Skilled Therapy

SKILLED THERAPY

LET THE ELMS BRING YOUR LIFE BACK INTO MOTION
The Elms offers a wide range of therapy services provided by licensed physical,

occupational and speech therapists.


The best facility for rehabilitation

For more than 30 years, we have provided the best skill-based treatments that help get our patients on the road to a healthy recovery and more active life. From our spacious therapy areas with state-of-the-art equipment to our personalized approach to developing care plans, we are focused on providing the tools needed to help get patients back to their normal routine. That is what makes us one of the premier facilities in the area.

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Physical Therapy

Our Physical Therapy programs utilize highly-trained Physical Therapists (PT) and Physical Therapist Assistants (PTA) to develop, maintain, and restore maximum movement and functional ability throughout the lifespan.


Our Physical Therapy programs:

• Utilize techniques that re-educate muscles and normalize muscle tone

• Utilize activities which improve balance and coordination

• Provide training in the use of prostheses and orthoses

• Provide strength training, pain management and assessment of equipment needs and training

Occupational Therapy 

Our Occupational Therapy programs utilize highly-trained Occupational Therapists (OT) and Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants (COTA) to strive to increase patient independence with instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) and Activities of Daily Living (ADLs).


Our Occupational Therapy services offered:

• Complete ADL re-training

• Contracture management with use of customized splints

• Teaching of compensatory techniques and energy conservation

• Assessment for use of equipment needs and training to increase independence

Speech Therapy

Speech Therapy treatment may be utilized to target impairments affecting voice, fluency, cognition, aphasia, and swallowing. Our highly trained Speech-Language Pathologists (SLP) strive to implement programs which will increase communication and swallow function.


Our Speech Therapy benefits include:

• Improvement of expressive/receptive language skills, cognition, and executive function

• Techniques which restore normal swallowing process

• Assistance with vocal pitch, resonance and intensity • Techniques to improve auditory processing and hearing acuity

Sonja Wright, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech Language Pathologist for Encore Rehabilitation Services

Sonja is available for all Elms patients who may have suffered or are suffering from the after affects of cardiopulmonary disorders, post-surgical debility, dysphagia, neurological conditions, some brought on by heart attacks, stroke, pneumonia, COPD, or by other effects of aging. At The Elms, speech therapy is intended to improve a patient’s ability to speak, breathe, and/or swallow. It may also be used to improve the understanding of language and the ability to express oneself through words.


The OmniFlow™ Breathing Therapy Biofeedback System is a groundbreaking new method of delivering this breathing therapy and replaces the use of monotonous, plastic spirometers with an engaging, interactive exercise. OmniFlow™ exercises are customizable and provide valuable inhalation and exhalation data to the therapist, helping to effectively assess the patient and guide future breathing treatments, and improve outcomes and quality of life. There are three audio and visual programs each focusing on a different aspect of breathing; forced inhalation, forced exhalation, and rhythmic breathing. The patient experience is comfortable and fun and the touch screen laptop can be brought right into the patient’s room. “The patients really enjoy their therapy and find the “games” a challenge, always wanting to beat their last score,“ Sonja stated. This motivation to do better, in turn, makes the patient better. Sonja is also available for cognitive communication therapy, which includes such areas as: attention, memory, problem solving, categorization and sequencing skills to improve independence and safety with ADLS (Activities of Daily Living).

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