Orthopedic Medicine & Rehabilitation

After a traumatic bone, muscle, or joint injury or surgery, Burke Rehabilitation can provide the thorough care and intensive therapy you’ll need to aid your recovery.

Benefits of Orthopedic Rehabilitation

When you experience an orthopedic injury or have surgery, take comfort in knowing that Burke Rehabilitation will help you:

  • Maximize recovery from orthopedic surgeries or injuries' physical, cognitive, and psychological impacts
  • Get high-quality, patient-centered rehabilitation
  • Experience rehabilitation through teamwork that values communication and collaboration
  • Focus on your strengths and use tools to help with any limitations.
  • Minimize barriers to participating in life and learn alternative ways to engage when needed
  • Prepare yourself and your support system for the next step in your rehabilitation

Orthopedic Conditions We Treat

Get orthopedic rehabilitation care for people ages 16 and older with:

  • Arthritis
  • Back pain, lower back pain
  • Bursitis
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome and other nerve entrapments
  • Foot and ankle disorders
  • Fractures of the upper and lower limbs
  • Hip and knee joint replacements requiring complex medical care
  • Multiple traumatic injuries
  • Osteoporosis
  • Rotator cuff syndrome
  • Tendonitis

Inpatient Orthopedic Rehabilitation

You’ll find high-quality, compassionate rehabilitation care at Burke. After an injury or surgery, you’ll need to stay in a hospital setting for a short time until you’re well enough to go home. Because you’ll see many types of professionals, you’ll get well-rounded care that addresses all your needs. Rehabilitation nurses and doctors are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 

  • Personalized Care Plan

    Access services at Burke that help you feel more confident and comfortable about your recovery journey, including:

    • Accommodating your dietary needs and special requests and respecting your cultural and religious needs
    • Counseling you and your family/caregiver on precautions, assistance, self-care, and well-being
    • Diagnosis-specific education and training
    • Medical services and consultations, including wound care
    • Occupational therapy, including wheelchair fitting
    • Orthotics/prosthetics
    • Physical therapy
    • Recreation therapy
    • Spiritual care and peer support opportunities

  • Orthopedic Therapy Team

    Your Burke Rehabilitation Hospital care team puts you at the center of goal setting and treatment. Team members meet weekly to discuss how you’re doing and adjust your personalized care plan, so you make steady progress. Team members may include:

    • Doctor specializing in orthopedic rehabilitation
    • Other specialty doctors as needed
    • Nurses
    • Wound care specialists
    • Occupational therapist
    • Physical therapist
    • Recreational therapist
    • Social worker

Get Better at Burke

Maximize your recovery with Burke Rehabilitation Hospital services:

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    Maria D. Briones, MD
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    Malav Shah, MD
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    • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
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  • Abir Naguib
    Abir Naguib, MD, CAQSM, FAAPMR, RMSK
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    • Sports Medicine,
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Your Burke Rehab Journey

Receive compassionate nursing and medical care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You’ll benefit from:

  • Medical and functional evaluation
  • Goal setting and a recovery plan unique to your needs
  • Daily therapy sessions averaging three hours per day
  • Opportunities to participate in additional therapeutic activities
  • Education and support for you and your loved ones
  • Family and caregiver support
  • Discharge planning to help you prepare for life after inpatient rehabilitation

Learn what you can expect at Burke Rehabilitation—from the time you arrive to when you are discharged:

For information on admissions, call our screening department at (914) 597-2800 or refer to the program description [pdf].

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Outpatient Rehabilitation

Continue building strength following an inpatient rehabilitation stay at one of our convenient outpatient locations in Westchester, the Hudson Valley, or the Bronx. Meet your goals with:

Outpatient Physician Practice

The Buke Rehabilitation Outpatient Physician Practice is a team of physical medicine and rehabilitation doctors dedicated to providing the most advanced, personalized care for individuals with neurological, musculoskeletal and orthopedic conditions. We develop treatment plans customized to meet individual patients' needs.

Procedures and Services:

  • Electrodiagnostic testing – Looks at how well your muscles and nerves work
  • Intrathecal baclofen pump – Reduces spasticity so that you can move more easily
  • Muscle tone management injections – Helps manage arm muscle tone and spasticity and recover the functional use of your arms and hands.
  • Nerve blocks – Stop nerves from sending pain signals to certain body areas using an anesthetic or anti-inflammatory medicine
  • Neuropsychological rehabilitation – Helps you cope with medical challenges and builds skills to help you live more independently
  • Spasticity Clinic – Helps you regain muscle control so you can do more of your daily activities

Outpatient Therapy Care

To continue your recovery, your doctor may prescribe one or more outpatient therapies after you return home from the hospital.

Continue building strength following an inpatient rehabilitation stay at one of our convenient outpatient locations in Westchester, the Hudson Valley, or the Bronx. Meet your goals with:

Outpatient Rehabilitation Services

  • Alternative & Augmentative Communication (AAC) - Burke’s speech-language pathologists can assist you in establishing your candidacy for compensatory communication methods, from “low-tech” communication boards and index cards to “high-tech” speech-generating AAC devices.
  • Cognitive Rehabilitation - Burke’s occupational and speech therapists use new technologies and traditional therapy approaches to help you overcome health-related cognitive challenges.
  • Driver Evaluation Program - Occupational therapists help you know when it is safe to return to driving.
  • Functional Electric Stimulation - Large muscle functional electrical stimulation helps people with neurologic impairments, paralysis, and movement problems move their legs and arms, improve walking ability, and maintain muscle strength and tone.
  • Gait (Walking) Rehabilitation - Burke physical therapists may use gait and locomotor training for your therapy regimen. This includes body weight support systems over the ground, such as the Vector, and on the treadmill, as well as wearable devices that help you coordinate muscle movement.
  • Muscle Tone Management Injections - Injections help manage arm muscle tone and spasticity and recover the functional use of your arms and hands.
  • Social Services - Burke’s licensed clinical social worker connects you to resources and helps you navigate insurance and applications for charity care, housing, and more.
  • Swallowing Evaluations & Treatment - Burke’s speech-language pathologists will assess your ability to chew and swallow foods and liquids via clinical exams and tests and recommend swallowing treatment as needed.
  • Upper Limb Recovery & Training - Burke’s occupational therapists help you regain arm and hand function. We offer customized treatment using the latest research and technologies, including electrical stimulation programs and devices.
  • Vision Rehabilitation - Burke’s specially trained occupational therapists can provide strategies and exercises to lessen visual or perceptual challenges caused by neurological problems.
  • Wheelchair Clinic - Burke’s certified assistive technology practitioner provides extensive wheelchair seating and positioning evaluations.
  • Accepted Insurance

    Burke accepts many insurance plans. Check with your insurance carrier to learn what’s covered under your plan. Get answers to your questions about insurance by calling (914) 597-2131, option 8.

    List of Accepted Insurance

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