The Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Outpatient Clinic at CHRISTUS Children's helps children and their families with medication management, durable medical equipment, gait problems, and conditions related to spasticity.
We specialize in Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy for patients with conditions that cause stiffness of muscles and joints, involuntary movement, jerkiness, muscle movement and exaggerated reflexes. These conditions include cerebral palsy, brain injury and spinal cord injury. In addition, some patients may benefit from botulinum toxin injections or phenol injections.
Doctors specializing in pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation oversee patient care in a eight-bed unit. The length of a child’s stay is determined by their needs, ability to participate in therapy and ability to reach their ultimate goal of returning home.
While in the hospital, patients will benefit from being inside San Antonio’s only free-standing children’s hospital. Therapy areas include gyms, a kitchen, and play rooms, plus indoor and outdoor play areas. In addition, a team focused on the health and well-being of your child is available to provide additional treatment and care as needed including audiologists, orthopedic specialists, neurologists, respiratory therapists, social workers, radiologists, lab technicians, dietitians and much more.
Hours & Locations
Children's - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Clinic
Conditions We Treat
Physicians in this clinic treat children whose development and well-being have been impacted by these conditions:
- Cerebral palsy
- Brachial plexus palsy
- Guillain Barré syndrome
- Transverse myelitis
- Muscular dystrophy
- Spinal cord injury
- Osteogenesis imperfecta
- Myopathies
- Spinal muscular atrophy
- Torticollis
- Floppy baby/hypotonia
- Stroke
- Traumatic brain injury
Inpatient Rehabilitation
An entire team of experienced professionals are dedicated to helping your child overcome the effects of a serious illness or injury that has impacted their ability to walk, to take care of themselves by feeding and grooming themselves or to speak.
The Children's Hospital of San Antonio - Outpatient Rehabilitation
The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio offers three locations where children can receive outpatient rehabilitation services – two in San Antonio and one in New Braunfels. Dedicated teams of experienced professionals use their skills and knowledge to help maximize a child’s abilities and prepare them to be as independent as possible.
Pediatric Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy helps children improve their independence by developing activities of daily living skills such as eating, dressing, grooming and bathing. Occupational therapists can fabricate splints and assess the need for adaptive equipment.
Pediatric Speech Therapy
Speech therapy focuses on improving a child’s speech production, voice quality, problem-solving skills, memory skills, reading and writing skills, and oral motor and feeding skills.