Rehabilitation Services: Helping you get back your life

Our 50-bed rehabilitation hospital offers care and services to those who need more extensive rehabilitation. It has programs for those recovering from:

• Amputation 

• Brain injury 

• Burns 

• Complex orthopedic injury or surgery

• Spinal cord injury 

• Stroke

Our team works with you to help you reach your highest level of recovery.

Lymphedema is swelling in your arms or legs that occurs when lymph (a fluid that’s part of your immune system) doesn’t drain well. It sometimes happens after cancer treatment and can also be present at birth or have other causes.

Venous edema affects your veins. It causes symptoms similar to lymphedema, and our highly trained therapists treat it similarly.

For people with diseases, injury or disorders of the nervous system such as stroke, traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury.

From diagnosis into survivorship, cancer rehabilitation is designed to help patients manage some of the common side effects during and after cancer treatments.

Orthotics and prosthetics

We design and fit people with a variety of custom orthoses (devices that provide support or correct alignment issues of the spine or limbs). We also design and fit prostheses (artificial limbs), which we often make in our on-site lab. Follow-up care and education are among our services.

Prosthetic rehabilitation

Therapy can be an essential part of recovery if you’ve had an amputation. Our team works to help you be as mobile and independent as possible with an artificial limb.

Orthopedic physical therapy focuses on restoring musculoskeletal function that has been lost, such as damage to the patient’s joint, tendons, ligaments, muscles and bones.

Pelvic floor disorders affect the muscles and tissues in your lower pelvis. They can lead to pain, incontinence and other bowel and bladder issues. 

We have therapists who are experts in these conditions. They use many techniques and exercises to help you achieve improved bowel and bladder control.

Staff in our Spine Physical Therapy Program treat back and neck pain that interferes with everyday life.

Competitive athletes and weekend warriors can both experience sports injuries. Physical therapy offered through Sports Rehabilitation Services helps you get back in the game safely. Our team can also help improve sports performance for athletes of all levels.

People with hand, arm and shoulder injuries benefit from our Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation Program. Certified occupational hand therapists offer several services that help you regain function and return to activities that are important to you.

Children have unique needs. Our pediatric rehabilitation specialists provide care at American Family Children’s Hospital and at outpatient clinics to provide all types of therapy. They work to help kids return home and to school. Conditions they treat include: 

• Cerebral palsy 

• Developmental disabilities 

• Neuromuscular disease 

• Nonverbal learning disorders 

• Spinal cord injuries 

• Traumatic brain injury

UW Health Kids offers a comprehensive inpatient pediatric rehabilitation program. Our goal is simple: To get your child on the road to a safe, independent lifestyle.