Rehabilitation Center
Our professional staff evaluates each patient and coaches them in appropriate physical activity, healthy eating, stress management, diabetes control, medication compliance, and smoking cessation.
Cardiac Rehab
Uvalde Memorial Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation is Certified through the American Association of Cardio-Vascular and Pulmonary Rehab. We provide an individualized treatment program to help patients improve cardiovascular strength and endurance, as well as adopt a healthier lifestyle.
Our professional staff evaluates each patient and coaches them in appropriate physical activity, healthy eating, stress management, diabetes control, medication compliance, and smoking cessation.
Who Qualifies?
Outpatient Cardiac Rehab programs are generally covered by most insurances with the following medial conditions:
- Cardiac surgery such as coronary bypass or valve replacement
- Heart Transplant
- Systolic or Ventricular Heart Failure
- Heart attach
- Stable Angina with recent stress test
- Coronary Artery Angioplasty with or without stent placement
Benefits of Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Reduce risk of death, hospitalization, and heart attack by 30% or more.
- Prevent further damage to the blood vessels of the heart
- Reduce physical and emotional effects of heart disease
- Improve stamina, strength, and return to your daily activities (work, hobbies, household chores)
- Improve confidence and well being
- Reduce the effects high cholesterol and diabetes have on the heart by remaining compliant with medication, diet, exercise, and health living choices
Oncological Treatment
Offering specialized rehab services specific to patients being treated for cancer. Our board certified oncological specialist can create a unique plan of care based on the type of cancer, and body structures impacted by radiation and chemotherapy.
Benefits of Oncological Rehab
- Patients experience improved tolerance to daily activity, and improved function for a variety of cancer types when exercise is initiated before or during cancer treatment.
- Assessments to address:
- Quality of Life
- Energy Conservation
- Fatigue Management
- Equipment needs
- Balance and fall assessments
Patients can be seen throughout all phases of cancer care
- Preventative
- Restorative
- Supportive
- Palliative
Lymphedema
Our certified lymphedema therapist is trained to perform complete decongestive therapy
Medical Diagnosis Associated With Lymphedema
- Chronic Venous Insufficiency
- Breast Cancer
- Mechanical insufficiencies
- Post-surgical conditions
Occupational Therapy
Pre-Operation Appointment
Occupational Therapy is the specialized evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of people of all ages to maintain the meaningful daily activities of “occupations” of the individual.
Occupational Therapists use various techniques to help patients with tasks they must complete on a daily basis for self-care and home management, job specific activities, or structured play for pediatric patients.
Occupational Therapy is used to treat a wide range of diagnoses. Common Conditions include:
- Work-related injuries affecting the hand, wrist, and elbow
- Surgical care of the hand, wrist, and elbow
- Neurological disorders
- Parkinson’s, Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy
- Generalized weakness and reduced endurance for chronic conditions
- Rheumatoid and Osteoarthritis, COPD, CHF, etc.
- Sensory Integration
- Upper Extremity fine motor skills and dexterity
- Executive function and Task Management
- Pediatric Care
- Developmental delay
- Autism
- Trauma
Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy is the specialized evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of musculoskeletal, neurological, and cardio-pulmonary disorders. The focus of Physical therapy is to help individuals live and perform better in their daily activities. Physical Therapy utilizes mechanical force and movement to reduce pain, restore mobility and improve patient quality of life.
Physical Therapy is used to treat a wide range of diagnosis. Common Conditions include:
- Sprains, strains, and overuse injuries
- Pre and Post-Operative conditions
- Acute and Chronic Pain
- Vestibular and Balance Disorders
- Neurological disorders
- Parkinson’s, Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy
- Certification in LSVT Big and Loud program for patients with Parkinson’s Disease
- General deconditioning from Chronic Cardiac and Pulmonary Conditions
- Post COVID-Pneumonia, Chronic Heart Failure (CHF), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Work Conditioning, Functional Capacity Evaluations, Ergonomics, and Pre-employment testing
- Prosthetic, Orthotic, and adaptive equipment training
- Pediatric Conditions
- Congenital and developmental Delays, Torticollis, Brachial Plexus injury
Specialty Fields in our Physical Therapy Team Include
- Sports Medicine
- Return to Sport Testing
- Concussion Recovery
- Recovery from surgical intervention
- Oncological Rehab and Lymphedema
- Preventative, Restorative, Supportive, Palliative
- Improve Quality of life, fatigue management, quality of life, and equipment needs
- Complete Decongestive therapy – massage, exercise, wrapping
- Measuring and fitting for compression garments and prosthetics
- Common diagnosis
- Chronic Venous Insufficiency
- Breast Cancer
- Mechanical Insufficiency
- Post-operative conditions
- Women’s Health and Obstetrics
- Pregnant women have a 75% likelihood of experiencing low back pain, 65% pelvic girdle pain, and 50% chance of experiencing lower extremity pain
- Physical Therapy can assist in the following ways:
- Body mechanics for lifting and carrying to prevent injuries
- Body positioning to reduce low back and pelvic pain before, during, and after childbirth
- Breast feeding positions to reduce neck pain, shoulder, and low back pain
- Exercises to maintain muscle tone and strength for daily activity, improve birthing conditions, and improve recovery times after child birth
- Techniques for Caesarean, Episiotomy, and Perineal tear management
- Techniques to relieve clogged milk ducts to prevent mastitis
Speech Therapy
Speech Therapists specialize in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of patient’s across the age spectrum who may have cognitive disorders, communication disorders, voice disorders, and swallowing disorders.
Speech Therapy is used to treat a wide variety of diagnosis. Common conditions include:
- Facial Weakness following various neurological disorders: Stroke, Parkinson’s, Traumatic Brain Injury, Cerebral Palsy, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Attention Deficit Disorders
- Developmental Delays with speech and language
- Memory Deficits, difficulty with executive function and recall
- Difficulty forming words, slurred speech, stuttering, apraxic speech, articulation disorders
- Processing disorders: difficulty understanding written or spoken language related to aphasia
- Difficulty chewing or swallowing seen with dysphagia
- Voice disturbances
- Vocal fold nodules/polyps, paralysis, or spasmodic dysphonia
- Bells Palsy
The Speech Therapist Department at Uvalde Memorial Hospital is also certified in VitalSTIM therapy. VitalSTIM is an FDA approved treatment modality that uses small current electricity through external electrodes to stimulate nerves in the face and neck for the purpose of improving facial muscle activation and swallow function.
Symptoms of Potential Therapy Patients:
- Difficulty forming words
- Slurred speech
- Hoarse voice or voice disturbances
- Difficulty understanding written or spoken words
- Hearing loss
- Inability to recall known words
- Ongoing difficulty expressing certain sounds or words
- Facial weakness following a stroke or head trauma
- Difficulty swallowing
- Complications due to neuro-muscular disease