Understanding how to recover from your injury or after surgery helps improve your overall health. Our rehabilitation care team at Ascension Saint Joseph Rehabilitation Joliet is here to help. We offer outpatient physical therapy appointments, with flexible hours around your work or school schedule. In Illinois, a doctor's referral is required if you are seeking physical therapy (PT) for injury prevention or fitness. A physical therapy evaluation is done before therapy appointments may begin.
Physical therapy
Your doctor may prescribe physical therapy as part of your treatment plan. At Ascension Saint Joseph, our physical therapists listen to understand you and your health concerns. Then, we work with you to create a rehabilitation care plan that's right for you. Physical therapy helps promote healing, relieve aches and pains, and restore your strength, mobility and balance using personalized non-surgical therapies.
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Aquatic therapy
- Back and neck injuries
- Balance disorders
- Developmental delay
- Early intervention (Age 0-3)
- Fall prevention
- Feeding/swallowing disorders
- Hand therapy
- Incontinence therapy (male, female, bowel, bladder)
- Industrial rehabilitation
- Low-vision rehabilitation
- Lymphedema
- Multiple sclerosis
- Orthopedic injuries
- Parkinson's disease
- Pediatrics
- Post-surgical conditions
- Sensory integration therapy
- Sports injuries
- Stroke
- TMJ/TMD
- Vestibular rehabilitation
- Voice therapy
- Women's health
Our PT clinic offers personalized therapies by licensed therapists who treat orthopedic, brain and spine conditions, balance disorders, and sports injuries. Many of our physical therapists are also certified in specialized therapy programs, including:
- Cancer rehabilitation
- Concussion return to play assessment and rehabilitation
- Driver's assessment and rehabilitation
- Ergonomic analysis
- Functional capacity evaluations
- Gait disorder clinic
- Job analysis
- Neuro day program
- Pelvic health
- Post-offer job screenings
- Work conditioning/work hardening
Speech therapy
Speech-language pathologists, also known as speech therapists, specialize in diagnosing and treating speech, language and swallowing disorders, such as:
- Apraxia (difficulty with lip, jaw and tongue movement)
- Articulation
- Cleft lip and cleft palate
- Dysphagia (trouble swallowing)
- Lisping
- Muteness (refusing or being unable to speak)
- Speech delays
- Stuttering
- Stroke
- Traumatic brain injury
Our speech therapists are experienced in working with children and adults of all ages. You may work with a speech therapist once a week or a few times a week. How often you go to speech therapy depends on your specific needs.
Occupational therapy
Occupational therapists are here for your physical, emotional and social well-being. We specialize in helping children and adults improve their fine motor skills, activities of daily living, social skills and confidence. Occupational therapists provide help and support for many conditions, including:
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Behavioral concerns
- Birth anomalies
- Cerebral palsy
- Developmental delays
- Injuries
- Post-surgery recovery
- Sensory processing disorders
- Social skills at school, play and in the community
- Spina bifida
If you or your child needs specialized equipment such as a wheelchair or bathing equipment, we can help. Occupational therapists can evaluate you or your child to help fit the equipment for their needs. We show you how to properly use these devices. Our goal is to support your social and physical development, and help you gain independence.
