General information
With convenient
locations throughout Brevard, Health First Medical Rehabilitation's
outpatient services are provided to individuals following orthopaedic/trauma
surgery, neurologic impairments, arthritic conditions, work-related
injuries, sports injuries, and cardiovascular impairments.
Working hand-in-hand with primary care physicians, specialists,
and occupational medicine physicians, as well as employers and insurance
providers, our goal is to return patients to the best possible condition,
and promote a healthy and safe lifestyle.
Some of the conditions generally referred for occupational therapy
and/or physical therapy include:
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Spine
- Injuries to the neck or low back
- Herniated discs, disc degeneration
- Soft tissue ligament strains and sprains
- Nerve impingements
- Sacroiliac dysfunction
Shoulder/Elbow
- Tendonitis
- Adhesive capsulitis
- Rotator cuff injuries
- Epicondylitis (tennis elbow)
- Fractures, dislocations
Hand/Wrist
- Nerve entrapments (carpal tunnel syndrome, repetitive
strain injuries)
- Strains/sprains
- Fractures
- Arthritis
- Splints (static or dynamic splinting)
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Hip/Pelvis
- Osteoarthritis
- Trochanter bursitis
- Piriformis syndrome
Knee
- Tendonitis/bursitis
- Ligament injuries
- Menisical injuries
- Patella femoral joint dysfunction
Musculoskeletal lesions
- Leg/ankle/foot
- Achilles tendonitis
- Plantar fasciitis
- Heel spurs
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Some of the treatment goals of Health First Medical Rehabilitation
include:
- Minimizing pain/swelling
- Promoting healing of soft tissue injuries
- Restoring range of motion to joints
- Increasing muscle strength and endurance
- Correcting gait and postural deviations
- Client/family education
- Addressing work, self-care, and leisure roles
- Implementing standards of practice following surgical repairs
Our outpatient clinics are professionally staffed by licensed occupational
and physical therapists who have achieved advanced training or certification
in spine rehabilitation, manual therapy, joint mobilization, hand
therapy, aquatic therapy, sports therapy, and functional capacity
assessment.
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In addition to providing services at our sites in Palm Bay,
Melbourne, and Merritt Island, our therapists are available
to evaluate work sites for individuals or groups of employees.
Education and training are available for:
- Setting up work stations to promote correct muscle alignment.
- Developing work exercise programs to prevent work-related
injuries.
- Education on risk factors that are personal or ergonomic.
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Call Health First Occupational Medicine at (321) 434-8878 for more
information on worksite analysis.
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