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Wellstar Inpatient Rehab
Tools that help put you on the road to wellness
Recovering from a serious medical condition or disability can be a challenging part of your wellness journey, but it’s not something you have to do alone. Therapy experts at Wellstar are here to help guide you on the path to your healthiest life.
Personalized Plan for Optimal Rehab
If you or your loved one has experienced a significant injury, illness or surgery, life can change in an instant. Things that used to come easily like walking, talking or performing the activities of daily life, may suddenly be challenging. Our expert therapists will craft a customized treatment plan tailored to your needs. At our Wellstar Inpatient Rehabilitation, you'll received the highest level of care, at least three hours of therapy five days a week. When you need assistance getting back to life, our therapy experts at Wellstar can help with tools and support to help you feel like yourself again. Our specially trained speech, occupational and physical therapists work together to help you achieve success and get back to life.
Stroke Recovery
A stroke can damage a part of your brain that’s in charge of specific tasks. Rehabilitation focuses on getting other brain cells to help out with those tasks. To give your brain and body as much practice as possible, we start your rehab while you’re still at the hospital. From there, you might move to one of our rehabilitation hospitals, where we schedule you for at least 3 hours of therapy a day.What We Treat
Our team has the training, experience and tools to help you or a loved one overcome the challenges that follow a stroke, includingTreatment Could Include
- Evaluation to determine type of rehabilitation need
- Physical therapy for mobility and body control
- Speech therapy for swallowing, communication and cognition
- Occupational therapy for increasing strength and range of motion to do daily tasks like bathing and dressing
Brain Injury Recovery
If you or your loved on has experienced a traumatic brain injury, our world-class therapists will work with you to create a customized treatment plan for recovery.What We Treat
Our team has the training, experience and tools to help you or a loved one overcome the challenges that result from a traumatic injury includingTreatment Could Include
- Evaluation to determine type of rehabilitation need
- Physical therapy
- Speech therapy
- Occupational therapy
Spinal Cord Recovery
If you or your loved on has experienced a spinal cord injury, our world-class therapists will work with you to create a customized treatment plan for recovery.What We Treat
We care for patients with spinal cord injuries as well as those with conditions that affect the spinal cord such asTreatment Could Include
- Evaluation to determine type of rehabilitation need
- Physical therapy
- Speech therapy
- Occupational therapy
What to Expect during Inpatient Rehab
At Wellstar Inpatient Rehab, you will receive at least three hours of therapy five days a week to help you regain your independence after a traumatic injury or illness.
When you arrive on the inpatient rehab floor, your team of therapists will work with you to create an customized care plan, combining speech, occupational therapy and physical therapy based on your individual needs to help you achieve your goals.
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Inpatient Rehab Locations
Currently showing 3 total listed locationsRehabilitation and Therapy
Our goal is to help you improve and restore your quality of life by providing a full range of adult rehabilitation services, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology.
706-721-2481
Augusta University Health provides adult rehabilitation and therapy services as an important part of your recovery. We offer inpatient acute care in our hospital and outpatient rehabilitation services at our clinics.
About Us
AU Health's rehabilitation team collaborates closely with interdisciplinary professionals throughout our hospital, working with you, your family, and your physicians to set individual rehabilitation goals and design the best care plan for your needs.
Patients come to us for:
- Balance disorders
- Cognitive impairments
- Cognitive disorders (awareness, attention, memory, and reasoning skills)
- Fluency difficulties
- Gait impairments and imbalances
- Head and neck cancers
- Language disorders (verbal expression, comprehension, reading and writing)
- Low vision impairments
- Lymphedema or lipedema issues
- Orthopedic injuries
- Pain
- Pelvic health
- Post-operative rehab following surgery
- Neurological diagnoses (stroke, Parkinson's, brain injury, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, and others)
- Swallowing problems (dysphagia)
- Speech disorders
- Trauma
- Voice disorders
Did you know?
Adult rehabilitation also provides specialized services to patients for:
- Augmentative and alternative communication devices: We work with patients that need computer devices to supplement or replace speaking.
- Mechanical diagnosis and therapy: A comprehensive assessment and treatment method that identifies the best movement patterns to decrease mechanical pain.
- Modified barium swallow studies: We take an x-ray of a patient swallowing to view muscle mechanisms that may not be working. Recommendations are made for appropriate techniques, exercises, or diet changes to help improve swallowing.
- Return-to-sport testing: Data-driven strength and agility testing to determine the readiness and confidence of a patient to be able to return to their sport.
- Wheelchair assessments: We offer evaluations to patients requiring assistive mobility equipment. Our physical therapists work with wheelchair vendors to ensure optimal fitting for comfort, providing patients with safer mobility to function in their home environment.
Our Services
Adult rehabilitation focuses on helping you to keep, develop, and regain the ability to engage in life activities that are most meaningful to you, we do this through:
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Physical Therapy: We provide in- and outpatient physical therapy for patients who are experiencing pain or abnormal physical function with movement.
- Occupational Therapy: Our OTs work with patients to develop, regain, or maintain normal, or close to normal, functionality needed to perform everyday tasks.
- Speech-language Pathology: Patients see our speech-language pathologists to get assessed and treated for speech, language, swallowing, voice, and communication disorders.
- Pediatric Rehabilitation: If you have a child who needs physical, occupational, or speech-language therapy services, Children's Hospital of Georgia treats newborns to young adults.