Rehab Programs At Franciscan Health

Our rehabilitation programs in Indiana and Illinois include a full range of services and cutting-edge therapeutics, from physical therapy and occupational therapy to speech therapy and inpatient rehabilitation services. We also offer specialized rehab programs for patients recovering from targeted conditions, including strokes, concussions, long COVID and other acute health challenges.

“Patients who follow through with prescribed rehabilitation services can expect to achieve better long-term health outcomes and an overall higher quality of life,” said Sachin Mehta, MD, a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist with Franciscan Health Indianapolis.

Comprehensive Rehab Services At Franciscan Health

Franciscan’s rehabilitation services teams cater to each patient’s individual care needs, drawing from a range of state-of-the-art diagnostic treatments and specialized therapies. Patients receive targeted, holistic care, often working with occupational therapists, speech therapists and physical therapists in tandem as part of a comprehensive treatment plan.

In addition to standard therapies, our rehab teams are skilled in providing a wide spectrum of specialty services to help patients achieve the best health outcomes, including:

• Amputee/prosthetics rehabilitation
• Aquatic therapy
• Aural rehabilitation
• Chronic pain therapy
• Comprehensive swallowing program
• Dry needling
• Neurological rehabilitation
• Parkinson’s disease therapy
• Oncology rehabilitation
• Pediatrics
• Pelvic health therapy
• Lymphedema therapy
• Vestibular therapy

“Our goal is to provide each patient with the precise services they need so they can reclaim their independence and return to the daily activities they enjoy,” Dr. Mehta said.

Adult Inpatient Rehabilitation

Franciscan’s inpatient rehabilitation services provide focused, medically supervised activities to help patients prepare to return home following a hospital stay. Our rehab teams can help patients recover balance, strength, fine motor and visual skills – as well as swallow function and cognition skills – during their recovery from accidents or health conditions, including:

• Amputations
• Brain injuries
• Cardiac conditions
• Long COVID
• Musculoskeletal disorders
• Neurological disease
• Orthopedic conditions
• Spinal cord injuries
• Strokes
• Trauma

Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation

For patients who require short- or long-term outpatient rehabilitation care, Franciscan offers specialized services coordinated by a physician board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation.

These services are offered in our convenient, accessible rehab centers, outfitted with the latest therapeutic technologies – including the Ekso GT Exoskeleton (offered in Indianapolis and Lafayette only), a robotic exoskeleton that helps patients recovering from stroke or spinal cord injuries learn to walk again.

Outpatient services are routinely prescribed for conditions such as:

• Amputation
• Balance deficits
• Brain injuries
• Concussion
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Parkinson’s disease
• Spinal cord injuries
• Sports injuries
• Stroke
• Transverse myelitis

Specialized Rehabilitation Programs Through Franciscan

Franciscan Health’s targeted, specialized rehabilitation programs for patients recovering from strokes, long COVID or concussions and mild traumatic brain injuries are based on the latest, most proven therapeutics.

For example, patients healing from a concussion can expect to work with speech-language pathologists, physical therapists and occupational therapists as well as neuropsychologists, neuro-optometrists and other specialists as needed.

Stroke recovery patients receive care from certified brain injury specialists and certified stroke rehabilitation specialists, while long COVID patients may expect to receive care from occupational and physical therapists as well as trained physiatrists, psychologists, pulmonologists and cardiologists.

“We pride ourselves on offering a state-of-the art, comprehensive program that’s at the same time flexible enough to meet each patient’s individual needs,” said Dr. Mehta.