Spinal Cord Injury Medicine & Rehabilitation
If you or a loved one experiences a spinal cord injury, trust Burke Rehabilitation to restore your abilities as much as possible and prevent complications. We offer inpatient and outpatient services to help optimize your recovery at every stage.
CARF Certified Spinal Cord Specialty Programs
Burke Rehabilitation inpatient and outpatient spinal cord specialty programs hold CARF accreditation. You can expect to receive the highest-quality, innovative care from our compassionate staff.
For additional information about the program, please refer to the program description [PDF]
Benefits of Spinal Cord Injury Program
Spinal cord injury (SPI) rehabilitation helps you improve your quality of life following a spinal cord injury. Burke’s program can:
- Help you meet your goals and ongoing needs
- Improve your overall health and function
- Increase your level of independence
- Provide emotional support and education
Conditions We Treat
Trust the Burke spinal cord injury experts to diagnose and treat:
- Traumatic spinal cord injuries
- Myelopathies
- Spinal cord tumors
- Spinal cord or vertebral infections
- Transverse myelitis
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Spinal cord infarctions and aneurysms
SCI Care Team
Your Burke Rehabilitation Hospital care team puts you at the center of goal setting and treatment. Team members meet weekly to discuss how you’re doing and adjust your personalized care plan, so you make steady progress. Team members may include:
- Spinal cord injury doctor and other specialty doctors
- Neurologic music therapist
- Neuropsychologist
- Nurses
- Occupational therapist
- Physical therapist
- Recreational therapist
- Respiratory therapist
- Social worker/case manager
- Speech-language pathologist
