Central Baptist's rehab services department provides physical and occupational therapy to children and adults on an inpatient or outpatient basis.

The road to recovery often includes regaining skills and function lost due to accidents, stroke or other illnesses. Our rehab services department can help you regain those lost skills and sometimes something even more important . . . your independence. Our physical and occupational therapists work closely together to establish a treatment program to meet your unique needs.

Physical Therapy

Physical therapists are specially trained to improve movement and function, relieve pain and expand a patient's movement potential. They can treat existing problems and provide preventive care for children and adults with a variety of conditions, such as:

• back and neck injuries
• chronic conditions related to degenerative diseases
• postoperative spinal surgeries
• total joint replacements
• fractures
• anterior cruciate ligament repair
• rotator cuff injuries
• developmental delays
• heart disease
• neurological impairments caused by stroke, Parkinson's disease and other illnesses
• wounds that aren't healing
• lymphedema caused by trauma or surgery.

To receive physical therapy, you must have a written referral from your physician. Once a referral is received, a licensed physical therapist will evaluate your needs and set up an individual treatment program to best suit you. Therapy may include exercise to increase strength, endurance, coordination or range of motion. Modalities such as heat, ice, water or electricity are used to help relieve pain, muscle spasm or swelling and to promote healing.

Central Baptist's physical therapy hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week.

Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy focuses on helping patients become as independent as possible in daily life activities after an injury or illness. Occupational therapists work with children and adults suffering from:

• stroke
• arthritis
• cerebral palsy
• spinal cord injury
• hand injuries
• amputations
• joint replacement
• burns
• developmental delays
• visual and cognitive disorders

Occupational therapists assess a patient's mobility and how those functions affect activities of daily living, such as dressing, bathing, meal preparation, money management and some job skills.

To receive occupational therapy services, you must have a written referral from your doctor. Once the referral is received, a registered occupational therapist will complete an evaluation and develop an individualized treatment program specific to your needs.

Occupational therapy services are available six days a week from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Central Baptist Hospital.

Home Health

Central Baptist Hospital Home Care provides physical and occupational therapy to homebound patients in an 11-county area in central Kentucky. For more information on receiving rehab services at home, please call (859) 260-6569 or toll free 1-800-489-3002.

For More Information

To schedule an appointment for outpatient physical or occupational therapy, call (859) 260-6673.