Sports Medicine
Sports medicine provides services for students who sustain physical injury. Students who are interested in physical fitness, conditioning and rehabilitation will find this service tailored to their needs. Sports Medicine services are complemented by Physical Therapy and Athletic Training services.
Physical Therapy
We at Student Health Services (SHS) believe it's your good
health that enables you to achieve your full potential. Fulfillment
of your academic, professional and personal goals all depends on
optimum health.
The Physical Therapy Department at SHS offers a broad range of
services to facilitate recovery from and prevention of injuries or
illnesses that affect the musculoskeletal system and sensorimotor
functions. The department is staffed by physical therapists who provide evaluation and individualized
treatment and education programs for each patient to return to
function.
Availability and Access
Students, faculty and staff are invited to bring their questions
to the physical therapists at any time. Whether
it's about tips to prevent recurrence of an old injury or
self-management of an ongoing problem, the physical therapy department
is here to help. A prescription for physical therapy services is
not required, although some health insurance companies require a
referral to physical therapy from a primary care provider prior to
receiving services if insurance reimbursement is expected.
Student Health Services accepts physical therapy orders from private clinicians. Therefore, it is unnecessary for students who are seeing physicans outside of SHS to leave campus or town to have their physical therapy treatments.
The Physical Therapy Department is open Monday through Friday with more limited hours during the summer. The department is located at Dixon Recreational Center on the main level.
Physical Therapy services are available to faculty and staff as
well as students.
Appointments
If you have a prescription for physical therapy, you may call or drop by Dixon or SHS to schedule your appointment. Be sure to bring the clinician's written prescription with you. Call 737-7556 to schedule physical therapy appointments.
Treatment Programs
Physical therapy is a rehabilitative discipline of health care
in which a physical therapist or a professional supervised by a
physical therapist provides services to patients who have
impairments, functional limitations, disabilities, or changes in
physical function and health status resulting from injury, disease,
or other causes. The therapist will design, implement and modify
therapeutic interventions to address each patient's impairments.
The treatment plans may include but are not limited to balance,
coordination and functional training, patient education,
therapeutic exercise, manual therapy techniques, prescription and
application of assistive, adaptive, orthotic, or prosthetic
devices, wound mangement, and application of electrotherapeutic or
mechanical modalities and other physical agents such as ice, heat
or biofeedback techniques.