Sentara Therapy Center - Neuro Rehab

Sentara Therapy Center – Neuro Rehab offers outpatient occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy and nursing services to patients who have suffered a life-altering neurological injury or disorder. The clinical care team consists of occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, clinical exercise specialists and social workers who coordinate their areas of expertise to address each patient’s specific functional goals.

Rehabilitation for:

• Brain tumors
• Guillain-Barre syndrome
• Multiple sclerosis
• Parkinson’s disease
• Spinal cord injuries
• Stroke (CVA) and aneurysms
• Traumatic brain injury (TBA)

Services and treatments:

Occupational therapy

• Activities of daily living (ADL) and independent activities of daily living (IADL) retraining in the therapy center ADL kitchen, bathroom and laundry room
• Cognitive rehabilitation
• Gross and fine motor coordination activities for upper extremities
• Range of motion and strengthening for upper extremities
• Visual perception training

Physical therapy

• Amputee rehab
• Augmentative communication
• Bioness® foot drop therapy
• Community reintegration
• Concussion therapy
• Diabetes fitness program
• Fall-prevention therapy
• Functional mobility, assistive device training and gait training using high-tech, 90-ft, unweighting track system
• Neurological rehabilitation
• Neuromuscular re-education, proprioception (sensing body position and movement), posture correction
• Parkinson-specific treatment
• Pulmonary patient physical therapy
• Range of motion and strengthening for lower extremities
• Rehab for pulmonary patients and diagnoses
• Sensory re-integration – including use of standing frame
• Spinal cord rehab – with specialized equipment including the ERGYS bike
• Vestibular therapy to help with balance
• Visi-Pitch™
• Wheelchair assessments

Speech therapy

• Cognitive-communication therapy
• Dysphagia swallowing services, including modified barium swallow assessments and retraining
• Respiratory retraining
• Speech and language services
• Vocal hygiene and vocal exercise training

Other services

• Counseling services