Locomotor Outpatient Services
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Overview
Locomotor Outpatient Services at The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre (TOHRC) assess, treat, and educate people with physical impairments — especially those with complex pain or joint and muscle problems — to help them become as independent as possible.
Patients are supported by a team of health-care professionals who work together to provide personalized, holistic care.
Goals
Specifically, we seek to:
Provide the best quality care that we would want for our families, based on evidence-supported scientific practices.
Work with community partners to enhance the quality of life of our clients.
Advocate for our clients’ needs both internally and externally.
Promote research, education and development, including participation in student supervision and academic teaching.
Services
Our services include:
- Consulting about medical rehabilitation.
- Managing pain.
- Improving cognitive difficulties, physical functioning and vocational functioning.
- Supporting activities of daily living (e.g. mobility, nutrition, personal care, recreation, emotional adjustment).
- Prosthetic and orthotic services.
- Pulmonary services.
- Foot care.
- Speech-language pathology.
We can also arrange for the following kinds of services:
- Prosthetic and orthotic services.
- Pulmonary services
- Foot care.
- Speech-language pathology.
Team
We use a team-based approach that puts the patient at the centre of care. Our team includes professionals from different areas, such as:
- Medicine
- Physiotherapy
- Occupational therapy
- Nursing
- Social work
- Clinical nutrition
- Psychology
- Therapeutic recreation
- Vocational rehabilitation
Referrals and assessment
All patients must be referred to the program by a doctor.
Then, patients meet with a physiatrist (a doctor who specializes in rehabilitation) and / or other team members to assess their condition and set achievable goals. They will be referred to the right services within TOHRC based on their needs and receive care either one-on-one or in group sessions.
We also work with community organizations to help patients stay as independent and active as possible after they leave our care.
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Contact us
Locomotor Outpatient Services
613-737-7350
TTY 613-526-1132
The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre
505 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M2