patients:

• Cardiorespiratory: Chest physio for patients who are post-op, intubated or with any other respiratory problem.
   
• Inpatient and Outpatient Orthopaedics: Assessment and treatment of post-operative hip, knee, shoulder and elbow patients as well as those with fractures and other injuries.
   
• Medical Therapy for a variety of medical conditions as well as the frail elderly and failure to cope populations. Therapists of this population are very involved in discharge decisions.
   
• Neuro: Therapy for patients with neurogical involvement including CVA, ABI and spinal cord injury.
   
• Return to Work: On-site treatment for staff who have been injured.
   
• Inpatient Cardiac: Therapy and teaching for patients with cardiac involvement.
   
• Outpatient Cardiac: Exercise class and teaching for outpatients post-cardiac incident.
   
• Outpatient Hand Clinic: Assessment and treatment of post-surgical hand, elbow and shoulder patients as well as amputations, fractures and other injuries.
   
• Float Coverage for all programs offered at both sites.
  

Referrals from Emergency and Psychiatry are primarily responded to by the medical therapists – both PT and OT.

Occupational Therapy

• Medical/Surgical/Neuro/Paeds: Individual assessment and therapy for patients in the areas of ADL and cognition. Can also be involved in patient mobility and strengthening. OT is an important piece in discharge planning.
   
• Psychiatry: Assessment and treatment of patients with psychiatric disorders. The focus is on function and assisting them with their transfer back to the community.
   
• Outpatient Hand Clinic: Assessment and treatment of hand and upper limb injuries. Works in conjunction with PT and orthopaedic surgeons.
  

Recreation Therapy

• Psychiatry: Provides therapeutic leisure activities for those in hospital and works with patients to establish an active lifestyle upon discharge.

Speech-Language Pathology

• Medical/Neuro: Assessment and treatment of swallowing and communication disorders.
  
  

For more information, please contact:

Susan Colosimo

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