Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Outpatient rehab services

Our therapists provide personalized treatments to help diminish pain, restore function, and enhance quality of life for patients with a variety of medical conditions, including balance disorders, joint pain, cardiopulmonary disease, and neurological conditions such as stroke.

Using the latest techniques in physical therapy, our specialists provide physical therapy treatments with the following goals in mind:

• Controlling shortness of breath
• Educating patients to ensure symptoms don’t worsen
• Improving your ability to perform activities of independent daily living
• Improving your balance to decrease fall risk
• Improving posture
• Increasing your strength and endurance
• Preventing, decreasing, or eliminating pain
• Stimulating cognitive function for patients with neurological conditions

We also offer Cardiac Rehabilitation — a medically supervised program designed to strengthen your heart, improve cardiovascular health, and support recovery after a heart event. To learn more about how our physical therapy treatments can benefit you, please obtain a referral from your primary care doctor. Appointments are made by referral only and scheduled Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Your physician may fax a referral to 903-946-5461.

At-home rehabilitation

In collaboration with Choice Health At Home, UT Health Pittsburg offers extensive in-home medical care, bringing exceptional and compassionate healthcare right to your doorstep. We understand the importance of receiving quality care in the familiar surroundings of your home. To meet this need, we provide a broad spectrum of home-based healthcare services and programs. Our home health aides from Choice At Home deliver various services, including physical therapy and rehabilitation, hospice care, and specialized rehabilitation, ensuring you and your loved ones get the best possible care in the comfort and privacy of your own home.

Learn more about our Choice Health At Home services.

Stay healthy at our Olympic Fitness Centers

At UT Health East Texas Olympic Centers, we combine expert guidance and state-of-the-art facilities to offer a variety of fitness classes, personal training, and tailored fitness programs, all designed to enhance your wellness and exercise regimen. Our fitness centers are open to the public— not just patients at UT Health East Texas. Connected to the region’s leading healthcare network, our fitness centers are staffed by professionals trained to provide a medically-integrated approach to fitness. Many of our exercise programs designed to promote overall health. Click here to learn more.

Swing Bed program

The UT Health Pittsburg swing bed program is designed to help patients “swing” or transition from an acute hospitalization back to the community at the same level of independence and function they had prior to entering the hospital. The program allows patients to remain in the hospital, in the same room, with the same physician(s), nurses and hospital staff while continuing to heal and gain the strength needed to return home. Our focus is short-term rehabilitative services and/or less intensive medical care.

Through this program, we deliver high quality inpatient and outpatient services, reflecting our unmatched commitment to healthcare. We are a 25-bed healthcare complex specially designed to meet patient and family needs. UT Health Pittsburg offers the following services:

• 24-hour physician-staffed emergency department, designated a Level IV trauma center with a Level III stroke center certification
• Fully equipped laboratory and radiology departments
• Gastroenterology
• General surgery
• Gynecology surgery
• IV antibiotic therapy
• Inpatient hospital care with telemetry monitored beds
• Nutrition therapy
• Pain management services
• Palliative care, which is focused on relieving symptoms, pain, and stress of serious illness
• Physical, occupational, and respiratory therapy
• UT Health East Texas Physicians clinics located in Pittsburg with visiting specialists in cardiology, neurology, pulmonology, podiatry, pain management, orthopedics and ear, nose and throat
• Wound care for non-healing wounds

Who qualifies for the swing bed program?

• Patients who have completed at least a three-day stay as an acute care patient
• Patients in need of ongoing monitoring and rehabilitative care
• Patients with Medicare as their primary insurance
• Patients who have been referred by their physician

How long will I be in the swing bed program?

Patient needs vary, so treatment plans are designed to meet individual needs. However, one to two weeks is the average length of stay, with stays rarely exceeding three weeks.

What will happen when my swing bed stay ends?

Our case manager and/or discharge planning staff will assist you in making plans for your post-hospital living situation. If needed, you will be directed to services such as home healthcare and outpatient therapy.

For more information about the UT Health Pittsburg swing bed program, please contact our swing bed coordinator at 903-946-5515 or 903-946-5479.

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