Inova Alexandria Hospital offers a specialized Orofacial Myofunctional program, which includes structured treatment plans provided by a trained Orofacial Myologist. We provide treatment for children, teens, and adults with abnormal lip, tongue, and jaw resting positions or improper swallow patterns or sucking habits that impact their orofacial development, speech or swallowing. What are Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders? Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders are atypical, adaptive patterns that emerge in the absence of normalized patterns within the orofacial complex.

Rehabilitation services are essential to quality cancer care. The outpatient rehabilitation and recovery program at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital is dedicated to helping cancer patients resume a productive and satisfying life. Whether you want to return to work, participate in a favorite activity or simply get back to the comfort of a daily routine, our goal is to help you function at the highest level possible. Your Rehabilitation Plan Whether you're newly diagnosed or long finished with treatment, we can help.

Patient Support Services Often during recovery, our patients and their families and friends deal not only with pain but the uncertainty of illness, sometimes life threatening. All Inova hospitals provide multidenominational pastoral emotional and spiritual support. Our pastoral care staff also helps our patients and families address the theological, bioethical, philosophical and cultural issues that often arise when facing illness and injury. Inova also offers numerous support groups to assist patients and family members during the recovery process and beyond.

Inova Physical Therapy Services When your doctor tells you that you need physical therapy, we know you have a choice in deciding where to go for your care, which is why our goal is to help you regain function, reduce discomfort and help you get back to the life you love. With Inova Physical Therapy Centers the entire experience is designed with you in mind. Inova Physical Therapy Centers

What Is Physical Therapy? What Does a Physical Therapist Do? Expand Content Physical therapy (PT), is a healthcare profession with highly-educated and specialized therapists that focus on evaluating and treating musculoskeletal disorders and maximizing a person’s functional status. Inova’s physical therapists work with patients to decrease functional impairments and improve mobility, strength and functional capabilities. In other words, physical therapists help you move around better so that you can more easily perform activities of daily living.

Our Program Our outpatient rehabilitation and recovery program focuses on helping patients resume a productive and satisfying life. We strive to help survivors improve their quality of life and to achieve their personal goals. Our oncology therapists are ready to work with you and offer the support needed to reach your maximum potential. How Can Rehabilitation Help Me Feel Better? Many cancer patients who are actively receiving or have undergone treatment are also dealing with the side effects of those treatments including physical, cognitive, emotional and social issues.

The world-class rehabilitation services at Inova include the breadth of acute inpatient care and extensive outpatient programs. Residents of Virginia, Maryland, Washington, DC, and the entire mid-Atlantic region depend on our rehabilitation specialists to help reclaim independent, active lives after an accident, injury or illness.