Physical Therapy Can Make All The Difference

St. Anne's Mead Celebrates Caregivers

St. Anne's Mead Physical & Occupational Therapy Team

Focus on Wellness, Strength, Flexibility & More

Our team of physical and occupational therapists, Debbie, Semira, and Kristina, of Therapy Management, Inc., help build resilience in our residents. Working with these ladies is often a highlight of their day.

The benefits of physical therapy are numerous. "Everyone benefits from movement and mobility, and we strive to help our patients become as strong and flexible as possible," said Kristina Zubeck, Rehab Director at St. Anne's Mead.

Whether they are recovering from surgery or simply want to exercise, St. Anne's Mead offers a program for every resident. "We are especially excited to be offering the Virtusense technology to our residents. This can be a game changer in improving balance, coordination and preventing falls. Using this machine is a lot like playing a game using the Wii console. It's both challenging and fun," she said.

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Therapies That Help Our Residents, Include:

Orthopedic Therapy: For musculoskeletal injuries and medical conditions such as fractures, sprains, tendonitis, bursitis, chronic medical problems and recovery from orthopedic surgery.

Geriatric Physical Therapy: Therapy will help conditions related to aging that affect mobility and physical function. Arthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, hip and joint replacement, balance disorders and incontinence are among the conditions therapy can help to restore mobility, reduce pain and increase fitness levels.

Neurological Physical Therapy: People living with Alzheimer's disease, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, a brain injury, spinal cord injury or stroke can benefit from this therapy. Treatment may increase limb responsiveness, help with paralysis and increase muscle strength by reducing atrophy.

Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation: This will help people affected by cardiopulmonary conditions and surgical procedures. Therapy will help increase endurance and stamina.

Vestibular Therapy: To treat balance problems, Vestibular therapy involves exercises and manual techniques that help patients regain their normal balance and coordination.

Resilience: For those who are done with physical therapy, resilience is specialized to help a person with deficits they want to improve.

Speech Therapy: Treatment of communication disorders, cognitive-communication disorders, voice disorders and swallowing disorders.

This little device, connected to any computer, can make all the difference in the lives of physical therapy patients. Therapy Management, Inc. is making the Virtusense AI available at St. Anne's Mead.

Virtusense Technology

Using AI (Artificial Intelligence), the Virtusense balance machine can help prevent falls. This groundbreaking technology helps identify mobility deficits in older adults and compare against normative data to determine their risk for falling.

Mickey enjoys using the NuStep. Residents that are not in need of therapy participate in exercise programs.

Benefits of Physical Therapy include,

but are not limited to:

Pain management and reduced need for pain medicine
Avoiding surgery
Improved mobility and movement
Recovery from injury or trauma
Recovery from stroke or paralysis
Fall prevention
Improved balance
Management of age-related medical problems

Residents getting ready for physical therapy sessions

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Kristina demonstrates working with Virtusense technology with Geri

ABOUT ST. ANNE'S MEAD

St. Anne's Mead has been a leader in senior living for 55 years. We offer the highest quality care in a vibrant, interfaith environment. Our customized care and services include assisted living, memory care and extended care.

As a non-profit, 501(c) 3 organization, public education on issues that matter to an aging population is at the heart of what we do.

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