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Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Altoona - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

2005 Valley View Boulevard, Altoona, PA 16602

Eligibility

No limitations or restrictions.

Hours

Visiting Hours: Saturday through Sunday, 11:00am to 8:00pm

Fees

Services free of charge.

Service area

Blair, PA

Description

Provides diagnostic, treatment, and management services for people who have a physical disability, either individually or as the leader of an interdisciplinary team. Physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists (physiatrists) focus on restoring function using physical means rather than surgery. Problems most commonly treated by physiatrists include acute and chronic pain, sports injuries, injuries to the spine or spinal cord, neck injuries, tendonitis, pinched nerves, peripheral nerve injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome, traumatic brain injury, paraplegia, quadriplegia, arthritis, and neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis, polio, and ALS.

Providing organization

Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Altoona

Inpatient rehabilitation hospital that offers rehabilitation for stroke, brain injury, cardiac conditions and other complex neurological and orthopedic conditions.