Parkinson's Disease Treatment Program
The frustrating effects of Parkinson Disease can take a toll on a patient’s abilities and self-image. However, a customized therapy plan can help Parkinson patients make significant gains.
Pain Management
What is the outpatient pain management program?
Many types of chronic pain may not seem serious at a glance, but at Bryn Mawr Rehab we know that long-term pain seriously impacts quality of life, often resulting in debility and depression over time. Chronic pain can be defined as any pain that:
- Persists after an injury has healed, or lasts longer than the usual recovery time
- Interferes with daily life, either at home or at work
- Doesn’t get better after multiple attempts to treat it, including medication, physical therapy or surgery
Chronic pain affects people of all ages and backgrounds. Almost 60 percent of the patients in our outpatient pain management program, offered at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital just outside of Philadelphia, suffer from:
- Atypical pain syndromes
- Back pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Musculoskeletal pain
- Neck pain
- Oncology-related pain
- Spine pain
- Neuropathic pain from damaged or pinched nerves
Our treatment approaches include:
- Physical, occupational and aquatic therapy
- Expert behavioral and stress-management counseling
- Computer biofeedback to help learn pain-reducing relaxation techniques
- Epidural steroid injections to relieve inflammation at the source of pain
- Facet injections that limit pain and increase movement
Our pain management program also draws on integrative medicine approaches to complement traditional pain therapies. These include:
- Acupuncture and intramuscular stimulation to help relieve pain from certain areas of the body
- Prolotherapy regenerative injections for joints, ligaments and tendons
- Other types of alternative medicine to help stimulate the body’s own healing process
The pain management doctors at Bryn Mawr Rehab will oversee any pain medications you might need and will carefully select those with maximum effectiveness and minimal side effects—so that your body can rely on its own ability to feel good again.
Pain management program team
Our team partners with primary care doctors and other specialists for comprehensive physical, diagnostic and psychological evaluations. These evaluations help us to determine whether further tests such as blood chemistry, X-rays or imaging are needed, and ultimately to:
- Minimize the effects of pain
- Maximize function and productivity
- Teach alternate coping methods
- Minimize the need for medication
- Prevent further injury
And ultimately enable you to return to normal activity. We'll develop a treatment plan based on your own interests and will bring our own creativity to keep you motivated!
After finishing our Pain Management Program:
96% of patients able to return to work
60% reduce reliance on medications
Family support for pain management
A support system of family and friends is particularly important for the recovery of a patient who suffers from chronic pain, which can lead individuals into isolation that worsens their psychological challenges. Even the most advanced pain management can't provide relief overnight and family involvement can be a crucial component of recovery inside and outside the pain management clinic.
Sports Medicine Rehab
As part of our specialized treatment for each athlete, sports injury rehab includes use of therapies and training exercises that not only mimic the demands of your sport but also address the unique conditions of the specific position you play within your sport.
Brain Injury Rehab
Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital was one of the first facilities in the country to offer traumatic and nontraumatic inpatient brain injury rehab as well as outpatient brain injury rehab and has remained one of the best rehabilitation hospitals for brain injury treatment in the Philadelphia region for more than 30 years.
Vestibular Therapy
At Bryn Mawr Rehab we help patients with chronic or acute dizziness and vertigo get back to active, normal living. With several outpatient locations in the western suburbs of Philadelphia, there’s sure to be a vestibular therapist near you.
Aquatic Therapy
Through the aquatic therapy program at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, warm water helps patients relax, enhances functional movement, and boosts confidence and ability.
Equestrian Therapy
Equine-assisted therapy provides physical as well as cognitive benefits for a person’s recovery. As the horse walks, the repetitive swinging motion helps to improve the person’s balance, coordination and strength and muscle tone through the trunk and legs. Cognitive skills improve because riding requires balance, stability, timing and planning.
Stroke Rehab
Inpatient and outpatient stroke rehabilitation treatment and complex stroke treatment. We develop a unique stroke rehab therapy plan that help patients immediately build on their strengths and learn to compensate for limitations.
Hand Therapy
A hand therapy specialist is well-versed in a variety of methods and works to develop a personalized regimen for the unique needs of every patient. Our patients come from all walks of life—from young athletes to long-term arthritis sufferers to accidental burn victims.