Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation at Dignity Health in Santa Maria, CA

Services We Offer
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Exercise
Exercise is physical activity that is structured and repetitive for the purpose of conditioning and used to improve health and maintain fitness performance.

Fitness Programs
Fitness programs are detailed plans to help people improve their physical condition and overall health.

Speech/Language Rehabilitation
Speech and language rehabilitation is a field of health care that is focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of speech, language, swallowing, social communication, and cognitive-communication disorders in children and adults.

Workerโs Comp
Workers' compensation is a type of business insurance that provides benefits to employees who suffer work-related injuries or illnesses.

Occupational Medicine
Occupational medicine, also known as occupational health, is a multidisciplinary branch of healthcare that is focused on the health and safety of employees in the workplace. The primary focus of occupational health is the prevention on injury and the education of employees.

Electrical Stimulation
Electrical stimulation uses a device to send electrical pulses through the skin and is used to improve muscle function, decrease pain, or promote healing.

Physical Wellness
Physical wellness is the act of doing what is necessary for your body to ensure it is operating at optimal health and functionality. Physical wellness is achieved through eating a healthy diet, getting enough exercise, managing stress, and getting enough sleep.

Functional Capacity Evaluations
A functional capacity evaluation assess an individual's capacity to perform work activities related to their employment.

Occupational Health
Occupational health is a multidisciplinary branch of healthcare that is focused on the health and safety of employees in the workplace. The primary focus of occupational health is the prevention on injury and the education of employees.

Yoga
Yoga is a Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline which includes breath control, simple meditation, and the adoption of specific bodily postures.

Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy is a form of therapy that is designed to help people develop, retain, or regain the ability to do the things they need and want to do in daily life, such as work, school, housework, exercise, and recreational activities.

Physical Therapy
Physical therapy, also known as physiotherapy, is a service that teaches patients movements and exercises to improve their strength, flexibility, and range of motion. Physical therapy is used to help people recover physical injury, chronic conditions, and disabilities.

Nutrition
Nutrition is the study of the nutrients that come from food and how those nutrients are used by the body. This field of study also includes the relationship between diet, health, and disease and how people can make dietary choices to reduce the risk or impact of disease.

Balance Training
Balance training is the practice of using exercises to improve stability. This includes exercises that strengthen the muscles that help keep you upright.

Chaplaincy
A hospital chaplain offers spiritual guidance to patients and their families. Chaplains in hospitals and medical centers use the insights and principles of psychology, religion, spirituality, and theology.

Tai Chi
Tai chi is an internal Chinese martial art that people practice for a variety of reasons, including meditation, health benefits, and defense training. It offers a series of gentle exercises that flow from one to the next, keeping the body in constant motion.

Speech And Language Pathology
Speech and language pathology is a field of health care that is focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of speech, language, swallowing, social communication, and cognitive-communication disorders in children and adults.

Treadmill Stress Tests
A stress test, sometimes called a treadmill test is a cardiological test that measures the heart's ability to handle stress.

Therapeutic Recreation
Therapeutic recreation is a process that utilizes activity-based interventions to address the assessed needs of individuals as a means to psychological and physical health and recovery and well-being.

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy is a form of psychological that treats problems including depression, anxiety disorders, alcohol and drug use problems, marital problems, eating disorders and severe mental illness.

Stroke Rehabilitation
Stroke rehabilitation involves supportive care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy to help the patient regain strength and coordination. This helps the patient relearn skills and recover their independence.

Traction
Traction is the process of gently pulling a broken bone or dislocated joint with the use of ropes, weights, and pulleys. The goal of traction is to help guide the affected body parts back into place and hold it in a stabilized position. Traction can also be used to treat deformities such as scoliosis, stretch the neck, and relax stiff muscles, joints, tendons, and skin.

Exercise Program
Exercise programs help with detailing physical exercises and the amount of time each exercise should be performed.

Physical Medicine
Physical medicine and rehabilitation is a branch of medicine that is focused on the wide range of physical conditions, such as neck pain, back pain, sciatica, numbness, sports injuries, and repetitive motion injuries.

Physical Occupational Rehabilitation
Physical occupational rehabilitation is practice of providing physical therapy to injured workers to help them return to a level of physical and cognitive functionality that they can return to their position at work.

Hand Rehabilitation
Hand rehabilitation is a type of therapy performed by an occupational or physical therapist for patients that have conditions affecting the hands and upper extremities.

Speech Therapy
Speech therapy is a field of health care that is focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of speech, language, social communication, and cognitive-communication disorders in children and adults.

Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation and therapy services include inpatient and outpatient physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology services. These services are provided to people who are recovering from an injury or illness or have a chronic health condition or disability.

Smoking Cessation
Smoking cessation is the act of quitting smoking. There are many smoking cessation programs that can help a person quit smoking. These programs often involve coaching, educational materials, and the development of a quit smoking plan.

Rewalk Robotics
ReWalk Robotics is a bionic walking assistance system that is comprised of powerful mechanical leg attachments that help paraplegics stand, walk, and even climb stairs. The system is battery operated and is controlled via a device that is worn on the wrist.

Physiatry
Physiatry, also known as physical medicine and rehabilitation, is a branch of medicine that is concerned with the treatment of people with physical disabilities or impairments. The goal of physiatry is to help people regain functional ability so they can live a higher quality of life.

Workers' Comp
Workers' compensation is a type of business insurance that provides benefits to employees who suffer work-related injuries or illnesses.

Speech Language Pathology
Our speech language pathologists will assess, diagnose, and provide treatment to improve language/communication, cognitive function, voice, and swallowing disorders.
Conditions Treated
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Communication Disorders
A communication disorder is an impairment in the ability to receive, send, process, and comprehend concepts verbal or nonverbal.

Work Injuries
OSHA considers an injury work-related when an event or exposure in the work environment caused or contributed to the injury or significantly aggravated a pre-existing injury.
Frequently Asked Questions
About Dignity Health Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation in Santa Maria, CA
Dignity Health delivers compassionate medical care to Santa Maria and nearby communities. Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation is one of our many medical specialties in Santa Maria. Call or visit one of our Dignity Health locations to experience our care philosophy centered around empathy and humankindness.
