Life after an amputation is an adjustment for you and your loved ones, both physically and emotionally. Our skilled team is here to guide you through your entire recovery journey, so you can quickly return to your active lifestyle. Together, we will develop a specialized treatment plan that supports your individual needs and goals.
In a supportive and healing environment, our expert team will assist you in gaining strength, maximize your independence as you adapt to challenges and provide psychological support along the way. We look forward to supporting you in returning to your daily life.
Limb loss program offerings
At Inova’s inpatient rehabilitation facilities, we are proud of our interdisciplinary approach to care. Our specialized program includes:
- Board-certified physical medicine and rehabilitation doctors
- Individually tailored therapy sessions including physical, occupational and recreational therapy
- An orthotics and prosthetics clinic to prepare you to obtain your prosthesis and support you as you adapt
- Individualized family education and training sessions
- Expansive treatment spaces including simulated home and community environments to build the skills and confidence needed to resume your daily life
- Expert education and guidance on obtaining recommended equipment to ensure safe transition to your home
- Rehabilitation kitchen and training bathroom
- Home assessments and guidance on home modifications as needed
- Psychology services to support you in your recovery
- Group education sessions involving you and your loved ones
- A peer mentor support group that gives you the opportunity to talk with someone who has been through this experience before
- Dedicated nursing care and education to help monitor healing
- Specialized wound care nursing team
- Custom wheelchair evaluations based on individual needs
- Dietitian on site to educate on nutritional needs
- Hospital specialists on site including, but not limited to, internal medicine, neurology, infectious disease and cardiology to help manage your care
- Recreational therapy with opportunities to engage in music therapy, gardening, animal-assisted therapy, leisure activities and hobbies, and individualized outings for community reentry
- Adapted yoga classes and Healing Touch sessions tailored to your needs
Technology and treatment approaches
Inova’s inpatient rehabilitation program offers state-of-the art technologies and treatment approaches to assist you in achieving your goals. Our highly skilled clinicians use technology to improve your function and address your pain. Our specialized equipment and treatment approaches include:
- ZeroG body-weight harness support to improve your balance when standing and walking • Robotic-assisted therapy for the arm to improve strength and coordination (Bionik InMotion®, Hocoma Armeo®Spring)
- Individualized sessions to help you learn how to take care of your residual limb
- Specialized nonmedication-based pain management techniques such as dry needling, mirror therapy, Healing Touch and adaptive yoga to reduce your pain and improve your abilities (in addition to pharmaceutical pain management)
- Computer-based visual and balance training systems (BITS)
- Skilled techniques to improve sensation
- Education on fall prevention and recovery
- Engagement in daily activities that are important to you
- Therapeutic outings in the community to practice your skills before returning home
Experience, training and specialty certifications
- Specialized physicians with training in physical medicine and rehabilitation (physiatrists)
- Rehabilitation clinical specialists in physical, and occupational therapy
- American Physical Therapy Association board-certified neurologic clinical specialists
- Certified rehabilitation registered nurses
- Trained geriatric resource nurses
- Nursing Magnet designation
- Rehabilitation nursing fellowship program
- Therapists with American Occupational Therapy Association board certification in physical rehabilitation
- Certified wound ostomy and continence nurses
- Custom wheelchair clinic with assistive technology professionals and seating and mobility specialists
Continuum of care
At Inova, we are committed to providing a seamless continuum of care. Your expert team will care for you from the moment you first come into the hospital throughout your inpatient stay, as well as when you return for prosthetic training. When you are ready for your prosthesis, you will work with your doctor, your skilled therapy team and your prosthetist to support you in the next part of your journey. Our skilled outpatient therapy teams are ready to guide you through the next part of your journey.