Rehabilitation Services
Contact Information
Office Hours
Monday - Friday
(except holidays)
8:00am - 4:30pm
Phone: (650) 725-5106
There is coverage available for urgent and emergency social work needs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
We also provide care in the outpatient setting.
Upcoming Courses
Our department is comprised of more than 100 physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists. Our therapists have expertise in the following areas:
- Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
- Neurosciences
- Oncology
- Organ Transplantation
- Cardiopulmonary Medicine
Outpatient Services
Hospital-based outpatient services include: occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech-language pathology for:
- Neurological Rehabilitation
- Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Rehabilitation
- Hand Therapy Rehabilitation
We also provide expertise to the Orthopaedic, Ear, Nose and Throat, Neurosciences and Oncology clinics, as well as Stanford Pain Management Center consultations.
The outpatient Hand Therapy and Ortho/Sports Rehabilitation departments are located at the Stanford Outpatient Center. The Hand Therapy department is staffed by Certified Hand Therapists (CHT). The Ortho/Sports Rehabilitation Department is staffed by Orthopedic Clinical Specialists (OCS), and experienced manual therapists.
The Neurological Program is located at the Hospital Main Campus. It is staffed by Neurological Certified Clinical Specialist (NCS) Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapy Clinical Specialist and experienced Speech and Language Pathologist.
Physical Therapy
Physical therapists evaluate and treat patients to improve their strength, flexibility, coordination, balance and functional mobility skills. Treatment focuses on:
- Gait evaluation and training
- Functional mobility training (bed mobility and transfers)
- Balance assessment and training
- Neuromuscular re-education
- Therapeutic exercise (active assistive, resistive and range of motion exercises)
- Pain evaluation and treatment
- Equipment prescription (ambulation devices and orthoses)
Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapists evaluate and treat patients to improve functioning in daily life activities. Treatment focuses on:
- ADLs (activities of daily living)
- Swallow/dysphagia/self-feeding evaluation and treatment
- Functional mobility training (transfers and wheelchair mobility)
- Therapeutic positioning (contracture prevention and pressure relief)
- Equipment prescription (wheelchair, commode and adaptive aids)
- Splinting
- Energy conservation/work simplification
- Visual-perceptual screening/training
Speech-Language Pathology
Speech-language pathologists evaluate and treat patients to improve cognitive, swallowing and communication deficits. Treatment focuses on:
- Communication retraining for aphasia, dysarthria, dysphonia or head/neck trauma
- Cognitive retraining
- Augmentative communication devices
- Trach weaning protocols/Passy"“Muir speaking valves
- Swallow/dysphagia evaluation and treatment
- Instrumental swallow assessment (videofluoroscopy, FEES, FEEST)
- Post-laryngectomy communication options