Wellness Center, Rehabilitation and Dysphagia Therapy
The Wellness Center
The Wellness Center, located on the first floor of the hospital, offers a comprehensive array of equipment and free weights for individual use, while offering easy access to the gym through the hospital's south entrance.
The Center is equipped with Nu-Steps, treadmills, elliptical trainers, stationary and recumbent bikes, air dynes, upper body ergometers, StairMasters, free weights, Body Master weight equipment and a Smith machine. Showers and lockers are provided.
The membership fee is $40/month which entitles the member to unlimited, unsurpervised use of the equipment during gym hours. Memberships may be purchased for $40/month. Members are entitled to use the fitness equipment at their own discretion.
The Center is open Monday - Friday 7am - 7pm. For more information on programs, please call 954-776-8868.
The Rehabilitation Department
Broward Health Imperial Point is well recognized for its orthopaedic services which serves a variety of patients from the amateur to the professional. Specialty programs include orthopaedic rehabilitation and total muscle joint rehabilitation designed to restore individuals to optimal functioning.
Broward Health Imperial Point is staffed with highly skilled licensed professionals including registered physical therapists, physical therapist assistants and speech therapists. Progress is assessed and modifications are made to assist in achieving your optimal function. The staff teaches you how to promote safe and independent function, prevent re-injury and encourage wellness.
Do you have neck or back pain? At Broward Health Imperial Point's Rehabilitation Department we have a certified practitioner in the McKenzie Method® which is a system of evaluation and treatment for spinal disorders. The emphasis of the McKenzie Method® is on active participation that involves teaching the patient how to manage and treat the pain themselves and how to prevent the pain from reoccurring. The McKenzie assessment can eliminate the need for expensive and/or invasive procedures. The therapist will teach the patient a series of individualized exercises and movement patterns in order to achieve this goal. Posture and the way a person moves is also addressed to reinforce an optimally successful outcome. This self-help treatment philosophy minimizes the number of patient visits to the clinic and gives the patient control over their symptoms. For further information on the McKenzie Method® call 954-776-8830 or email our therapist directly for questions at fbilodeau@browardhealth.org.
Dysphagia Therapy
One out of 17 people have difficulty swallowing with an estimated 10 million Americans suffering from dysphagia. Two-thirds of oral and throat cancer survivors will also have this disorder.
The Dysphagia Program at Broward Health Imperial Point is uniquely designed to incorporate state-of-the-art diagnosis and treatment with integrative healing. Our holistic approach combines the best medicine through an interdisciplinary team dedicated to restoring swallow function.
Treatments include, but are not limited to, electrical stimulation, myofascial release, soft tissue manipulation, manual therapy, electrotherapeutic point stimulation, range of motion and stretching exercises. [more...]