Therapy Services

Recent research shows that with the right type of therapy the brain has the potential for significant recovery. This is true regardless of the length of time that has passed since a stroke or brain injury.

SWAN Patients:

• Participate in a program designed for their individual needs.
• Participate in one-on-one therapy.
• Undergo training with evidence-based techniques.
• Develop unused capabilities.
• Experience an enriched environment.
• Develop support and camaraderie with other survivors.

To accomplish these goals, SWAN uses the latest technology and techniques in neurological rehabilitation.

• Repetitive task practice.
• Neuromuscular re-education with manual facilitation and resistance.
• Progressive resistive strengthening for extremities and trunk.
• Constraint-induced therapy and modified constraint-induced therapy for those who meet qualifying criteria.
• Various technologies designed to improve balance, walking and motor function of the upper extremities.
• Individualized programs developed for each patient after careful evaluation.

SWAN therapies are designed to:

• Improve walking ability.
• Maximize trunk, arm, hand, and leg function.
• Improve balance.
• Enhance the patient's ability to participate in activities of daily living.
• Decrease caregiver responsibilities.

SWAN offers:

• An intensive 1/2 day (3 hours)
• A full day (6 hours) program
• Traditional therapies of one to three hours

Each day patients leave feeling weary, yet challenged and motivated.