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Overview
The Locomotor Care Stream at The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre (TOHRC) assesses, treats and educates patients who have physical impairments or injuries.
The purpose of the Locomotor Care Stream is to help patients adapt and live independently.
All patients are seen by a physiatrist (a doctor who specializes in rehabilitation), who will determine their eligibility for the program.
Patients have access to a dedicated team of health-care professionals who will devise a program tailored to meet your needs and goals.
Who we serve
Musculoskeletal conditions
These patients have:
- Had an amputation.
- Had multiple trauma from an accident or extensive burns.
- Had a long stay in the hospital or the Intensive Care Unit. because of their condition
- Generalized weakness or poor endurance post-surgery or illness.
- A treatment goal to reduce or eliminate their pain and improve their quality of life.
- A non-neurological disease and need treatment for joint problems or mobility issues.
Pulmonary diseases
These patients have:
- Breathing disorders like emphysema, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis or asthma.
- Pulmonary fibrosis, farmer’s lung, asbestosis or other restrictive lung disorders.
- Been scheduled for or have recently had surgeries like lung transplant or lung-volume reduction.
- Adult cystic fibrosis.
Services within the Locomotor Care stream
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Chronic Pain Management Program
Team
Our dedicated team is comprised of professionals from:
- Clinical nutrition
- Medicine
- Nursing
- Occupational therapy
- Pharmacy
- Physiotherapy
- Psychology
- Respiratory therapy
- Social work
- Therapeutic recreation
- Vocational rehabilitation
- Speech-language pathology
Referrals
Patients must be referred to the Locomotor Care Stream by their doctor. Eligible patients may also be scheduled to see a physiatrist, respirologist or another health-care provider to assess their health and set goals. They may be referred to different clinical areas within the Centre as needed. Patients are put on a waiting list and enter the program when they are medically ready and able to benefit from rehabilitation.
Contact us
The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre
613-737-7350 ext. 75508
613-733-8336
505 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M2