Opened in January 2006, Rehabilitation Services is be among the services offered at The Medical Center at Wilton, joining an extensive list of sites affiliated with Glens Falls Hospital that offer outpatient rehabilitation services.

Among the program’s offerings will be a 7 1/2-foot wide by 14-foot long aquatic rehabilitation pool with a variable speed underwater treadmill and powerful water jets for deep tissue massage and resistance training. The HydroWorx® 1000 Series™ pool also features ergonomic stairs and double handrails. Gait training and sports-specific activities can be easily duplicated with the underwater treadmill, which can vary in speeds from 0 to 7.5 mph in safe .2 mph increments. Varying water depths allow clinicians to treat multiple patients at different stages of weight bearing status.

Sharon Luckenbaugh, director of Rehabilitation Services, anticipates the Wilton location will quickly put its aquatic therapy pool to good use based on recent experiences with another state of the art therapy pool at its new Queensbury outpatient rehab center. “Aquatic therapy allows our patients to do more weight-bearing exercises earlier in the rehab process and dramatically increases recovery,” said Luckenbaugh.

In addition to aquatic therapy, The Medical Center at Wilton location provides physical therapy and occupational therapy in three private treatment rooms. The Rehabilitation Services staff alsos include a pediatric evaluation team offering physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech pathology.