PHYSIOTHERAPY DEPARTMENT

Physiotherapy is the provision of services to people to restore, develop and maintain maximum movement and functional ability throughout their lifespan.

The service is provided in circumstances where the process of aging, or that of injury or disease threatens movement and function.

Full and functional movements are at the heart of what it means to be healthy.
(Excerpt from Appendix 4 : WCPT Description of Physical Therapy, 1999)

TIMES OF SERVICES
The department is open from 8am to 4pm.
Outpatients are seen in the morning from 8:30 - 10:30 am in half hour appointment slots and inpatients usually seen in the afternoon period. Later appointments are only made upon discussion with the attending Physical Therapist. In-patients are seen usually on afternoon periods and critical patients are also seen on the weekends.

New outpatient referrals are seen when there are new patient slots available but variations can be made for follow-up care depending on the patient's needs e.g. other appointments, work demands.

TYPES OF REFERRALS ACCEPTED
Referral letters from the outpatient clinics of the Scarborough Regional Hospital. Other public hospitals, as well as District Medical Officers (Health Centers) are accepted for outpatient treatments.
Private referrals are only accepted if there are no other options for that treatment in the private health system.

SERVICES PROVIDED
Ambulation retraining using canes, walkers and crutches, Exercises (passive and active), Ultrasound, Splinting, Electrical Stimulation, Lymphedema-compression and management training, Post-op Exercises, Stroke Rehabilitation, Amputee Rehabilitation, Cervical and Lumbar Traction, Chest Care, Pediatric Care/Developmental Progression, and Burns-acute Management.