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UT Southwestern Medical Center provides compassionate, personalized rehabilitation therapies for patients with musculoskeletal conditions, illnesses or injuries. Our extensive experience in post-surgical joint replacement, fracture repair, spine care and sports injury rehabilitation enables us to provide our patients with the effective treatments they need for improved health and mobility.
In addition, UT Southwestern’s musculoskeletal rehabilitation program offers valuable therapies for patients with:
Our rehabilitation program carefully coordinates musculoskeletal therapies with UT Southwestern physicians who are specialists in the underlying illnesses.
The medical center provides specialized care and treatments needed to address each patient’s specific condition through comprehensive physical, occupational and recreational therapy programs. Rehabilitation specialists attentively work with patients and provide the education and specialized training needed to achieve the best possible results from therapy. Our caring specialists possess the expertise needed to help patients attain the highest levels of function and recover their sense of well-being. Our musculoskeletal patients have realized extraordinary results in their rehabilitation.
Individualized exercise programs are designed to strengthen the appropriate muscle groups, which helps maximize the ability to carry out the activities of daily living or regain athletic performance lost as a result of a sports injury. UT Southwestern’s therapists carefully work with patients to reduce the pain associated with their musculoskeletal problems and achieve an improved quality of life.
In addition, the musculoskeletal program assesses how custom or pre-fabricated braces, orthopaedic shoes and other devices can help with balance and mobility. Specialists provide the comprehensive education to inform patients about their opportunities to enjoy an improved lifestyle through greater flexibility and reduced pain.
