At Staten Island University Hospital, our special outpatient rehabilitation programs are individually geared to meet your rehabilitation needs.
Our outpatient rehabilitation staff includes providers who are skilled in treating musculoskeletal, neurological and vestibular problems that can affect your ability to participate in daily activities and movement.
These programs include:
- Adult ADHD
- Adult speech
- Hand therapy
- Early Intervention Program
- Hearing services
- Lymphedema rehabilitation
- Neuropsychology services
- Occupational rehabilitation
- Pediatric rehabilitation
- Physical therapy
- Swallowing therapy
- Wheelchair seating & positioning
Cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation
We offer a rehabilitation program for those recovering from cardiac and pulmonary disease. We’ll assess your personal risk factors for heart and blood vessel disease and/or lung disease and create a personalized exercise plan. You’ll receive a psychological/stress assessment and counseling if needed, as well as education on making healthy, sustainable lifestyle changes.
Eligibility
You may benefit from our program if you have or have had:
- A heart attack
- Bronchiectasis
- Chronic bronchitis
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Coronary artery disease (CAD)
- Emphysema
- Heart failure or angina
- Interstitial lung disease
- Lung cancer and lung cancer surgery
- Lung volume reduction surgery before and after lung transplantation
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Sarcoidosis
Or if you’ve had heart procedures or surgeries such as:
- Angioplasty
- Coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG)
- Pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)
- Stenting
- Valve replacement
Program benefits
Pulmonary rehabilitation helps you improve your quality of life. Although it can't cure your lung disease, it can be of great benefit, and you may notice improved breathing effort and fewer breathing problems.
Our program can help:
- Control symptoms like chest pain and shortness of breath
- Enhance the effect of long-acting bronchodilators
- Improve your confidence and well-being
- Improve your exercise capacity
- Improve health-related quality of life
- Improve your stamina and strength and get you back to your usual activities, such as work, hobbies and exercise
- Lessen the physical and emotional effects of heart and lung disease
- Lessen your chances for another heart attack
- Reduce anxiety and depression associated with COPD
- Stop or reverse damage to the blood vessels of your heart