UnityPoint Health Younker Rehabilitation Clinic - Iowa Methodist
Information
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Hours of Operation
- Monday: 7:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- Tuesday: 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Wednesday: 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Thursday: 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Friday: 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Saturday: Closed
- Sunday: Closed
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic
Our physical therapy and rehabilitation clinic is designed to provide comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation care in one convenient location. Our outpatient clinic is led by rehabilitation physicians, working alongside physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists. We work with spinal cord injuries, brain injuries, strokes, amputations, neurological diseases and medically complex traumas. You will receive personalized care from medical experts who are dedicated to transforming lives with new services offered in Central Iowa.
Services Offered
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Therapy & Rehabilitation
When you’re recovering from surgery, an injury or dealing with pain or another health condition that affects your ability to function, UnityPoint Health Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation can help you regain your independence and improve mobility.Therapy & Rehabilitation
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Speech Therapy
Speech therapy provides skilled therapy services to adults and children to facilitate improved communication, swallowing and cognitive skills.Speech Therapy
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Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy (OT) is skilled treatment that helps individuals achieve independence in all facets of their lives. Occupational therapy focuses on fine motor skills, cognitive abilities, visual-perceptual skills and sensory-processing.Occupational Therapy
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Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy (PT) is the practice of rehabilitation of functional mobility after an illness, injury or disease. Treatments may include gait, balance and transfer training and exercise programs. Physical therapy offers specialty programs for treatment of lymphedema, vestibular (dizziness) issues, pelvic floor issue (bowel, bladder, pelvic organ prolapse, and pelvic pain) and dry needling.Physical Therapy
Younker Outpatient Rehabilitation Care
- AlterG anti-gravity treadmill
- Amputee rehabilitation
- Balance training/fall prevention
- Cupping therapy
- Diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasounds
- Driving evaluations
- Dry needling
- EMG
- Ergonomic evaluations
- Instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization
- Running analysis
- Sports medicine and rehabilitation
- Throwing program
- Video analysis
- Women's health
- Work conditioning and work rehabilitation
Patients with certain orthopedic and/or neurological conditions can improve their mobility, independence and safety at our Mobility Clinic. Care is coordinated by our physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians. They will complete a comprehensive exam of the musculoskeletal and nervous system to determine the patient’s appropriate level of care with respect to cost, location and specialties needed.
What to Expect
- Care coordination by our physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians
- Continuation of care with an expert team of therapists
- Easy collaboration with preferred vendors
- Ongoing Support
The Mobility Clinic provides expertise in the following specialty clinic areas:
- Wheelchair Seating and Positioning
- Gait/Falls
- Driving
- Technology
- Movement Disorders
- AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill provides unweighted therapy that allows you to feel lighter so you can exercise without exacerbating an injury.
- Solo-Step Walking Track is an overhead harness system designed to eliminate the fear of falling. It creates a safe environment for balance, strength and gait training.
- Diagnostic Ultrasound and EMG services are available at this site, these procedures allow us to provide comprehensive information to access and treat neuromuscular and muscular systems.
- Electrodiagnostic Medicine records and evaluates electrical activity. We use this to diagnose, evaluate and treat neurologic, neuromuscular and muscular systems.
Specialty Clinic Areas
Patients with certain orthopedic and/or neurological conditions can improve their mobility, independence and safety at our Mobility Clinic. Care is coordinated by our physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians. They will complete a comprehensive exam of the musculoskeletal and nervous system to determine the patient’s appropriate level of care with respect to cost, location and specialties needed.
What to Expect
- Care coordination by our physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians
- Continuation of care with an expert team of therapists
- Easy collaboration with preferred vendors
- Ongoing Support
The Mobility Clinic provides expertise in the following specialty clinic areas:
- Wheelchair Seating and Positioning
- Gait/Falls
- Driving
- Technology
- Movement Disorders
- Match needs with equipment options, technology and environmental needs
- Nurse case manager coordinates visit with equipment vendor and therapy staff
- Equipment trial where you have the option to test the recommended equipment, with most advanced options including: ultra-light manual wheelchairs, power-assist for manual wheelchairs, power wheelchairs with anterior and posterior tilt, power seat elevation, seat recline, elevating leg rests, etc.
- Decreased time from chair order to delivery, averaging 6 weeks
- Pressure mapping technology measures body surface pressures to ensure proper seating and positioning, maximizing comfort
Evaluations are held at the Younker Rehabilitation Clinic - Iowa Methodist location. We also offer evaluations for existing equipment evaluations.
- Evaluation of gait to maximize gait independence, safety and mobility
- Identification of musculoskeletal and/or neurological conditions impacting gait
- Reduce falls to limit secondary admissions and/or injuries
- Recommendation of assistive devices such as a walker, cane, crutch, or braces
- In-clinic evaluation of vision, cognition, reaction times and problem-solving as it relates to driving a motor vehicle
- Evaluation using an in-clinic car simulator
- On-the-road evaluation of driving performance through park, residential, commercial, and interstate driving skills
- Objective-based recommendations for driving privileges
- Recommendations for adaptive equipment and related driving training
- Coordination with primary care provider and DOT programming
- Physician-led evaluation of needs to ensure most recent technology is available and appropriate to supplement your treatment plan
- Medical clearance and oversight of technology use
- Physician-led evaluation and management of movement disorders
- Physician management of medication related to movement disorder
Providers at this Location
Dan Shamir, MD
Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation
Kylie Hall, MSN, ARNP, FNP-BC
Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation
Matthew Edel, DO
Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation