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.
Sports Medicine Rehab
What is sports medicine rehab?
Injuries affect athletes of every age and ability, so our sports injury rehab team at Bryn Mawr Rehab tailors treatment to every patient, from sports physical therapy for the weekend warrior to rehabilitation for the pro athlete — all with the goal of healing complex sports injuries and limiting the likelihood of re-injury.
At Bryn Mawr Rehab outpatient locations throughout the western suburbs of Philadelphia, your sports injury rehab team includes rehabilitation doctors, physical therapists, board certified sports medicine specialists, and strength and conditioning specialists. who look at the whole body — not just to stop your pain, but to address the underlying source of injury.
Applying medical expertise at the source of sports injury
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. Sports therapy exercises may include:
- High-level balance exercises
- Plyometric training
- High-intensity interval training, power, agility, flexibility and speed activities
We treat patients of every skill level — from youth baseball players to amateur golfers to professional football players — and see every type of sports injury. For every patient, our goal is help you make a full recovery and prevent future instances of injury. We're also able to offer our medical expertise to amateur as well as competitive athletes looking for injury prevention and performance tips and training.
Sports injury rehab is an outpatient program with flexible hours to accommodate athletes with busy schedules.
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.
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.
Pain Management
Our pain management program includes a range of therapeutic techniques, whether you need chronic back pain treatment or relief from pinched nerves. We also draw on integrative medicine approaches to complement traditional pain therapies to give you the safest, most effective results.
Orthopaedic Rehabilitation
As one of the most extensive programs at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, our primary focus is to help patients build strength, mobility and endurance for a variety of orthopaedic conditions.
Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy and sensory integration helps patients who’ve experienced a debilitative injury or illness return to activities of daily living (ADL), such as dressing, eating, writing, shopping, toileting and driving.
Work Hardening Program
For people with work-related injuries and chronic pain, we offer a range of therapies through RehabWorks, a worker rehabilitation program that brings together a multidisciplinary team to support people who have lost functional capacity due to a work-related illness or injury.
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.