The key to a successful recovery is our highly skilled and trained LifeWorks Rehab team. This group of therapy experts all come together to ensure you get the skills you need to get home faster, stronger, and healthier than expected. Unlike others who contract their therapy from outside vendors, our therapists are our employees who understand our model and work well as an interdisciplinary team. It's great to have everyone on the same team.
Physical Therapists (PT):
Physical therapists work with patients to design specialized testing and exercise programs, to improve balance and coordination, and to increase physical function, mobility and safety. Therapy may include:
Continuation of post-surgery physical therapy
Treatment of orthopedic injuries such as fractures
Therapeutic exercise for strengthening How to move from one place to another
Teaching the use of walker, cane, crutches and wheelchair
Fall prevention training
Rehabilitation after a heart attack or cardiac event
Occupational Therapists (OT):
This team assists the patients in developing the skills to take care of themselves when a health problem limits normal, day-to-day activity, such as preparing meals, doing housework, bathing and getting ready. Therapy may include:
Exercises related to activities and function of the upper body
Training to improve self-care, dressing and activities of daily living
Assessment for visual and spatial impairment
Home improvements for safety and increased independence
Training on the use of adaptive equipment to improve independence and safety during daily life tasks
Speech Language Pathologists (SLP):
Speech therapy helps patients improve their ability to communicate when recovering from incidents such as stroke or other neurological conditions. Speech Therapists work with patients to assess and treat how to re-gain communication, swallowing function, and other vocal impairments.
“LifeWorks Rehab worked so well for her on her first knee replacement surgery that she chose us again for her second. I first came to Franklin Health & Rehabilitation Center after knee replacement surgery and I can’t say enough good things about the care I received. In fact, I’m having to undergo another knee replacement in a few months, and I’ll be going to Franklin Health & Rehabilitation Center. I wouldn’t want to go anywhere else. My therapy just went incredibly smoothly, and I was able to return home in less than 30 days. My therapy started almost as soon as I walked through the door, and I had therapy twice a day, six days a week. It was a lot of therapy and was hard work, but it really payed off. Getting that much therapy is a huge part of why I was able to get home so quickly. My LifeWorks Rehab therapists were wonderful. They were so friendly and down to earth, and they treated me just like family. The hardest part of my therapy was just getting started. It was so hard in the”
“A picture perfect recovery has Bill behind the lens again. Shortly before my birthday last year, my daughter said to me, “Dad, you’re about to hit your 80th birthday and have never had a broken bone!” Sure enough, not long after that I was working on a ladder and I fell and broke my femur – the biggest bone in my body! I was in the hospital for a few days and chose Franklin Health & Rehabilitation Center for my recovery. I chose Franklin Heath & Rehabilitation Center because my wife had been there a couple of years before and we had found it to be a really great place with excellent facilities and very caring people. It was an excellent experience for her all-around. After my fall, it was my first choice. If I am ever in need of rehabilitation care in the future, it will be my first choice again, too. One of the things that really stood out to me was that my LifeWorks Rehab therapists treat every patient as an individual. There are a wide number of patients, with many different reaso”
“He had a lot of questions after having a stroke and knew he needed the best care. After my stroke, I needed the BEST care I could find to get back on my feet. I knew I had a choice and I chose a LifeWorks Rehabilitation Center. It was the best choice I could have ever made. I had a comfortable, private room with a patio. I felt like I was in a five star hotel. The food was great too - like eating in a restaurant! The LifeWorks Rehab therapy was top notch - seven days a week therapy, custom designed just for me. My therapists helped me understand that getting better was going to take time. They knew I enjoyed being on the water. We talked about boating. It helped motivate me to get through therapy. Thanks to LifeWorks Rehab, I was able to get back home and back out on the water. That’s what it’s all about. ”