A concussion is a traumatic injury that temporarily impacts normal brain function. Common symptoms include:
- Headache
- Nausea
- Balance problems
- Dizziness
- Sensitivity to light or noise
- Vision problems
- Difficulty remembering or concentrating
Our physical, occupational, and speech therapies offer comprehensive evaluations and treatments to help patients manage and overcome concussion symptoms.
Talk to your primary care provider about a referral to Concussion Rehabilitation
Mealtime challenges make family bonding stressful. Together, our Occupational and Speech Therapists help patients from infancy through age 18 overcome their feeding challenges with custom, evidence-based recommendations.
A feeding evaluation at CMH includes:
- Observing the child eating
- Discussions with the family
- Oral-motor, swallowing, and sensory processing assessments
Our goal is to teach patients that mealtimes can be fun, and to introduce new foods safely and gradually. Our strategies include:
- Exercises to support the development of the muscles in the mouth, jaw, tongue, lips and cheeks
- Interventions for sensory challenges
- Recommendations for alternative positioning or use of different bottles, cups, utensils, or plates.
Talk to your primary care provider about a referral to CMH’s Feeding Program
CMH’s play-based, child-centered rehab program makes learning and developing skills fun & motivating.
From infants to teens, our team helps children develop the skills they need to thrive, including:
- Fine motor skills (including feeding)
- Visual processing skills
- Self-care skills (such as feeding, grooming and dressing)
- Social skills and self regulations play skills, and social skills
Talk to your child’s primary care provider about a referral to Pediatric Rehab at CMH.
Two symptoms of Parkinson's disease are speech/voice difficulties and a loss of motor skills. Your voice gets quieter and your movements are slower and smaller in size, making everyday activities a challenge.
Our rehabilitation team is trained and certified in the LSVT BIG & LOUD programs to help you gain improvements in speech and mobility.
LSVT LOUD is an intensive speech therapy program. Treatment sessions with a certified speech therapist can help you:
- Improve vocal loudness
- Improve speech clarity
- Increase facial expression
Participation in the program takes four weeks, including
- 16 individualized, one-hour sessions (four times a week for four weeks)
- Daily, personalized 'homework'
- Daily carryover exercises
For more information about LSVT LOUD, please call 218-878-7010 or talk to your primary care provider about a referral.