Inpatient physical therapy at West Valley Medical Center

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When you have an injury or illness that requires rehabilitation (rehab), trust our experienced staff at West Valley Medical Center. Our physical therapists and rehab specialists provide individualized services to maximize your independence, mobility and quality of life.

For more information about our therapy services, contact us at (208) 459-4641.

Pain management

Our goal is to help you get back to your life, pain-free. Our team works together to develop a treatment plan unique to your needs. We understand that you may need a variety of treatment options to help heal. Our team is committed to using effective methods of pain management and rehabilitation to help you improve function and reduce pain.

Physical therapy

Our physical therapy colleagues at West Valley can help with multi-disciplinary therapy treatments for neurologic and general orthopedic impairments.

We work to restore, maintain and promote your physical function, overall wellness, fitness and quality of life as it relates to movement. Our staff has a wide variety of training and experience and is passionate about using a team approach to address your unique concerns.

Occupational therapy

Our occupational therapy program focuses on helping you regain the skills necessary for daily life. This also involves patients working with our physical therapists to increase overall strength and endurance, and if needed, our speech-language pathologists can provide speech therapy.

Occupational therapy addresses skills, such as:

  • Bathing
  • Dressing
  • Grooming
  • Home management and safety in the home
  • Hygiene
  • Leisure activities
  • School/work tasks
  • Toileting

Our occupational therapy specialties for adult patients include:

  • Cognitive recovery treatment after neurological incidents
  • Hand and arm injury treatments
  • Incontinence treatment
  • Pelvic floor therapy (rehabilitation of muscles in the pelvic floor after injury or dysfunction)
  • Recovery after orthopedic injury or surgery
  • Therapies to increase pain tolerance
  • Therapies to minimize pain

Speech therapy

We help patients who are experiencing complications from head and neck cancer, traumatic brain injury and stroke. Our staff are certified in speech and swallow treatments. Speech-language pathologists provide services that focus on:

  • Cognition: Attention, memory and problem-solving functions
  • Fluency disorders: Repetition of sounds, syllables, words, etc. (stuttering)
  • Language: How speech sounds are tied together into cohesive units to express meaning and how a speaker’s language is received and decoded
  • Speech: Production of the speech sounds
  • Swallowing: Swallowing disorders and other upper aerodigestive (respiratory) functions