FHZ Rehabilitation Services
General Overview of Services
FHZ offers physical, occupational and speech therapy services both on an inpatient and outpatient basis. Audiology services are offered on an outpatient basis. Physical, occupational and speech therapists develop, coordinate and utilize selected knowledge and skill in planning, organizing and directing programs for the care of individuals whose ability to function is impaired or threatened by injury or disease.
The FHZ therapy department is spacious and fully equipped with a variety of equipment. Rehabilitation services are provided by Florida licensed therapists and assistants whose credentials include graduation from an accredited program at a university or college, licensure by the state of Florida, and extensive continuing education in the latest trends and treatments in rehabilitation. Our large, highly skilled staff has a variety of certifications including certifications in lymphedema, manual therapy, vestibular rehab, wound care and pediatric neurodevelopmental therapy. The therapy staff is dedicated to providing the highest quality rehabilitation therapy to our patients and the facilities we serve. Our professional team is committed to making a difference in the lives of our patients by helping them achieve their maximum functioning level.
Physical Therapy
Physical therapy focuses primarily on those individuals whose potential or actual impairment is related to the neuromusculoskeletal, pulmonary and cardiovascular systems; on methods for evaluating the functions of these systems and on the selection and application of appropriate therapeutic procedures to maintain, improve or restore these functions. Therapeutic procedures include exercises for increasing strength, endurance, motor development, balance skills, functional capacity or respiratory and circulatory efficiency and gait analysis.
Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy focuses primarily on those individuals whose actual disabilities are related to activities of daily living, work, play/recreational areas due to physical, cognitive or psychosocial impairments; on methods of evaluating the functions of these areas and on the selection and application of appropriate therapeutic procedures to maintain, improve or restore these functions. Therapeutic procedures include sensory-motor exercises for increasing strength, endurance, range of motion, coordination, and balance; therapeutic adaptations, such as assistive/adaptive devices and physical environmental design, education and training in functional activities of daily living; prevention and health promotion through purposeful activity, self-management skills, socialization, energy conservation, body mechanics and joint protection.
Speech Therapy
Speech therapy focuses primarily on those individuals whose impairment is related to neurological,
developmental, psychosocial, or inappropriately learned behaviors. Therapeutic programs include increasing receptive and expressive language skills for the aphasic or head injured patient; increasing receptive and expressive vocabulary and linguistic skills in children; increasing articulation skills in children and adults; increasing appropriate swallowing patterns in children and adults; increasing vocal quality in children and adults; increasing fluency in children and increasing functional oral communication for the laryngectomized patient.
Audiology
Audiology is provided by specially trained professionals who utilize the most appropriate tools for the diagnosing and remediation of hearing disorders and/or vestibular disorders. Diagnostic testing includes but is not limited to:
Specialty Services Offered Include: