Our centers provide all of the usual components expected of quality rehabilitation services, and treat patients for a variety of musculoskeletal and neuromuscular conditions. We emphasize:

• Therapeutic exercise
• Gait training
• Strength and endurance training
• Activities of daily living training
• Splinting and orthotics fabrication
• Neuromuscular re-education
• Cognitive / language evaluation and treatment (limited locations)
• Evaluation and treatment of swallowing disorders
• Wound management (limited locations)
• Fine and gross motor coordination retraining

Cancer survivors may benefit from our rehabilitative program that addresses functional deficits encountered during any phase of a patient’s cancer therapy.

Our program cares for cancer patients with the following problems:

• General de-conditioning or complaints of fatigue
• Acute or chronic pain
• Lymphedema and skin integrity issues
• Soft tissue contractures
• Localized muscle weakness
• Difficulty with ambulation
• Balance disorders
• Neurological deficits
• Peripheral neuropathies
• Limitations with activities of daily living
• Dysphagia
• Spinal and brain injuries secondary to cancer

It can be used to relieve peripheral radiation/sciatica and pain associated with:

• Protruding discs
• Bulging discs
• Herniated discs
• Degenerative joint disease
• Degenerative disc disease
• Facet Syndrome
• Compression fractures
• Joint pain

For many stroke survivors, common activities such as holding a pen, buttoning a shirt, or even raking the yard can be next to impossible. SaeboFlex is a new, revolutionary rehabilitation device that is helping people regain the use of their affected arm and hand, even years after their stroke. SaeboFlex is helping people from all walks of life reclaim their independence, turning disabilities into abilities.

Spine-Six Treatment for Low Back and Neck Pain
Martin Memorial now has a high-technology treatment for low back and neck pain called the Spine-Six™ BioMotion Spinal System. This therapy, in conjunction with our usual protocols for treating low back and neck pain, can help those who suffer from chronic and acute spinal pain by enhancing early spinal mobilization. The Spine-Six is a chair that allows increased muscle relaxation and computer-controlled mobilization of the spine in a relaxed, gravity-free position. Moving the joints of the spine through their normal ranges of motion in this relaxed environment accelerates the healing process. Spine-Six if offered at our Hobe Sound and Palm City locations. (If your insurance will not cover as many sessions of this therapy as you and your doctor prefer, ask about our self-pay options.) 

Manual Lymphatic Drainage and Decongestive Therapy
Our manual lymphatic drainage program helps those who have lymphedema, an accumulation of protein-rich fluid in the tissues caused by impairment of the lymphatic system. This program uses specialized massage, compression bandaging, skin care, exercise and education to reduce or eliminate symptoms.

Dysphagia Management
For those with difficulty swallowing caused by neuromuscular deficits, our speech language pathologists work with a radiologist to perform a special test to assess chewing and swallowing function. This assessment allows the therapist to develop appropriate recommendations for intervention as well as education for the patient and his or her family.

Hand Rehabilitation
Our specially-certified hand therapists help you regain function following hand injury due to surgery, trauma, wounds, scars, burns, injured tendons or nerves, or fractures or amputations of the finger, hand or arm. Our therapists also help those with arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome and tennis elbow.

Aquatic Therapy
Aquatic therapy utilizes the lower-stress environment of water to help those who cannot tolerate exercise on land. Usually, this therapy is done to help you transition to land-based exercise and activities. Aquatic therapy is often used for patients with conditions such as sprains, fractures, decreased range of motion, balance disorders, developmental delays and stroke.

Water Shiatsu (Watsu)
This modality of aquatic therapy is a specialized technique that uses the flow of the water, buoyancy and warm temperature to provide gentle mobilization of joints and soft tissue. With continuous support from the water and the practitioner, the client floats and is moved through a series of gentle but deep stretches. The buoyancy and hydrostatic pressure of the water help to support joints and increase overall circulation. This technique is profoundly relaxing and is an excellent stepping stone to improve flexibility, function on land and helps to interrupt the pain cycle. (If your insurance will not cover as many sessions of this therapy as you and your doctor prefer, ask about our self-pay options.)

Peripheral Neuropathy Therapy
Anodyne therapy is a treatment to help patients with peripheral neuropathy ease foot pain and restore balance. This therapy uses monochromatic infrared energy to promote regeneration and revascularization of damaged capillaries by releasing excess nitric oxide from cells. The combination of this treatment with balance training and therapeutic exercise relieves pain and restores feeling to damaged nerves in the feet, and helps to reduce the likelihood of falls.

Osteoporosis Rehabilitation
Our osteoporosis rehabilitation program can help those who have osteoporosis and are susceptible to bone fracture or vertebra collapse. Our education program will help you prevent injury, and weight-bearing and strengthening exercises for the spine and body will help you become stronger and reduce the chance for injuries.

Low Vision Rehabilitation
For those who have low vision due to age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, stroke, head injury, cerebral palsy, and Downs Syndrome, our low vision specialist is certified to teach compensatory techniques. These techniques, which include visual skills training and adaptation techniques, allow you to use your remaining vision to its fullest extent.

Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation
For those with urinary incontinence, our therapists can help you with a program designed to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles which hold the bladder in place. Therapy consists of neuromuscular re-education (biofeedback) and pelvic floor strengthening exercises. This program can provide much relief from embarrassing situations by reducing episodes up to 80 percent.