Tift Regional Medical Center offers outpatient physical therapy services. By emphasizing patient education, Tift Regional's Spine Therapy Center can help you learn lifestyle changes and exercises that will improve strength, flexibility, and posture, while decreasing pain, assisting you to ultimately maintain the good health you achieve through our services. Individualized treatment plans can be structured based upon your activity goals. Depending on your needs, treatment may include:
• Moist Heat / Cold therapy
• Electrical Stimulation
• Ultrasound
• Iontophoresis
• Myofascial Release
• Spinal Mobilization / Manipulation
• Spinal Mechanical Traction
• Therapeutic Exercise
• Work Hardening-General Conditioning
The Spine Therapy Center welcomes all physicians from any discipline of medicine to refer their patients for evaluation and treatment. Most patients suffering from neck or back pain may never see a surgeon for their condition, and may seek medical attention from a variety of physicians within the medical team. We would encourage all physicians to take advantage of this specialty center of physical therapy care in order to provide their patients the optimal in spinal therapy care.
Our philosophy of care is centered on decreasing pain, improving motion, building strength and endurance, and restoring the patient's quality of life. By providing a variety of manual therapy techniques, we are able to better address muscular and joint restrictions that, otherwise, could not be identified. Massage, myofascial release and spinal mobilization / manipulation are various techniques employed to restore function and decrease pain.
Spine Therapy Center offers patients a commitment of individualized, patient-centered attention by:
• Providing an intense, hands-on approach.
• Offering a variety of manual techniques ranging from myofascial release to spinal mobilization/manipulation.
• Providing the latest approaches to spinal mechanical traction and pain-relieving modalities.
• Educating patients on specific exercises to enhance mobility, improve strength and optimize function.
Continuous Advanced Approaches
• Constant research and a continuous dedication to stay up to date with advancing technology, specialized treatments and exercises, and scientifically based interventions are essential to our patient's care.
• Emphasis on patient education. In addition to the Spine Therapy Center,Tift Regional Medical Center offers the following physical therapy,speech therapy,occupational therapy and rehabilitation services:
Cardiovascular-Pulmonary Rehabilitation
With skilled therapists,the Tift Regional Medical Center's Cardio-Pulmonary Rehabilitation unit provides medically-prescribed,individualized education and physical rehabilitation for patients recovering from
coronary and pulmonary events and helps to prevent future occurrences.
Cook Medical Center
Cook Medical Center (CMC) offers inpatient and outpatient rehab as well as home care and services in the nursing home. Our uniqueness is founded on our ability to offer a continuity of care and familiarity of staff. CMC rehab offers physical therapy,speech therapy,occupational therapy,and wound care treatment.
Cook Senior Center
Offers rehabilitation services including physical therapy,speech therapy and occupational therapy to residents of the nursing care facility.
Summit Rehabilitation
Medicare has specific guidelines for those who can be admitted to the rehabilitation unit. A very high percentage of patients admitted have one of the following diagnoses:
- Stroke
- Amputation
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Burns
- Fracture of the femur head - Systemic arthritis effecting multiple joints
- Major Multiple Trauma
- Neurological conditions
- Congenital Deformity
- Brain Injury
The Orthopedics Center
specializes in treating people who have had joint replacement or hip fractures. Summit uses an interdisciplinary team approach to maximize a patient's ability to function at their highest level in all aspects of their environment. The facility features a physical therapy gymnasium,common dining room and a simulated apartment. The apartment,which consists of a bedroom,kitchen and bath,allows patients to practice the skills necessary to achieve a personal level of independence in their normal daily environment.
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