Location(s): Centralia, Holton, Onaga, St. Marys
Our licensed and certified professionals, provide professional, compassionate therapy solutions you can trust. Our therapists implement progressive, customized treatment plans that combine patient education, individualized exercise strategies, manual therapy, and a full range of modalities. We work closely with your physician, resulting in a more efficient and effective recovery process.
Outpatient Services
Outpatient services are available at five of our clinic locations.
We Offer:
*Physical Therapy:
Our expert physical therapists and physical therapy assistants work in partnership with you and other health professionals to provide patient-centered care. Conditions that benefit from physical therapy may include the following:
- Back/neck pain, bulging discs, sciatica
- Headaches
- Post-surgery or broken bones
- Joint replacements
- Sacral dysfunctions/pain
- Shoulder injuries/pain
- Sports-related injuries, tendonitis
- Weakness/poor balance
- Multiple sclerosis
- Nerve injuries
- Parkinson's disease (LSVT program)
- Stroke
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*Occupational Therapy:
Our certified occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants can help you recover from illness or injury. Occupational therapy can help improve your health, well-being, functional abilities, and independence while addressing a variety of conditions and needs, including the following:
- Adaptive equipment
- Down syndrome or autism
- Hand therapy
- Nerve injuries/pain
- Parkinson's Disease (LSVT program)
- Pediatrics/developmental delays
- Pelvic floor/women's health
- Splinting/orthotics
- Stroke
- Weakness
- Wheelchair management and assessment
- Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)/Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs)
*Speech Therapy:
Our certified speech therapists provide speech and language evaluations and treatments for patients of all ages. We treat patients for the following.
- Language delays or disorders
- Social-communication disorders, such as autism spectrum disorders
- Cognitive-linguistic deficits, such as memory impairment
- Feeding and swallowing disorders
- Parkinson's disease (LSVT program)
- Voice disorders
- Fluency disorders, such as stuttering
- Hearing loss
- Severe communication disorders
We also provide pediatric speech and occupational therapy at all locations.
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Learn more about the physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy programs offered by Community Rehabilitation.
Depending on what is needed, treatment options may also include manual therapy, therapeutic exercise and other modalities.
*LSVT: Lee Silverman BIG and LOUD Program for Parkinson's and other neurological conditions
*Pelvic Floor Therapy: Pelvic floor therapy is a specialized service focusing on pelvic function to optimize a person’s quality of life. The pelvic floor can be injured and experience dysfunction, just like the rest of our body. Pelvic floor therapists can provide treatments for:
* Prenatal care
*Postpartum care
*Sexual Function (Men and Women)
*Pelvic Floor Dysfunction (Men and Women)
*Pain Management (Men and Women)
Contact our Pelvic Floor Therapists for more information:
Theresa Schraad, PT, DPT: [email protected] Jill Nolte, OTR/L: [email protected]
*Manual therapy, which consists of a variety of hands-on techniques to address bone and muscle pain and dysfunction.
*Therapeutic exercise, including programs customized for each patient using our state-of-the-art rehabilitation equipment.
*Modalities, which include electrical stimulation, iontophoresis, anodyne, and ultrasound to decrease inflammation and pain.
*Mechanical traction: Non-surgical lumbar or cervical spinal decompression helps alleviate tension on the spine by using stretching to decompress the spine.
*ADLs (Activities of daily living), consists of working on the tasks a person completes in a normal day. ADLs may require specific training in adaptive equipment to increase your ability to perform a task, including: bathing, dressing, toileting, housekeeping, driving and shopping.
Community HealthCare Rehabilitation and Fitness Centers
Rehabilitation and fitness work closely together to offer the best continuity of care. Our rehab and fitness centers are comprehensive, custom facilities that will help you become and stay active. From sports or work injuries to arthritis pain, our centers can treat you to better health.
Our aim is to restore your independence: to get you back in the game, to the farm, or to your family.
Physical, occupational and speech therapy services are also available in our home health program, nursing home, outpatient, and hospital settings.
Physical Therapy
Physical therapy is a personalized assessment and treatment plan that helps individuals improve mobility, control pain, and recover from surgery or injury. It is also beneficial for those who have cardiovascular disease, stroke, Parkinson's, chronic pain, weakness, or a recent surgery.
We work closely with you and your family to create and implement a comprehensive physical therapy treatment plan, whether you are in the hospital (inpatient), in our clinic (outpatient) or in your home.
This plan will address your unique needs and is created by:
Performing a comprehensive (physical, emotional and social) assessment and evaluation of your particular ailment.
Providing a physical therapy diagnosis of your condition and assessing the likely treatment outcome (prognosis).
Implementing a treatment plan, which will include specific exercises, and mechanical treatment.
Providing consultation and determining if and when you need to be seen by another health care professional.
Making recommendations for self-management.
We work in partnership with you, your family and other health professionals to provide family-centered care. You are an important member of our community, and we look forward to working with you.
Our Team
Physical therapists are licensed professionals. We complete continuing education units (CEUs) regularly as part of our license requirements. We also attend departmental education training opportunities throughout the year.
Our physical therapy service is part of the Department of Rehabilitation Services.
Occupational Therapy
When you have a serious illness or injury, medically based or rehabilitative occupational therapy services may be provided.
Our services improve your health, well-being, functional abilities and independence by emphasizing:
Physical skills to increase movement, strength, and/or coordination
Adaptive, age-appropriate skills necessary to live independently and function safely and appropriately in daily life
Cognitive abilities
Sensorimotor skills
Visual motor and perceptual skills
Social and interpersonal skills
Our occupational therapists will create a treatment plan that addresses your unique needs by:
Collaborating with other health care professionals to identify your needs
Identifying and changing or overcoming barriers that interfere with, restrict or inhibit your functional performance
Teaching you modeling skills and strategies to extend therapeutic interventions
Adapting activities, materials and environmental conditions so you can participate in activities
We work with patients who are staying in the hospital (inpatients) and with people who are not hospitalized (outpatients). We also offer services for children from birth to age 21.
Our Team
Occupational therapists are licensed professionals. We complete continuing education units (CEUs) regularly as part of our license requirements. We also attend departmental education training opportunities throughout the year.
Our occupational therapy service is part of the Department of Rehabilitation Services.
Speech-Language Therapy
Community HealthCare System’s speech-language therapy team provides speech and language evaluations and speech therapy for patients of all ages.
To provide you with the best care possible, our services are:
Based on the most current speech pathology research and best practices.
Provided in a family centered, caring environment.
We treat patients with:
Receptive language delays or disorders – difficulty understanding spoken or written information.
Expressive language delays or disorders – difficulty using language (verbal, non-verbal or written) to communicate with others.
Social-communication disorders, such as autism spectrum disorders.
Cognitive-linguistic deficits, such as memory impairment.
Articulation and phonological disorders – difficulty producing speech sounds correctly.
Motor speech disorders, such as apraxia – difficulty coordinating muscle movements to produce speech.
Voice disorders – problems with the voice, such as hoarseness or loss of voice.
Resonance and airflow disorders, such as speech problems that may occur for children with cleft palate.
Feeding and swallowing disorders.
Fluency disorders, such as stuttering.
Severe communication disorders, who may benefit from augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).
Our Team
Speech therapists are licensed professionals. We complete continuing education units (CEUs) regularly as part of our license requirements. We also attend departmental education training opportunities throughout the year.
Our speech therapy service is part of the Department of Rehabilitation Services.
Contact Us
Community HealthCare System
Rehabilitation Services
Centralia: 785-889-5397
Frankfort: 785-292-4615
Holton: 785-364-3205
Onaga: 785-889-5048
St. Marys: 785-437-3768
For Scheduling Services, simply contact:
Patient Access Services
785-889-5022 or 1-800-889-4274