Physical Rehabilitation Services

YRMC’s Physical Rehabilitation Services team includes occupational therapists dedicated to helping patients return to their activities of daily living following an injury or illness. Using technology, adaptive equipment and physical rehabilitation our occupational therapists work with you to help you reach your top level of function and independence. Your individually crafted plan may include:

• Exercises to increase motion, strength and coordination
• Re-training people in the activities of daily living (dressing, bathing, grooming)
• Adaptive equipment to help with reaching and moving
• Fabricating splints to prevent injuries

Our exceptional physical therapists help enhance healing for people of all ages with therapies to increase mobility and decrease pain. Using the latest rehabilitative and therapeutic exercise techniques, our physical therapists create and implement individualized plans for:

• Balance and dizziness
• Joint replacement and other surgeries
• Pain management
• Parkinson’s disease
• Pregnancy health and post-partum recovery
• Spine, foot and ankle issues
• Sports and injury rehabilitation
• Work-related injury rehabilitation

Adults and children with complex speech challenges receive help from our speech therapists. Our skilled and experienced speech therapists diagnose and treat people with a wide variety of communication challenges related to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), autism, head injury, hearing loss, laryngectomy, learning disabilities, multiple sclerosis, post concussive disorder, premature birth, seizures or stroke. Therapies address:

• Aphasia (language impairment)
• Children’s speech difficulties and language delays
• Dysarthria (slurred or slow speech)
• Speech/voice or swallowing issues

We offer advanced orthopedic rehabilitation services and therapies not available at other centers. Our menu of services includes:

• Spinal health services
• Total joint pre-and-post surgical rehabilitation
• Hand therapy with customized splinting
• Sports and injury rehabilitation, including western Yavapai County’s only AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill. Based on NASA technology, the AlterG Treadmill decreases the pull of gravity on the body, lessening the impact, tension and stress on the joints. By reducing stress, the AlterG Treadmill promotes healing after sports injuries as well as joint replacement and back surgery. It also helps people with balance and movement problems due to stroke, Parkinson’s disease or other neurologic disorders.

Our Physical Rehabilitation Services team brings together therapists—occupational, physical and speech—to provide focused care for people with complex neurological conditions. Our dynamic menu of individualized services includes:

• Parkinson’s disease clinics and group exercise classes
• Stroke and traumatic brain injury rehabilitation services
• Swallow and voice therapy
• Daily living and self-care skills

Chronic Pain Self-Care Program Chronic pain doesn’t have to define you. This innovative program offered by YRMC’s Physical Rehabilitation Services shows you how to work in concert with your body to understand and ease chronic pain. This program is highly individualized, meaning we help you find ways of treating pain that work best for you. It explores the neurological side of pain, as well as holistic ways to:

• Reduce stress
• Use food as medicine
• Face fear of movement
• Mitigate suffering
• Cope with uncertainty
• Befriend the body
• Pace physical activity
• Develop self-compassion

All businesses want a healthy workforce. YRMC’s Physical Rehabilitation Services offers pre-employment screenings and functional capacity evaluations for your employees. Our rehabilitation specialists also visit job sites to evaluate why employees are experiencing back pain. We offer solutions that allow businesses to improve employee health and increase productivity.

Women’s health needs are a unique focus of YRMC’s Physical Rehabilitation Services. Our rehabilitation experts—occupational, physical and speech therapists—pool their knowledge to address a variety of significant women’s health issues. Our team includes western Yavapai County’s only lymphedema therapist certified by the Lymphology Association of North America (LANA). Our lymphedema therapist helps women who suffer from this painful swelling of the extremities, which can be a side effect of cancer treatment. Our exceptional array of Physical Rehabilitation Women’s Services also features:

• Pregnancy and Post-Partum Rehabilitation
• Women’s Continence Program
• Mommy and Me Fitness Classes
• Lymphedema and Edema Management Program
• Breast Surgery Recovery Program

Yes. A physician’s prescription is required for all therapies. You may want to check with your insurance provider to see if preauthorization for treatment is required or YRMC can assist you with preauthorization.

Wear comfortable clothing and try to wear shorts if your therapy will involve your knees. Be sure to bring your insurance card, a list of medications you are currently taking and your medical history, including any surgeries and/or diagnoses.

You’ll meet YRMC’s Physical Rehabilitation team and receive a thorough assessment of your physical rehabilitation needs and challenges. With this information, a personalized care plan will be developed to help you achieve your healing and recovery goals.

YRMC’s Physical Rehabilitation is unique in that our licensed and experienced therapists develop and implement your therapy plan. While other centers use technicians or aides for therapy sessions, we provide you full 45-minute, one-to-one therapy sessions with licensed therapists. This allows us to track your progress and adjust your therapy plan as needed.

The number of sessions you need depends on your diagnosis and the type of treatment you require. Your treatment plan will be customized to your health needs. Your Physical Rehabilitation Services therapist will carefully monitor your progress as you work toward your goals.

Ask your physician to fax a referral to 928.771.5507 and call Physical Rehabilitation Services at 928.771.5131 with any additional questions.

The cost of this program should fall under your health insurance company’s physical therapy benefit. It’s always best to check with your insurance provider before starting any new care program.

The program consists of five, two-hour classes that meet on consecutive Fridays, followed by an empowerment group on week six where you can practice learned skill sets.

Contact YRMC’s Health Information Management Department to get copies of your medical records.

Health Information Management
Dignity Health Yavapai Regional Medical Center – East
7700 East Florentine Road
Prescott Valley, Arizona 83614
Phone: 928.771.5657
Fax: 928.771.5785

Health Information Management
Dignity Health Yavapai Regional Medical Center – West
1003 Willow Creek Road
Prescott, Arizona 86301
Phone: 928.771.5657
Fax: 928.771.5785

YRMC’s Patient Financial Services can help you with questions regarding your bill.