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Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program

A person-centric passion for brain injuries

Good Shepherd’s Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program provides customized, interdisciplinary care in the aftermath of mild and traumatic brain injuries. We care for each person individually, designing specific plans to restore your highest potential of physical, cognitive and behavioral function.

Locations

From traumatic brain injuries (TBI) to concussion, Good Shepherd Rehabilitation offers inpatient and outpatient brain injury rehabilitation for both adults and children throughout eastern Pennsylvania.

Depending on the severity of your brain injury and where you are in your recovery process, Good Shepherd has options for you.

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital

Center Valley, Pennsylvania

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Physician Group – Hyland Center

Allentown, Pennsylvania

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Physician Group – Promenade

Center Valley, Pennsylvania

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital Emily Howatt Pliskatt Pediatric Unit

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Treatment Team

Good Shepherd’s brain injury rehabilitation team is directed by a physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. The care team meets on a regular basis to assess your progress and develop or adjust your treatment goals.

  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) physicians, also known as physiatrists, provide care to maximize function, mobility and independence in patients recovering from brain injury. Physiatrists are specially trained, and coordinate with other members of the treatment team to address patients’ physical, emotional, medical and vocational needs.
  • Physical therapy helps with exercises and stretching to manage pain, improve circulation, prevent muscle atrophy, reduce weakness and contractures of the muscles and to improve overall wellness. Physical therapists also help patients build the necessary strength to safely move between bed and wheelchair or from sitting to standing and walking.
  • Occupational therapy helps patients develop the skills for activities of daily living (ADL) to live as independently as possible. This includes exercises to develop fine muscle control, basic hygiene and eating, and help with assistive devices such as wheelchairs, spinal braces, orthoses, and special controls or equipment for home.
  • Speech therapy to help patients whose breathing, swallowing or speech is impacted.
  • Neuropsychology supports patients’ mental health with a “yes I can” perspective. Neuropsychologists specialize in how brain function relates to neurological and physical function and helps patients and families face diagnoses, conditions and disabilities.

Technology

Good Shepherd utilizes state-of-the-art technology and proven methods to give brain injury patients the highest quality care. Our clinicians evaluate each patient’s needs and determine which technologies can help you reach your highest level of recovery and participation in life.

Good Shepherd has served at the forefront of incorporating technology into rehabilitative care, including through the forward-thinking Fleming Center for Robotics in Rehabilitation.

Inpatient Brain Injury Rehabilitation

If you’re in need of adult inpatient brain injury rehabilitation, learn more about Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital in Center Valley, Pa., or contact our admissions team directly at 1-888-447-3422 (44-REHAB).

Outpatient Brain Injury Rehabilitation

For outpatient brain injury rehabilitation, including concussion, call 1-888-447-3422 (44-REHAB).

Pediatric Unit

For inpatient pediatric brain injury rehabilitation, learn more about Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital Emily Howatt Pliskatt Pediatric Unit.

Providers

Good Shepherd's CARF-accredited Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program and team is spearheaded by physicians specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation, also known as physiatrists. The care team meets on a regular basis to assess your specific needs and goals.

Daniel D. McNeill, DO

Tariq Z. Rajnarine, MD

Kyle Klitsch, DO

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Become A Patient

To choose Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital for your inpatient rehabilitation care after brain injury, call our experts at 1-888-447-3422 (44-REHAB) or fill out the form below.