Rehab Care in Tavares

When you’re recovering from a recent injury or dealing with issues related to chronic illness, the road back to wellness is about more than just your body. At AdventHealth Waterman, formerly Florida Hospital Waterman, you’ll work closely with a specially trained team of physical therapists and other experts committed to healing your body, easing your mind, and lifting your spirits. By creating an individualized rehabilitation treatment plan designed specifically for you, we are able to provide you with the care you need, delivered by the qualified specialists you deserve, including:

• Hand Therapists
• Occupational Therapists
• Orthopedic Surgeons
• Physical Therapists
• Speech Pathologists

You’re ready to get back to the dynamic life you enjoy — a morning jog with the dog or an evening walk with the kids. At AdventHealth Waterman, we’re here to help those in the Tavares community do exactly that. We offer you the latest evidence-based treatments and specialty therapies, all delivered by a dedicated team of physical therapists, occupational therapists, and other experts.

The first step is developing an accurate diagnosis. From there, you and your team will collaborate to create a rehab plan that gets to the bottom of treating your specific injury or condition. In both inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation settings, you’ll have access to a wide range of treatments, including:

• Amputee Rehabilitation
• Aquatic Therapy
• Cancer Rehabilitation
• Cardiac and Stroke Rehabilitation
• Hand Therapy
• Hip Replacement Surgery
• Lymphedema Therapy
• Manual Therapy
• Neurological Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Pelvic Rehabilitation
• Physical Therapy
• Pilates-Based Rehabilitation
• Speech-Language Pathology
• Sports Medicine
• Vestibular and Balance Therapy
• Women’s Health Therapy

You want whole-person health: body, mind, and spirit. We want that for you, too. That’s one of the reasons we developed the Conry CREATION Life Center, which provides activities to awaken your mind and energize your spirit. From cooking and fitness classes to diabetes prevention and support groups, we’re dedicated to inspiring you to find a better way to live — and helping you achieve it — through our eight principles of CREATION Life:

• Choice
• Rest
• Environment
• Activity
• Trust
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Outlook
• Nutrition

If your body is strong and healthy, the team at AdventHealth Waterman is here to help you keep it that way. We’re committed to providing you with the whole-person care you deserve, so you can thrive in the years to come. To help identify any obstacles that might come down the road before they turn into concerns, we offer a wide range of screenings and tests, including:

• Bone Densitometry (DXA) Scans
• CT Scans
• Diagnostic X-Rays
• MRIs
• Ultrasounds

Do you have a sore muscle? Old sports injury? Or a sprained ankle? Well, you can save time and money by going directly to physical therapy (PT) without the need for a physician referral. Florida is a direct-access state that allows patients to seek treatment for PT without going to your doctor first for non-serious or recurring injuries.

Whether you’re a weekend warrior or marathon runner, AdventHealth Waterman Rehab can get you quickly back in the game. To ensure quality care, our direct-access physical therapists undergo additional training and testing.

To make an appointment, call Call352-253-3892.

Want to know more about Direct Access Rehab? Watch our video.

• Convenient access
• Decreased cost
• Faster recovery
• Low-risk care — no surgery, injections, drugs or radiation

We can help professional athletes with recurring sports injuries, long-distance runners and existing patients that we’ve treated previously. Those with back pain that disappears and then reappears during certain activities. Or those adverse to surgery, injections or drugs. If it doesn’t require an emergency-room visit — such as a sore shoulder that is still painful weeks after your flag-football game — you should try direct-access physical therapy for relief.

• Injuries that fail to heal
• Non-emergency injuries
• Recurring back pain
• Sprains, strains, aches or pains

Our physical therapists perform a full musculoskeletal evaluation to determine if this is the correct treatment for your injury. These specialized tests — which take into account medical history, how the injury occurred and how the tissue is healing — are used to find the root cause of the problem. Then a care plan is created to address your specific recovery needs. Generally, the earlier a patient intervenes with therapy, the fewer visits that are required for the injury. If the consensus is that physical therapy will not help your particular injury, we’ll refer you to a specialist to assist you.

Wear clothing that will allow the therapist to see the area of concern, and that will enable you to move through a full range of motion so your injury can be accurately evaluated. Additionally, please bring shoes that you would use for exercise.