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Geriatric Rehabilitation Promoting independence, safety, and quality of life for the Senior community  
Geriatric Rehabilitation provides treatment for neuromusculoskeletal movement disorders that are experienced frequently by older adults. With an understanding of the aging process and the problems and disorders of the Senior community, the Geriatric Rehabilitation program provides individualized treatments aimed at promoting wellness and maintaining independence and quality of life.
Common Problems and Diagnoses and Treatment Goals:
  • Balance disturbances and falls
  • Gait Disturbance / Difficulty walking
  • Generalized weakness and deconditioning often caused by a long illness requiring confinement to bed or the home, resulting in weakness, decreased endurance, and decreased ability to perform normal daily activities
  • Osteoporosis



    • Often these occur with other conditions such as:
    • Arthritis and degenerative joint disease
    • Chronic pain and fibromyalgia
    • Parkinson’s Syndrome
    • Spine disorders such as spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, spondylosis
 
Goals of Geriatric Rehabilitation treatment:
  • Regain functional strength and stamina
  • Improve gait / walking
  • Improve safety awareness
  • Improve balance
  • Reduce fall risk
  • Reduce pain
  • Patient education on their specific problems and means to improve function or compensate for lost function.
  • Regain functional strength and stamina
 

Empowering Individuals, Enhancing Function, Improving Quality of Life

5611 Palmer Way, Suite A, Carlsbad, CA 92010
(760) 603-9166 - fax (760) 603-9161