Women's Health

Incontinence

• Muscle re-education (abdominal and pelvic floor)
• Retraining of activities that stress your pelvic floor muscles
• Postural education
• Changing diet to avoid bladder irritants
• Bladder retraining

Services:
Treatment sessions last approximately one hour for two to four weeks. Following a comprehensive evaluation, sessions consist of:

• Biofeedback
• Electrical stimulation
• Muscle re-education
• Functional activities of daily living alternatives
• Spinal and pelvic malalignment corrections

Pregnancy and Postpartum

• Decrease back pain
• Decrease headaches
• Decrease pubic symphysis pain

Services:
Treatment sessions last approximately one hour for two to four weeks. Following a comprehensive evaluation, sessions consist of:

• Muscle Energy Technique
• Soft tissue mobilization
• Therapeutic exercises
• Postural alignment training

Osteoperosis

HealthSouth women's services offers rehabilitation to help you make profound changes; to explore new avenues of thinking, behaving, and doing things to achieve the independence that is within your reach. Rather than a cure, it is a process designed to restore your quality of life. We offer services to keep you active from youth through menopausal years and beyond. With today's knowledge, research, and expertise, we have been able to demonstrate that women's rehabilitation works - and improves quality of life. The result? Patient's who participate in women's health services get better faster and progress to a higher level of function.

Osteoporosis is a condition involving thinning of the bones with the possibility of bone fracture due to this thinning. An indicator of this condition is a DEXA (type of x-ray) number of minus 2.5 or lower.

Risk factors for osteoporosis

• Not getting enough calcium and vitamin D
• Smoking and heavy alcohol consumption
• A small frame
• Not exercising on a regular basis or engaging in weight-bearing activities
• Family history of osteoporosis

Prevention and Precaution

• Precautions can be taken to limit the complications that can occur as a result of having osteoporosis.
• Speak with your physician about appropriate medications or supplements.
• Assess your home and work place for any risk factors that may place you at greater risk for falls.
• Contact a physical therapist to assist you in beginning an exercise program tailored to and taking into consideration factors relating to your diagnosis.
• Be diligent and aware of your posture and body mechanics throughout all aspects of your life.
• Stop smoking and limit your alcohol consumption.

Therapeutic Benefits of Treatment

Some benefits many patients receive from our osteoporosis program include:

• Increased postural awareness
• Decreased fall risk
• Improved pain management and comfort
• Restoration or increase in mobility

Osteoporosis Management Program

• Comprehensive individualized evaluation process
• Computerized balance assessment and treatment
• Therapeutic exercise program
• Posture and body mechanic education

Country Meadows:
214-1775 (P), 214-2907 (F)

Hershey:
533-3458 (P), 533-5745 (F)

Mechanicsburg:
691-3847 (P), 691-5564 (F)

New Cumberland:
774-8210 (P). 774-8245 (F)

Wormleysburg:
975-3337 (P), 975-3973 (F)