Outpatient physical rehabilitation
An outpatient rehabilitation program allows patients to stay at home during their recovery and receive therapy on their schedule. It is usually less intensive than inpatient rehabilitation.
Outpatient physical therapy in Panama City, Florida
Rehabilitation is an important component of recovering from surgeries and health conditions.
At the Rehabilitation Center of HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital, you have access to a range outpatient therapeutic services that are tailored to fit your needs. Our physical therapy services include comprehensive care for adults and children.
Conditions we treat
Therapy can help you or your child regain function or mobility following an illness or injury. Some of these conditions include:
- Amputations
- Arthritis
- Back and neck injuries
- Chronic and acute pain syndromes
- Orthopedic injuries
- Neurological disorders
- Sports injuries
- Traumatic injuries
- Vertigo and other balance disorders
- Work injuries
Our outpatient physical rehabilitation services
Our therapists create programs that vary in intensity and scope based on you or your child's needs.
Comprehensive rehabilitative care
Our outpatient rehabilitative and therapeutic services include:
- Custom splinting
- Hand rehabilitation
- Neurological rehabilitation
- Occupational therapy
- Orthopedic rehabilitation
- Pediatric-modified barium swallow studies
- Postoperative total joint rehabilitation
- Speech and language therapy
- Spine rehabilitation
- Sports rehabilitation
- Vestibular (balance/dizziness) rehabilitation
- Work injury rehabilitation
- Work performance evaluations
Neonatal conditions we treat
Our rehabilitation team includes a variety of professionals dedicated to helping you get back to your daily activities. At our hospital, you have access to:
- Certified athletic trainers
- Massage therapists
- Occupational therapists
- Occupational therapy assistants
- Physical therapists
- Physical therapy assistants
- Speech pathologists
Pediatric outpatient therapy services
The Neonatal Developmental Follow-up Clinic monitors and promotes the development of at-risk children, including children born prematurely.
Pediatric conditions we treat
The pediatric team provides therapy for:
- Autism
- Brachial plexus (spinal nerve) injuries
- Cerebral palsy
- Developmental delay
- Down syndrome
- Hypertonia (excess tightness of muscle tone)
- Hypotonia (decreased muscle tone)
- Torticollis (a spinal muscular disorder caused the head to tilt down)
- Plagiocephaly (a condition causing the baby's head to have a flattened appearance)
- Sensory processing disorders
- Prematurity
Neonatal conditions we treat
Our neonatal specialists treat the following conditions in newborns:
- A low birth weight
- An identified condition that may lead to a developmental delay
- Birth defects
- Special care needs during the newborn period
Neonatal rehabilitation services
We offer pediatric outpatient therapy services at the Rehabilitation Center. Our team provides developmental assessments, speech therapy, occupational therapy and physical therapy.
- Activities and exercises to promote development
- Care coordination to provide family support and help accessing community services
- Developmental screening and assessment at critical intervals throughout infancy and toddlerhood
- Education regarding developmental milestones or stages
- Screening assessments and treatments individualized to meet the specific needs of the child and family
Pediatric occupational therapy
Our occupational therapists strive to promote a child's successful participation in activities of daily living. Pediatric occupational therapists use play-based therapies for:
- Sensory integration
- Visual-motor coordination
- Visual-perceptual skills
- Vestibular and proprioceptive input
Strengthening and mobility are also addressed as they relate to play and the manipulation of tools for eating and school readiness. Environmental modifications are recommended for optimal engagement in eating, sleeping and play. Parent education and home programs are provided to help you include therapies into your daily routines.
Pediatric physical therapy
Our physical therapists strive to help children develop gross motor skills to independently and safely move and participate in their environment.
Pediatric physical therapy promotes strength, function, movement, improved range of motion, improved balance and functional independence at the highest level possible. We provide play-based therapy and parent education to maximize each child's abilities.
Pediatric speech therapy
Our speech-language pathologists offer a broad spectrum of services focusing on parent/caregiver education and engaging activities for the child.
Pediatric speech-language pathology promotes intensive education and intervention targeting swallowing, appropriate attachment, social interaction, play, language comprehension and language expression for children 3 years old and younger.