National Rehabilitation Awareness Week, September 16-22, 2019, is the perfect time to acknowledge the many benefits that can arise from rehabilitation programs. The awareness week highlights the positive impact that these services make in the lives of people in need. Rehab can benefit a person physically, mentally, and spiritually. Whether someone is undergoing inpatient care following a major surgery or attends a therapy session once a week to correct a minor issue, rehab services are there to help be a guide on the road to recovery.<\/p>\n
This week brings forward the recognition that every person deserves to live his\/her life to the fullest. We are excited to celebrate rehabilitation services all week long and thank the outstanding rehabilitation professionals who provide care to thousands of Cooper patients each year.<\/p>\n
Facts about rehabilitation services:<\/strong><\/p>\n What is occupational therapy?<\/p>\n Occupational therapy is the only profession that helps people across their lifespan to do the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of daily activities (occupations). Occupational therapy practitioners enable people of all ages to live life to the fullest by helping them promote health, and prevent\u2014or live better with\u2014injury, illness, or disability.<\/p>\n What is physical therapy?<\/p>\n Physical therapy is a health care profession that includes the evaluation, assessment, and treatment of individuals with limitations in functional mobility. Physical therapy practitioners are\u00a0trained to assess your condition and help you regain maximal functional mobility and independence.<\/p>\n What is speech-language therapy?<\/p>\n Speech-language therapy is a profession that helps people of all ages with communication and swallowing problems. Speech-language practitioners are trained to help with such conditions as literacy, social communication, voice, fluency, and cognitive communication, as well as feeding and swallowing.<\/p>\n Facts about rehabilitation services at Cooper:<\/strong><\/p>\n