Comprehensive Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Southside Hospital has a comprehensive inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation program, with complete services to help patients recover from disease, accidents and injury. We provide intensive inpatient and outpatient services, education for both patients and families and professional training to teach therapists the latest techniques. Our health professionals work as teams, believing that this approach best helps our patients recover as fully as possible. The department works closely with other hospital departments including social work, discharge planning, and home care to give patients and their families a wealth of medical support and therapeutic assistance both in the hospital and at home.

A Continuum of Care

Our mission is to provide seamless care from the point a patient enters the rehabilitation system at Southside until outpatient treatment is complete. Care may begin with pre-surgical planning and is carefully tailored to meet patients' needs and abilities. As patients move toward recovery, they often can be seen by the same physicians and therapists in outpatient as well as inpatient programs, to maintain continuity and reinforce the strong bonds that encourage trust and healing.

Rehabilitation is a Family Affair

Rehabilitation is challenging, and healing often requires the support and assistance of family and friends. At Southside, families are involved from the first day, attending meetings, observing therapy, and giving encouragement. Working with doctors, nurses and therapists, they learn how to help patients move safely, care for wounds, manage medications, and assist with the essential skills called activities of daily living.