Physical therapy services in New Mexico
At Lovelace, we prioritize your journey to recovery and well-being. Our state-of-the-art Lovelace UNM Rehabilitation Hospital is dedicated to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology services. Our physical therapists offer tailored rehabilitation therapy and injury recovery programs for a wide range of conditions, including stroke, Parkinson’s disease, breast cancer, brain injuries, and more. Discover the power of our physical rehabilitation as we guide you through personalized programs designed to restore and enhance your health.
Our rehabilitation services
At Lovelace UNM Rehabilitation Hospital, our skilled physiatrists provide comprehensive treatments to help you recover and feel your best. Our goal is to return people recovering from illness or injury to the highest function and quality of life possible. Our treatment programs are intensive and coordinated so you can regain and maintain as much independence as possible.
Our committed rehabilitation team strives to help patients achieve their wellness goals by enhancing your strength, endurance, balance, coordination, range of motion, and mobility. Whether you are recovering from an injury or surgery, or managing bone, muscle, and nerve disorders, our tailored programs address a variety of needs.
- Explore our specialized rehabilitation services and injury recovery programs:
- Aquatics programs: Dive into effective rehabilitation through water-based therapies.
- Balance and vestibular rehabilitation: Our specialists will help improve your equilibrium and spatial awareness for improved stability.
- Brain injury program: We offer specialized care for patients recovering from brain injuries.
- Breast cancer rehabilitation: Our team offers support for breast cancer survivors.
- Certified wheelchair evaluations: We ensure optimal mobility solutions for enhanced independence.
- Concussion therapy and testing: Experience tailored care for concussion recovery and ongoing monitoring.
- Continence program: We address pelvic health for improved continence and overall health.
- Fall prevention: Our team offers comprehensive strategies to reduce the risk of falls.
- Foot and ankle rehabilitation: We provide specialized care for foot and ankle-related concerns.
- Gynecological cancer rehabilitation: Our team offers holistic support for gynecological cancer survivors.
- Interventional pain clinic: Our pain clinic provides innovative approaches to managing pain for an improved quality of life.
- Lymphedema program: We offer comprehensive care for individuals managing lymphedema.
- Massage therapy: Our massage therapists provide therapeutic massages for relaxation and rehabilitation.
- Neuropsychology: Our neuropsychology services include expert psychological support for your cognitive well-being.
- Parkinson’s disease program: We offer comprehensive services to support patients diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. This includes the Forever Maintenance program, an eight week group program led by certified clinicians who provide support and encouragement to patients with Parkinson’s.
- Pelvic floor rehabilitation: We provide specialized therapies for pelvic health.
- Pregnancy and postpartum program: This program offers comprehensive care for expectant and new mothers.
- Psychology: We integrate emotional and mental health support programs into your rehabilitation.
- Runner’s clinic: Our runner’s clinic offers specialized care for runners to prevent and address injuries.
- Spinal cord injury: Rely on our experts for exceptional spinal cord injury rehabilitation.
- Sports injury treatments: We offer specialized programs for athletes recovering from sports-related injuries, including our Sports Metrics ACL injury program to help athletes prevent ACL injuries.
- Stroke program: Our neurologists and rehab specialists offer rehabilitation for stroke survivors.
Experience comprehensive and effective rehabilitation at our dedicated facility. Your wellness is our top priority.
Occupational therapy
The rehabilitation specialists at Lovelace are dedicated to providing education on workplace safety, body mechanics, and ergonomics. Our focus is on preventing injuries before they occur, recognizing the significance of prevention over rehabilitation or medical treatments.
Explore our diverse occupational therapy programs:
- Activities of Daily Living: Engage in daily exercises in our therapy gym to enhance practical skills like maneuvering around furniture, handling a steering wheel, or using an ATM machine.
- Hand and upper extremity clinic: Our team provides specialized care for hand and upper extremity dysfunction. Our services include joint protection, functional training, home programs, manual therapy, modalities, splinting, therapeutic exercise, and wound care.
We also offer a range of assessments to ensure a healthy workforce. Thorough evaluations match workers’ physical abilities with the critical demands of their jobs, providing benefits such as injury prevention and the empowerment of employees and employers to address symptoms early.
Our occupational therapists provide the following evaluations:
- Functional capacity evaluation: Measure clients’ ability to perform job functions, guiding recommendations for returning to work after illness or injury.
- Pre-work screening (PWS): Assess job applicants’ functional abilities for specific roles, ensuring fair hiring decisions in a legal and nondiscriminatory way.
- Worksite evaluations: Promote a healthy workforce with ergonomic assessments, workplace design assistance, and support for redesign and remodels.
Speech-language pathology
The outpatient speech-language pathology department at Lovelace UNM Rehabilitation Hospital offers a comprehensive range of services for adults and pediatric populations (over two years old). Utilizing a multidisciplinary approach, we collaborate with physicians throughout treatment.
Your ability to speak or swallow can be affected by a variety of conditions, including:
- Cognitive impairment
- Fluency disorder
- Genetic disorders
- Neurological conditions
- Parkinson’s disease
- Reduced intelligibility/speech disorder
- Stroke
- Swallowing disorders
- Traumatic brain injury
- Voice disorders
Voice disorders
In partnership with otolaryngologists, our Voice & Dysphagia program evaluates and treats a variety of disorders, including:
- Cancer of the larynx
- Dysphagia
- Flexible and/or rigid laryngoscopy
- Hoarseness
- Laryngitis
- Laryngopharyngeal reflux disease (LPRD)
- Muscle tension dysphonia
- Neurologic voice disorders
- Psychogenic voice disorder
- Reinke’s edema
- Spasmodic dysphonia
- Vocal cord atrophy
- Vocal cord dysfunction
- Vocal cord granuloma
- Vocal cord growths
- Vocal cord scarring
- Vocal fold immobility/paresis
- Voice evaluation with instrumentation
- Voice laryngostroboscopy
- Voice recording and analysis
Swallowing issues
Lovelace UNM Rehabilitation Hospital specializes in the evaluation and treatment of swallowing issues, including:
- Bedside Swallow Assessment
- Education and training for patients and caregivers on diet precautions and compensatory strategies.
- Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallow (FEES)
- Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation technique
- Video swallow capabilities
- Visual biofeedback with nasal endoscopy
Trust us for thorough and effective speech and swallowing care tailored to your unique needs.
Inpatient rehabilitation services
We offer the following services on an inpatient basis:
- Amputation recovery
- Brain injury treatment
- Hip fracture care
- Major multiple trauma care
- Neurological disorder care
- Orthopedic rehabilitation
- Stroke rehabilitation
- Swallowing program
Outpatient rehabilitation services
We offer the following services on an outpatient basis:
- Activities of daily living training
- Aquatics program
- Arthritis treatment
- Back pain treatment
- Balance and vestibular rehabilitation
- Brain injury rehabilitation
- Breast cancer rehabilitation
- Certified pre-employment ability testing
- Certified wheelchair evaluations
- Concussion therapy and testing program
- Continence program
- Fall prevention
- Foot and ankle care
- Functional capacity evaluations
- Hand and upper extremity
- Home safety evaluations
- Interventional pain clinic
- Lymphedema program
- Neurological impairment
- Occupational health
- Occupational therapy
- Orthopedic rehabilitation
- Outpatient massage therapy
- Pain management
- Parkinson’s Program
- Pelvic floor rehabilitation
- Pre-work screenings
- Return to work program
- Runner’s Clinic
- SPEAK OUT! program
- Spinal cord injury treatment
- Sports injury care
- Sportsmetrics Injury Prevention program
- Stroke rehabilitation
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Swallowing evaluation and intervention
- Voice program
- Work injury program
- Worksite evaluation program
Please call us to learn more about our services.