rehabilitation

By Meranda Schmitz, RN, Cardiopulmonary Rehab

At the beginning of the year, CHCS announced that we now offer pulmonary rehabilitation services. You may be wondering what we do in this program to help patients. The quick answer is exercise and education, but this doesn’t capture everything.

Pulmonary rehab is a program designed for people with chronic lung disease. This includes, but is not limited to, COPD, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary fibrosis,...

If you visit the Onaga Rehabilitation and Fitness Center on weekdays during the lunch hour, you’re likely to see Bob Avery hard at work on the weight machines. He travels to the Fitness Center several times a week from his home near Olsburg to do strengthening exercises, and he sees a physical therapist once a week. He’s come a long way since a harrowing accident nearly five years ago left him with a partial spinal cord injury.

Avery, a lifelong rancher who...

Getting oxygen into our bodies fuels even the most basic daily activities: Walking through a store, sweeping the floor, caring for pets. Breathing problems caused by lung disease can make even taking a shower or preparing a meal seem impossible, and those who suffer from such difficulties often lose energy and can become anxious or depressed.  

Community HealthCare System now offers a program that can help. By adding Pulmonary Rehab to its Cardiac Rehab program, CHCS is ensuring...

CHCS is pleased to announce a new physical therapist in St. Marys.

Nathan Bailey is a recent graduate of Wichita State University and holds a doctorate in physical therapy. He grew up in Olathe and attended Johnson County Community College while working as an athletic trainer. He then finished his undergraduate career at Kansas State University, where he studied kinesiology.

Bailey looks forward to working at CHCS because of the “patient-first” mentality and the...

Community HealthCare System is pleased to welcome a new physical therapist to Frankfort and Centralia locations.

Nichole Miller is a native of the area, having grown up in Wetmore and Corning. She holds a bachelor of arts in exercise science from Ottawa University, where she played basketball for four years, and a doctorate in physical therapy from the University of Saint Mary. Miller said she has come full circle because she was born at the Onaga Hospital and was a CHCS patient through...

CHCS is happy to announce that our Onaga Rehabilitation and Fitness Center pool will reopen to the public on Monday, October 4.

COVID-19 precautions will be in effect as follows.

Hours of operation will be: M-F: 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. M-Th: 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. F: 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Pool use will require signing up for a time slot to prevent crowding in the pool and...

The physical therapy team at the CHCS Frankfort Rehabilitation and Fitness Center is excited about a new treatment option for people with back or neck pain. A new traction unit recently arrived! 

Many people suffer from back or neck pain that affects their ability to carry out activities in their daily life, and many of these patients could benefit from traction therapy. Traction is performed to improve spinal mobility and provide decompression by relaxing...