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Rehab Services
LMC's physical, occupational and speech rehabilitation therapists use a personalized team approach to meet a wide variety of patient needs. Our treatment goal is to restore function and prevent further recurrence of problems so you can enjoy life to its fullest.
Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Speech and Language Pathology
Pediatric Therapy
Infant Massage
Managing Lymphedema
Stroke Support Group
Physical Therapy
Physical therapists are specially trained to improve function and movement and to relieve pain. Through evaluation and individualized treatment programs, including patient education, specialized forms of exercise and other hands-on techniques, existing problems can be treated and preventive health care provided.
Services
• Orthopedic Rehab
• Stroke/Neuro Therapy
• Pediatric Therapy
• Sports Medicine
• Lymphedema Program
• Women's Health
• Vestibular Rehab
• Industrial Rehab
• Balance Training
• Foot Orthotic Fabrication
Occupational Therapy
An occupational therapist focuses on helping people perform the tasks of daily living. Our goal is to help each patient be as independent as possible throughout each day. An occupational therapist will use creative techniques to help individual's reach their maximum level of independent functioning in all aspects of life: at home, work, school or in the community.
Services
• Hand Therapy/Splinting
• Industrial Rehab
• Stroke/Neuro Rehab
• Low-Vision Services
• Pediatric Therapy
• Independent Living Assessments
Speech and Language Pathology
Speech and language problems can result from illness, accident, hearing loss, birth defects and developmental delays. Our speech pathologists, also called speech therapists, work with people of all ages who have communication problems that affect their ability to speak, hear, write, read or understand. A speech therapist also works with people who have swallowing or eating difficulties. We see patients in all treatment settings including other area facilities.
Services
• Stroke/Neuro Rehab
• Videoflouroscopy
• Swallowing Management
• Voice Management
• Aphasia
• Stuttering Management
• Pediatric Therapy
• Articulation/language delays
• Autism
• Hearing loss
Pediatric Therapy Services
We offer specialized therapy services designed just for kids. Our Rehab Team at LMC has more than 10 pediatric therapists, specializing in the management of:
- play skills
- communication skills
- feeding management
- physical development
Our pediatric services emphasize parental involvement and education, prevention, and management of developmental delays and injuries from birth through school age.
Basic Developmental Milestones
Every child is different in how they grow and develop. Kids may skip certain tasks, or perform them at different stages. Following are the basic developmental milestones to look for at certain ages. If your child appears to be having difficultly with certain milestones, many problems can be minimized through pediatric therapy. The earlier intervention begins, the better for the child and family.
Birth to 3 months
- Wiggle and kick legs/arms
- Lift head and chest while on tummy
- Make cooing sounds
3 to 6 months
- Rolls over in both directions
- Sit with minimum support
- Play with toes
6 to 9 months
- Begin babbling (dada, baba)
- Begins crawling
- Reaches for toys and picks them up
By 12 months
- Picks up small objects with thumb and finger
- Drinks from cup
- Pulls self to standing
- 1-3 words (mama, dada)
- Begins cruising around furniture
12 to 18 months
- Walks with no assistance
- Attempts to use spoon
- Imitates words regularly
By 24 months
- Uses 2-4 words together
- Runs well
- 50-200 word vocabulary
- plays next to other children
By 36 months
- Uses short sentences
- Rides a tricycle
- Dresses self
- Plays with other children
- Speech understood 50% of the time
Pediatric Physical Therapy Services:
- Gross motor development
- Coordination and balance
- Torticollis
- Walking difficulties
- Therapy following orthopaedic procedures
- Therapeutic equipment assessment
Pediatric Occupational Therapy Services:
- Fine motor delays
- Sensory integration disorder
- Brachialplexus injuries
- Self feeding
- Visual-perceptual problems
- Hand-eye coordination
- Autism, PDD
- Developmental delays
Pediatric Speech Therapy Services:
- Speech and language delays
- Articulation
- Deaf and hard of hearing
- Stuttering
- Voice management
- Feeding and swallowing
- Autism/PDD
- Augmentative communication devices
- Tracheostomy
- Social communication
Other Services Available:
- Hospital Inpatient
- Birth to 3 services throughout Barron and Washburn Counties
- Speech Therapy serving Spooner, Barron and Cumberland hospitals
Once a child is 3 years old, services are offered in the school system. LMC offers pediatric services as an enhancement to those provided in the school system.
If you have questions or concerns regarding your child's development, please contact us at 715-236-6408 and ask to speak to a pediatric therapist.
Pediatric services are generally provided 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Infant Massage
More and more parents are learning the power of touch in communicating with their babies. Infant massage is a process that involves a pattern of hand movements over baby's face, arms, hands, chest, abdomen, back, legs and feet using massage oil and a parent's gentle touch.
The benefits of infant massage for babies include relieving discomfort from teething, congestion, gas and colic, and emotional stress. All areas of the body are stimulated by massage -- it can improve muscle tone and circulation, increase sensory awareness, increase nutrition and oxygen flow to cells, aide in digestion, help infants to sleep deeper and longer, and help the brain and nervous system grow and develop.
Infant massage helps parents learn how to read their infant's cues and respond to their baby more readily. Parents learn to communicate with their infant through touch. Spending time massaging an infant can help ease the stress many working parents feel when they are separated from their child during the day. Massage helps both parent and baby slow down and unwind from a busy day and provides a time of day when the parent is totally focused on their baby.
Lakeview Medical Center offers infant massage instruction through a three-class program by a certified infant massage instructor. Your instructor will demonstrate massage techniques, provide information on infant cues and discuss the benefits of massage. This is an interactive, fun and informative class with parents learning and practicing massage techniques on their infant during class.
Classes are designed for babies one month of age through pre-crawling. Class time is flexible due to the age of the infants involved, and parents will be encouraged to feed or change their baby as needed during class time. Parents are encouraged to bring their infants favorite blanket.
For more information or to register for a class, call 715-236-6408.
Managing Lymphedema
Lymphedema is the result of swelling in the extremities or other parts of the body. People with lymphedema have a deficiency in the flow of lymph fluid. They may experience small or large amounts of swelling with weeping of fluid, hardening of the area, and skin deterioration.
The signs of lymphedema can include:
- Full or heavy feeling in an arm or leg
- A tight feeling in the skin on the arm or leg
- Less movement or flexibility in your hand, wrist, ankle
- Difficulty fitting into clothing in one specific area such as the sleeve of your jacket or your socks being too tight
- Your ring, watch, and bracelet feel tight, but you have not gained weight
Treatment of Lymphedema at Lakeview Medical Center is provided by a Physical Therapist and Physical Therapist Assistant who are Certified Lymphedema Therapists through the Academy of Lymphatic Studies.
Typical treatments first determine each patient's needs, followed by Complete Decongestive Therapy using:
- Manual lymph drainage
- Compression bandaging
- Fitting for compression garments
- Exercise programs
- Skin and would care
- Self-management instruction
You can benefit from Lymphedema treatment if you have had disruptions to the lymphatic system caused by:
- Surgical removal of the lymph nodes during a mastectomy or prostate surgery
- Radiation treatment
- Birth defects of the lymphatic system with either too few or impaired lymph vessels
- Chronic venous insufficiency
Lymphedema management can also help those with edema due to:
- Traumatic injury (ankle sprains, deep bruises)
- Orthopedic surgeries (total knee replacement, tendon surgeries)
- Migraine headaches and sinus headaches
For more information, call 715-236-6408.
Stroke Support Group
In 1999 Lakeview Medical Center teamed with the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association to form the Northwoods Area Stroke Support Group. "We educate stroke survivors and their family members, including spouses, siblings, parents and children on recurrent stroke prevention and provide emotional support,” said Betsy Salquist, coordinator of the Stroke Support Group and Speech-Language Pathologist at Lakeview Medical Center. "Spouse's carry as much stress and frustration as the stroke survivor. They need a place to vent these feelings and discuss them with others who have been in their shoes. Likewise, for stroke survivors it is comforting to be around others who have had a stroke. It helps them not feel so alone.”
The Northwoods Area Stroke Support Group meets the last Thursday of every other month (Jan., March, May, July, Sept. and Nov.) at Lakeview Medical Center in the Medical Arts/Health Resource building at 3:00 p.m. "We average about 20 people per meeting, coming from Rice Lake, Chetek, Dallas, Barron, Ladysmith, Spooner, Shell Lake and Cumberland,” added Salquist. "Attendees are ages 40 to 90 and some range from three months post-stroke to over 10 years post-stroke.”
For more information the Northwoods Area
Stroke Support Group, please call 715-236-6535.
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