Drake Center: Specialized Medical & Rehabilitative Care
Spasticity & Mobility Management
Persons with spasticity experience uncontrolled muscle contractions, spasms, and pain. This condition can be an issue at every stage of neurological injury and recovery.
When spasticity interferes with such activities as hygiene and caregiving, precision motor control, brace wear and fit, transfer and walking ability, continence, pain control, and appearance, the individual should consider an evaluation by a Drake Center neurological rehabilitation team. Even those with injuries several years old may improve their functioning and relieve pain with appropriate treatment.
Team of experts and range of services
Drake Center’s spasticity and mobility management team brings a wealth of expertise and experience to spasticity issues. Knowledgeable about innovative approaches and treatments, they work to improve the functioning of persons with mobility problems:
- Board-certified physiatry and rehabilitation neurology physicians, with experience in the care of acute and chronic neurological conditions, evaluate patients and suggest a variety of treatment options.
- Physical therapy professionals, with expertise in treating the lower extremities, provide a number of options for managing spasticity. These include therapeutic exercise, casting, and bracing. When appropriate, they can also provide patients with home-based exercise programs.
- Occupational therapy professionals have extensive experience in the rehabilitation of arms and hands, with particular emphasis on painful hemiplegic shoulders, wrist and finger positioning, and restoration of arm and hand control. They can provide a program of exercise, casting, splinting, and adaptive equipment to improve functioning and reduce spasticity.
- Orthotists work closely with Drake Center staff members to design, adjust, or revise braces and footplates that meet individuals’ needs.
- Surgical specialists on staff at Drake Center (neurosurgeons, anesthesiologists, and orthopedists) work closely with our medical staff when surgical procedures are needed for management of spasticity.
Other services
- Oral medication trials
- Physical and occupational therapies
- Local nerve blocks and botulinum therapy
- Baclofen pump therapy
- Tendon release/lengthening
Call for more information
For more information on Drake Center's spasticity and mobility management services,
please call:
Local: 513-418-2707
Long-distance (toll-free):
