Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation

At Belle Fountain Health & Rehabilitation Center, our well-trained licensed Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech-Language Pathology professionals specialize in providing care to patients with complex diagnoses to help overcome injury, surgery or other debilitating conditions. Our goal is to help each person we serve, maximize their level of independence and overall wellness. At Belle Fountain, therapy is tailored to your unique situation as part of a complete care plan to get you home as quickly as possible.

Physician specialists work closely with our rehabilitation team to direct your individualized therapy treatments and maximize your physical improvement. Our program features a simulated real-life environment that allows you to re-master essential skills, strengthening and improving functional ability, mobility for daily living activities, and communication for a safe and successful return home.

It’s part of our holistic approach, which acknowledges that your particular path to healing and recovery is best served by considering all aspects of daily living.

Physical Therapy

Physical Therapy Professionals design individualized plans that may include:

  • Training in mobility, gait, posture and positioning
  • Exercise programs that increase muscle function, coordination and endurance
  • Joint and soft tissue mobilization that increase range-of-motion
  • Pain management

Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy Professionals impact one’s ability to perform everyday activities of living. Individualized therapeutic treatment plans may include:

  • Training for improved independence in dressing, bathing, eating, and grooming
  • Activities for memory, orientation and cognitive integration
  • Adaptive techniques to compensate for impaired function
  • Strengthening and coordination exercises
  • Exercises to maintain normal joint movement in order to reduce the effects of arthritis or other conditions

Speech and Language Pathology

Speech and Language Pathology Professionals address language, cognition, and swallowing dysfunction. Individualized plans may include:

  • Training to recover language comprehension and memory skills
  • Communication techniques for improved speech and language
  • Exercise and facilitation techniques to improve muscle performance for speech and swallowing
  • Dietary recommendations

Respiratory Therapy

Our therapists work diligently to treat the underlying causes of your condition while improving the work of breathing with supplemental oxygen. – Learn more about Respiratory Therapy>

iHeart® Recovery Program

The iHeart® Recovery Program is a cardiopulmonary rehabilitation program developed to safely progress patients to the next level of care. A therapist monitors a patient’s cardiac abilities pre, during, and post-exertion and teaches the patient how to self-monitor their cardiac responses.

Our Therapy Environment

Optalis and Rivetus combine excellent therapeutic programming with state-of-the-art equipment for a perfect rehabilitative combination.

  • ADL training in a home-like setting
  • Recumbent cross-trainers
  • Upper body cycles
  • Pulley systems and TheraBand stations
  • Curb and ramp training set
  • Safe patient handling devices used to augment traditional modes of therapy
  • State-of-the-art electrical modalities with user-friendly interfaces and protocols

Rivetus Rehabilitation Programs

Optalis’s Partner in Rehabilitation offers two individualized rehabilitation services to expedite your recovery in your home or at our outpatient clinics.
Rivetus Take Your Therapist Home | Rivetus Outpatient Therapy

Take Your Therapist Home

Get home confidently with the ones you know

This program affords you the option of having a Rivetus team member as your home care therapist when discharged. Our in-home individualized treatment plan is one of the best ways to get you comfortable being back home while you continue to gain strength and confidence with your daily activities.

  • In-Home Services
  • Physical Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Speech-Language Pathology
  • Pain Management
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiopulmonary Care
  • Fall Prevention

Please contact your rehabilitation facility’s social worker today to set up home care services with a Rivetus Therapist.

Rivetus Outpatient Therapy

Continued rehabilitation with the ones you know

Many people would like to continue to build their strength and confidence for the months and years to come. Return to one of our skilled nursing facilities to receive outpatient therapy giving you a familiar location to continue your recovery with your favorite therapists.

Rivetus also offers rehabilitation services to new patients through our Medicare-certified outpatient rehabilitation agency locations or in the patient’s home.

  • Physical Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Speech-Language Pathology

Call 248.301.6300 to set up your first outpatient session

Learn more about Rivetus​ Rehabilitation here