CHCS offers pelvic floor therapy
June 8, 2022
Categories: News
The pelvic floor comprises the muscles, ligaments, and connective tissue that support and stabilize the organs in your pelvis. It might not be an area of the body that you want to discuss, but pelvic floor problems that result in incontinence, pelvic pain, or other problems are quite common. Occupational therapy can help, and Community HealthCare System now offers this specialized treatment.
According to Jill Nolte, CHCS occupational therapist, pelvic floor therapy can address pain,...
Occupational therapy: Living life to its fullest
April 12, 2022
Categories: Community health news
Think of the tasks you need to do each day: brush your teeth, make breakfast, pay bills, do laundry. Life becomes difficult if injury, illness, or other limitations make those tasks difficult or impossible.
Occupational therapists can help people of all ages who struggle with activities of daily life. April is Occupational Therapy Month, so it’s a great time to learn more about how practitioners can help you focus on the things you need and want to do –...
Simple tips to keep your child's development on track in a challenging time
January 13, 2021
Categories: Community health news, News
By Ashley Edelman, speech therapist: COVID-19 has undoubtedly caused many difficulties for families this past year. Children in our surrounding communities are also facing many new challenges. Quarantines, remote learning, COVID-related illness, and general disruptions to routine ways of living have taken a toll.
Children are dealing with increased social isolation from peers and family members and disruptions to everyday school routines, which puts them at risk for loss of language...
CHCS offers more therapies for kids
October 21, 2020
Categories: News
Community HealthCare System now offers pediatric occupational and speech therapy services at all therapy locations: Centralia, Frankfort, Holton, Onaga, and St. Marys.
These services are designed to help patients from birth to age 21 with a variety of diagnoses, including autism, speech and motor delays, sensory processing disorders, apraxia (an inability to perform learned movements on command), phonological disorders (the inability to correctly form the sounds of words),...
