Rehabilitation Services

Rehabilitation Services & Sports Medicine

Baptist Hospital Northeast offers a full range of occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech pathology, industrial rehabilitation and sports medicine services.

We provide specialized services in the hospital and the community for many types of injuries and disabilities, including sports injuries. Services are also available for infants and children with developmental delays.

What is rehabilitation?

Rehabilitation services are provided to anyone needing occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech/language therapy.

These services are designed to help individuals of all ages recover from a variety of illnesses and injuries, and return to their prior level of independence. Rehabilitation services also assist those with physical impairments and/or deficits in memory, thinking or learning skills that have occurred at birth or during early childhood.

A team approach is used in order to provide the best possible treatment:

• Occupational therapy helps you increase your independence with life tasks through practical activities such as eating, bathing, dressing, home management, money management and working safely at your job or within your home. To increase your independence, you may need to make changes within your environment, use adaptive equipment, wear a custom-fabricated hand splint or participate in activities to increase your self-concept or problem-solving skills.
• Physical therapy helps you improve strength, coordination and balance, and reach your specific goals, such as independent movement, wheelchair mobility or walking. Outpatient therapy is offered at the hospital and at Baptist Crestwood.
• Speech-language pathology helps with communication and swallowing problems, and works to improve listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Increasing cognitive skills to improve reasoning and judgment is another goal.
• Sports medicine involves treatment and prevention of sports injuries. Therapists work closely with board certified orthopaedic specialists in the area to provide excellent treatment for sports injuries. Inpatient and outpatient services are provided at the hospital, with injury screenings provided by staff members on a weekly basis at the Oldham County Family YMCA in Buckner for YMCA members. Baptist Northeast is also the exclusive sports medicine provider for the varsity sports teams at Oldham, South Oldham, North Oldham, Trimble County, Henry County and Eminence Independent high schools.
• Pediatric rehabilitation to provide therapeutic services to children, from newborn to age 3, with motor, cognitive, speech, language and other developmental delays.

Pediatric rehabilitation services

Baptist Hospital Northeast has been serving children from birth to adolescence since 1992. Baptist Northeast typically serves children with developmental delays in the areas of fine motor, gross motor, social/emotional, perception, cognition, and speech/language. These delays are the result of a variety of disorders including autism, cerebral palsy, hearing disorders, spinal cord injuries, mental retardation, sensory disorders, syndromes, organic etiologies, and injuries.

Our programs focus on treatment of the child, as well as education and instruction of the caregivers. We provide treatment in conjunction with other disciplines to best suit the child's needs. This includes professionals within our hospital and at other agencies.

Our therapists have a genuine interest in children and maintain current competencies with treatment approaches.

If you are concerned with any aspect of your child’s development, you may contact your primary physician or Baptist Northeast’s Rehabilitation Department at (502) 222-3303. We will help you in any way we can. If you would like to schedule an evaluation for your child, physician referral is required to schedule an appointment for occupational, physical, and/or speech therapy. We accept most insurances (you must check your particular policy for coverage), as well as Medicaid, Passport, and KCHIP.

Industrial rehabilitation services

The Rehabilitation Department works with BaptistWorx® Occupational Health & Wellness (affiliated with Baptist Hospital Northeast) to provide industrial rehabilitation services including:

• Back treatment
• Treatment for hand injuries
• Treatment for repetitive motion injuries
• Treatment for muscular and bone injuries
• Hearing screenings
• General body reconditioning
• Job analysis at the work site
• Educational programs for back safety
• Educational programs for prevention of repetitive motion injuries

Arranging for treatment

Baptist Northeast's rehabilitation team works closely with your physician to develop and implement a program tailored to attain your goals. A referral from your primary care physician or specialist is necessary.

Rehabilitation services are provided for hospital patients and community members of all ages.

Baptist Northeast accepts a wide variety of health insurance, as well as Medicare and Medicaid. Our staff will assist in determining your payor source(s), and claims will be filed through our billing department.

Appointments are available from 5:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

For more information

For more information about Rehabilitation Services & Sports Medicine at Baptist Northeast, please call the department at (502) 222-3303.

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