Rehabilitation
Flexibility. Mobility. Recovery. Helping you get back to life.
Emanate Health Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation offers a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary team approach. We help patients achieve the highest possible level of function and health following surgery, injury or illness.
As the premier provider of outpatient rehabilitation, we offer:
- Physical therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Speech therapy
- Cardiac therapy
- Pulmonary therapy
- Rehabilitation therapy
Our team of licensed professionals are trained in a full range of therapy services and use state-of-the-art equipment and facilities to ensure that each patient receives personal, individualized therapy.
Crutches 101
Give yourself a leg up
Crutches can help you move around if you have an injured leg. But it's important to use them correctly.
Keep your eyes up:
Look forward when you're walking, not down at your feet.
Adjust the height:
The tops of the crutches should be 1 to 2 inches below your armpits while you're standing up straight.
Use your hands:
Let your hands, not your armpits, carry your weight. Otherwise, you run the risk of damaging the nerves and blood vessels in your underarms.
Put your handles at your hips:
The handles of your crutches should be at hip level. Your elbows should bend slightly when you hold them.
Keep your distance:
Keep the tips of your crutches about 4 inches away from your feet so that they don't trip you.
Wear the right shoes:
Choose footwear that fits well. Avoid heels.
How to walk
1. Stand on your strong leg, and place both crutches about 1 foot in front of you, angled slightly wider than your body.
2. Move your weak leg forward while shifting your weight to your crutches.
3. With your weight on the crutches, move your strong leg forward. Repeat these steps.
Go slowly. It may take a while to get used to walking with crutches.
How to go up stairs
1. Step up with your strong leg first.
2. Bring the crutches up together to the first step.
3. Place your weight on your strong leg and bring your weak leg up to join.
How to go down stairs
1. Lower your crutches together onto the step below.
2. Move your weak leg forward and down.
3. Follow with your strong leg.
Feeling unsteady? Sit down, and slide up and down the stairs with your crutches beside you.
How to sit down
1. Line yourself up so the front of the chair touches the back of your leg.
2. Place both crutches in 1 hand, and hold the handgrips.
3. Using the crutches for stability on 1 side and an armrest or the chair seat on the other, slowly sit down.
How to stand up
1. Move to the front of your seat, and place both crutches in 1 hand.
2. Push yourself up onto your strong leg, using the crutches, the chair or both for balance.
3. Stand on your strong leg while you place your crutches.
Don't hesitate to ask for a helping hand instead of using the chair for support.
Sources
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. "How to Use Crutches, Canes, and Walkers." https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/recovery/how-to-use-crutches-canes-and-walkers.
- American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. "Crutch Use." https://www.foothealthfacts.org/conditions/crutch-use.
Physical therapy
Our physical therapy teams treat patients with all types of physical impairments, functional limitations or disabilities. We provide individualized therapy treatment sessions to restore, maintain and promote optimal physical function and independence.
Comprehensive, individualized treatment programs offered:
- Sports injury rehabilitation
- Stroke and neurological rehabilitation
- Joint replacement rehabilitation
- Balance and fall prevention, vestibular rehabilitation
- Arthritis management
- Amputee services including collaboration with certified prosthetists and orthotists
- Exercise and fitness instruction
- Pediatric rehabilitation program
For more information about our physical therapy services and to book an evaluation with one of our physical therapists, please contact one of our locations.
For more information about our inpatient services, please contact one of our locations.
Speech pathology
Our team of speech pathologists provides outpatient services for treatment of pediatrics and adults at our Queen of the Valley Campus. One-on-one therapy is provided and directed by licensed, masters educated speech pathologists. Therapy sessions focus on maximizing communication and swallow function.
Reviewed 2/8/2023
Sources
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. "Adult Speech and Language." https://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/adultsandl/.
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. "Child Speech and Language." https://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/childsandl/.
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. "Dysarthria." https://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/dysarthria/.
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. "Speech-Language Pathologists." https://www.asha.org/Students/Speech-Language-Pathologists/.
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. "Swallowing Disorders in Adults." https://www.asha.org/public/speech/swallowing/Swallowing-Disorders-in-Adults/.
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. "Who Are Speech-Language Pathologists, and What Do They Do?" https://www.asha.org/public/who-are-speech-language-pathologists/.
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. "Developmental Language Disorder." https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/developmental-language-disorder#7.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. "What Speech-Language Pathologists Do." https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/speech-language-pathologists.htm#tab-2.
Speech therapy quiz
True or false?
Speech-language pathologists treat a wide variety of communication and swallowing problems. How much do you know about the many types of disorders speech therapy can address?
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True or false: Speech-language pathologists work only in outpatient settings.
FALSE. Speech-language pathologists work in many settings. You might find them in grade schools, colleges and universities, private practices, rehabilitation centers, and hospitals.
True or false: Speech therapy is mainly helpful for children.
FALSE. Speech-language pathologists work with people of all ages to treat many types of communication and swallowing problems, including:
- Stuttering.
- Learning disabilities involving reading, spelling and writing.
- Voice, language and swallowing disorders caused by problems like stroke, cancer or brain injury.
True or false: Speech therapy might help someone who has autism interact socially with others.
TRUE: All people with autism have social communication problems. Speech-language pathologists can educate and train them how to greet others and ask questions; speak in ways appropriate to the listener and setting; and follow social norms for conversation, like taking turns at talking or how close to stand to someone while conversing.
True or false: Speech-language pathologists help people learn to swallow food.
TRUE: A swallowing disorder can lead to problems like poor nutrition and weight loss. Speech-language pathologists can help people learn to manage swallowing problems (called dysphagia) in order to suck, chew and swallow food and liquid properly.
True or false: Speech therapy can help with how your voice sounds.
TRUE: Speech-language pathologists address a variety of voice problems. If you sound hoarse or lose your voice easily, speech therapy can help. Speech-language pathologists can also address other voice issues like talking too loudly, talking through your nose or being unable to make sounds.
What's the best way to take care of your voice? Find out by taking this voice care quiz.
Commonly treated diagnoses include:
- Stroke
- Neurological conditions including Parkinson's disease, cerebral palsy and Huntington's disease
- Traumatic brain injury
- Post-surgery due to oral, pharyngeal, or laryngeal cancer
- Developmental delays, syndromes, autism
We offer comprehensive treatment programs including:
- Swallowing (dysphagia) therapy
- Speech therapy
- Language therapy
- Voice therapy
- Cognitive re-training
- Home exercise
For more information about our speech therapy services and to book an evaluation with one of our speech-language pathologists, please contact one of our locations.
For more information about our inpatient services, please contact one of our locations.