Amputee Rehab

Award Winning Rehab Services

There are more than 185,000 new amputations performed each year in this country.  There are multiple reasons which cause a person to lose a limb.  These reasons include trauma, infection, diabetes, vascular disease, cancer and other diseases.  When a person losses a limb, a person sustains a major loss in his/her activity and mobility level.

The Inpatient Rehab Unit at McLaren Bay Region has been accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (*CARF) as an Amputee Specialty Program.

Continuum of Care

McLaren Bay Region offers a continuum of rehabilitative care which begins in the acute care hospital with our Acute Care Therapy Services.  The person may then transition into the Inpatient Rehab Unit located at our West Campus for an intense therapy program.  Once a person is able to be discharged home, then the person will be able to participate in our Outpatient Rehab Services located at several convenient locations.

Throughout all our sites, treatment can include:

• Residual Limb care to promote wound healing and limb shaping.
• Therapeutic exercises can improve a patient’s overall strength, improve oxygen flow to promote wound healing, decrease scar tissue and minimize pain
• Pre- and Post-prosthetic training.  Physical therapists work in collaboration with the Prosthetists, who make the artificial limbs. Together they assist the patient in preparing the limb for the prosthesis (artificial limb) ensuring that the prosthesis is the best fit for the patient. Training is provided to strengthen the limb and shape it, and keep the patient mobile and strong.
• ADL and Mobility Training is provided by physical and occupational therapists, in order to improve each patient’s ability to transfer, walk and manage all daily activities like dressing and bathing.
• Patient education on limb care, prosthetic hygiene & maintenance, best method to put on and off the limb shapers and prosthesis to ensure the best prosthetic fit or care of the residual limb.

In addition, there is an Amputee Clinic and Amputee Support Group to address further needs, once a patient is discharged from the Rehabilitative Services.  Click here for details about McLaren Bay Region’s Amputee Support Group…

Locations for Amputee Rehab:

OUTPATIENT SITES:

Center for Rehabilitation
McLaren Bay Region West Campus
3190 E. Midland Rd.
Bay City, MI 48706
Phone: (989) 667-6600
Fax: (989) 667-6610 

West Side Medical Mall -  Physical Therapy Center
4175 Euclid Ave.
Bay City, MI   48706
Phone: (989) 667-3646
Fax: (989) 667-3637

East Side Medical Mall - Physical Therapy Center
1454 West Center Rd (at Pine)
Essexville, MI 48732
Phone: (989) 895-4640
Fax: (989) 895-4641

Pinconning Physical Therapy
4293 N. Huron Rd. Suite 2
Pinconning, MI 48650
Phone: (989) 879-5500
Fax: (989) 879-5395 

Auburn Rehabilitation Center
312  Midland Rd.
Auburn, MI 48611
Phone: (989) 662-6387
Fax: (989) 662-6409 

Riverview Physical Therapy - (Located in the YMCA)
225 Washington Avenue
Bay City, MI   48706
Phone: (989) 895-4340
Fax Number: (989) 895-4338

INPATIENT SITES:

Acute Care
McLaren Bay Region
1900 Columbus Ave.
Bay City, MI 48708
Phone: (989) 894-3000

Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit
McLaren Bay Region West Campus
3250 E. Midland Rd.
Bay City, MI  48706

* CARF accreditation represents the highest level that can be awarded to an organization and shows the organization’s substantial conformance to the standards established by CARF. An organization receiving a three-year accreditation outcome has undergone a rigorous peer review process and has demonstrated to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit that its programs and services are of the highest quality, and are measurable and accountable.

* CARF accreditation represents the highest level that can be awarded to an organization and shows the organization’s substantial conformance to the standards established by CARF. An organization receiving a three-year accreditation outcome has undergone a rigorous peer review process and has demonstrated to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit that its programs and services are of the highest quality, and are measurable and accountable.