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If your medical care providers feel that you need rehabilitation therapy after a serious illness, injury, surgery or a medical event, such as a heart attack or stroke, following that recommendation will mean making some decisions about your care. Usually, the first of those is whether to use outpatient therapy or inpatient rehab to meet your rehabilitation needs. Here, we'll go over 5 frequently asked questions – and their answers – about outpatient therapy to help you make a solid decision.

There are many types of rehabilitation therapy, each designed to address specific ranges of issues. What they all have in common is their primary goals: To help individuals recover from illness, injury, surgery, stroke, cardiac events or other medical issues and regain functional abilities and independence lost to these events. Here we'll outline 7 types of rehabilitation therapy commonly used in treatment plans designed to meet those goals.

If you are in need of the services at an inpatient rehabilitation facility, quality care and effective treatment are both essential to getting the best recovery and rehabilitation results. So what do you need to know to make sure that happens? Our quick guide to comparing inpatient rehab facilities can help you make a solid decision as you choose where you will get the rehabilitative care you need to get back on your feet and back to your life.

Inpatient physical therapy offers intensive rehabilitation therapy and comprehensive care to people who are affected by functional and/or medical difficulties. Common examples of when it is needed are the aftermath of a serious accident, illness or injury, during recovery from a stroke or cardiac event, or during surgical recovery, particularly orthopedic procedures. So how do you know if inpatient physical therapy is right for you?

Have your medical care providers recommended that you spend some time in a multispecialty inpatient rehabilitation center? Such referrals are often made when patients are being discharged from the hospital but aren't physically or medically prepared to function safely and independently at home. An inpatient rehab stay can offer these patients the care and therapy they need to regain a level of health, function and independence that makes them and their healthcare team confident in their ability to manage on their own. So what can you expect from a stay in a multispecialty inpatient rehab?

Managing your recovery after a serious medical incident—stroke, heart attack, surgery or injury from a fall or auto accident, for example—can be a complicated and confusing endeavor. Among the many choices you will be asked to make as you begin to recover is what comes next for you when it is time to be discharged from the hospital. In most cases, the next step will be rehabilitation therapy, and your basic options for pursuing that care will include both outpatient and inpatient short term rehab programs. 

If you will be spending time in inpatient rehab to after a surgery, accident, or illness, chances are that your stay will be in a semi-private room. While moving in with a total stranger may cause a little anxiety, for most patients it turns out to be a good experience. Having someone to commiserate with at the end of a long day of therapy – someone who knows exactly what you are going through – can be great for your morale and motivation level as you work towards regaining your strength, mobility, and health. Of course, having some personal space during recovery is also important. Here is what you need to know to ensure that you do.

Total joint replacement is, without any doubt, one of the many wonders of modern medical science that is enabling thousands each year to rid themselves of debilitating chronic pain and resume the normal lives they thought were gone forever. Virtually any part in the body (e.g. wrists, fingers, shoulders, hips etc.) can have this type of treatment for relief of disabling joint pathologies, and help restore a patient's normal quality of life.