Inpatient, Swing Bed, and Outpatient Services
After surgery or an illness, getting back on your feet or resuming normal activities is often more than can be handled alone. Salem Township Hospital has a team of therapists to help patients regain their prior level of function while encouraging them along the way.
Phone: (618) 740-1664
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 5:00pm
Physical Therapy
Therapists use a combination of exercise, functional activities, manual techniques, modalities, and education to help decrease pain, improve overall function, and provide patients with the knowledge to prevent further injuries.
Physical Therapy can help with:
- Orthopedic Injuries
- Sport or Work Injuries
- Pain
- Neurological Issues
- Status Post Surgery
- Fall prevention
- Vestibular Rehabilitation
- Work Conditioning
- Generalized Weakness
- Parkinson’s Disease
Occupational Therapy
Salem Township Hospital’s Occupational Therapy Department helps patients regain their independence in performing everyday activities at work and at home. Many times, outpatient therapy will be given to patients who have limitations in their elbows, wrists, and hands following fractures, cumulative trauma (carpal tunnel), surgeries, or arthritis.
The department also treats inpatients, swing bed patients, and outpatients who are recovering from stroke, other neurological conditions, or generalized weakness following illness or prolonged hospitalization.
Inpatient therapy may include a focus on self-care tasks (bathing, dressing, feeding) using adaptive equipment as needed, homemaking tasks (simulated cooking activities), education on assistive devices to increase independence, and upper-body strengthening/coordination.