Neuromuscular Outpatient Therapy and Day Rehabilitation Programs at Northwestern Medicine
Our licensed, experienced therapists will provide one-on-one therapy to help improve your safety, movement, balance and speech.
Our therapists work with you to create a treatment plan that fits your needs. We aim to help you achieve your best possible physical abilities.
We offer excellent therapy care if you have or are recovering from:
- Parkinson's disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Cancer
- Heart and vascular disease
- Weakness from a critical illness
- Organ transplants
To schedule an outpatient or day rehabilitation therapy appointment, please call 630.933.1500 (TTY: 711).
What You Can Expect
It starts with a thorough evaluation. Your therapist will work with you to create a treatment plan tailored to your needs and goals to help you return to your maximum function for a better quality of life.
Because recovery from a Neuromuscular Condition often requires care and treatment over an extended period of time, we may recommend one of two different outpatient programs to support your ongoing recovery.
- Outpatient rehabilitation for an neuromuscular conditions are available at many of our 45 locations throughout the Chicago area. They provide the same high standards of care that guide our Inpatient Neuromuscular Rehabilitation. Adult and pediatric services are available.
- Day rehabilitation therapy offers two or more outpatient therapy services (physical, occupational or speech) with care coordination from a case manager.
- Other services, such as psychology and referrals for physiatrists (Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group), are available based on your needs.
- Admission to the program may require a medical record review.
- Day rehabilitation for adults and pediatric patients is offered at our locations in Wheaton and Crystal Lake.
More Programs and Services to Help With Your Recovery
Northwestern Medicine offers more services and resources to support your ongoing recovery.
- Driver Rehabilitation Program
- Prosthetic and Orthotic Clinic
- Spasticity Management
- Support Groups
- Wheelchair and Positioning
The Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Prosthetic and Orthotic Clinic offers custom prosthetic and orthotic devices for adults and children to maximize their functional abilities. Working with a prosthetic and orthotic provider, physiatrists and physical therapists collaborate to achieve the best possible result for each patient.
Many of our Northwestern Medicine outpatient rehabilitation locations can also provide therapy to help you regain mobility and functional capabilities while using a prosthetic or orthotic device.
Spasticity — a condition in which certain muscles are always contracted — can result in reduced motion and limit the ability to perform everyday tasks. Spasticity management, which may include oral medications, injection therapy using BOTOX®, and intrathecal baclofen therapy, is offered through the Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group offices at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital.
Experienced therapists at many of our Northwestern Medicine outpatient rehabilitation can also provide therapy to help with stretching, positioning and movement exercises.
Resources for adults, teens and young adults who have neuromuscular conditions are available at Northwestern Medicine. Groups can help you learn about living with an amputation and coping with stress and offer an outlet for socializing.
Clinicians recommend and design custom devices to meet your unique wheelchair and mobility needs. Customized seating and positioning systems (including wheelchairs, standing systems and stroller systems) can help you improve function, posture, mobility and independence.