Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

The Section of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at Nationwide Children's Hospital specializes in the diagnosis and management of children with physically disabling conditions. Our physicians are board-certified specialists in PM&R with additional certification with either Pediatric Board Certification or Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Fellowship training. Our physicians are members of the Departments of Pediatrics and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, The Ohio State College of Medicine. The section is actively involved with teaching of medical students and medical residents.

Our Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit is proud to be accredited by both the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission (CARF). We offer a Comprehensive Pediatric Family-Centered Care Inpatient Rehabilitation Program. Our Day Treatment Program can be customized to meet the needs of the patient/family. Our Rehabilitation Clinic is established for follow-up visits, as well as evaluation for potential admission. Read our 2008 Inpatient Rehabilitation Program Overview for more information.

Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, & Therapeutic Recreation staff work with children, from birth through adolescence, suffering from disease or injury and who are in need of rehabilitative therapy. Occupational and Physical Therapy programs are designed to meet each child's specific needs. Parents are encouraged to be involved in their child's therapy. Occupational Therapy assists a child to gain, improve, or recover skills and abilities within the areas of self-care, fine motor, and sensory motor skills. Physical Therapy assists a child to maximize his or her potential through development, improvement, or recovery of gross motor skills, such as sitting, crawling, and walking.

Recreation Therapy employs treatment modalities which promote physical skill development, enhance feelings of well-being, foster successful community experiences, facilitate continued involvement in the rehabilitation/recovery process, and establish new leisure interests for continued growth and increased activity.

Services

• Baclofen pump evaluation and management

• Botulirium toxin injections

• Bracing and prosthetic evaluation and prescription

• Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist

• Child Life Services

• Clinical Nutritional Services

• Comprehensive Inpatient Pediatric Family Centered Rehabilitation Program (CARF & JACHO accredited)

• Concussion Clinic

• Data Coordination

• Day Hospitalization program

• Early Intervention Services

• Educational Services

• Electrodiagnosis (EMG & NCV)

• Inpatient Consultation

• Neuropsychology

• Occupational Therapy

• Outpatient evaluation & management of physically disabling conditions

• Pediatric Physiatrists

• Physical Therapy

• Rehab Case Management

• Rehabilitation Nursing

• Rehabilitation Psychology

• Social Work Services

• Spasticity Management

• Speech Pathology

• Wheelchair and seating evaluation and prescription

Conditions

• Amputation/limb deficiency

• Anoxic Brain Injury

• Arthritis

• BMT

• Brachial plexus injuries

• Brain injury - traumatic and non-traumatic

• Brain Tumors

• Burns

• Cancer

• Cerebral Palsy

• Conversion Disorders

• Cystic Fibrosis

• Developmental Delay

• Diabetes

• Down Syndrome

• Encephalitis

• Feeding and Swallowing Disorders

• Guillain-Barré 

• Hand Injury

• Head and Spinal Cord Injury

• Hemophilia

• Meningitis

• Muscular dystrophy and muscle disorders

• Myelomeningocele (spina bifida)

• Neuromuscular disease

• Orthopedic Fractures

• Orthopedic Injuries

• Orthopedics and Athletic Injuries

• OT/PT related conditions

• Peripheral nerve injuries

• Physical Rehabilitation

• Physically disabling conditions

• Post-operative Baclofen Pump insertions

• Post–operative Dorsal Rhizotomy

• Prematurity

• Pulmonary Disorders

• Sensory Integration Dysfunction

• Sickle Cell Disease

• Spasticity and abnormal tone

• Spina Bifida

• Spinal Cord Injury and Disease

• Spinal Cord Tumors

• Stroke

• Torticollis

• Transverse Myelitis

• Traumatic Brain Injury