The Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Neuro-Rehabilitation programs  of the LifeBridge Health Brain & Spine Institute offer comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services for those with neurological or orthopedic diseases.

Rehabilitation at the Brain & Spine Institute runs the gamut from those who might need intensive inpatient rehabilitation to recover from a brain injury to regular outpatient treatment for someone recovering from stroke.

No matter the diagnosis, our goal is to restore physical and cognitive function to the maximum level, to address the psychological effects of impairments and disabilities, and to enable a quick return to daily activities.

Our experienced staff at the Sinai Rehabilitation Center treats a wide array of disorders, including:

• Brain injury
• Carpel tunnel syndrome
• Stroke/cerebrovascular disease
• Adult cerebral palsy
• Dysphagia
• Fibromyalgia
• Low back pain
• Neck pain
• Multiple sclerosis
• Reflex sympathetic dystrophy nerve entrapments
• Nerve pain
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Parkinson�s disease
• Post-polio syndrome
• Prosthetic/orthotic needs
• Spasticity
• Gait and balance problems
• Movement disorders

Our inpatient Traumatic Brain Injury Unit at Sinai Hospital is one of only three accredited inpatient units in the state. The unit is designed to improve the quality of life, to enhance self-care, to educate patients and families, and to prepare patients for transition to home and/or continued rehabilitation.

One of the department�s key components is RECOVER!, RESTORE! & RETURN!, a three-level brain injury program offered at the Sinai Rehabilitation Center and at Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital.

• RECOVER! Coma Emergency Program, based at Levindale Specialty Hospital, helps patients recover from the low-arousal or unresponsive state typically associated with a coma.
• RESTORE! Program, offered at Sinai Hospital, uses a team of clinicians, such as the physiatrist, nurses and therapists with the highest level of expertise to treat patients emerging from a coma.
• RETURN! Program, a brain injury re-entry outpatient program, offers a structured, consistent weekly schedule of group and individual activities that are developed to assist patients in their return to work, school or the community.

The multidisciplinary team includes physicians, a rehabilitative nurse, an occupational therapist, a speech language pathologist, a neuropsychologist, a social worker and a physical therapist. No matter what the diagnosis, the treatment team provides individualized and group treatment to improve communication, cognition, swallowing, functional activities of daily living and physical abilities.

The LifeBridge Health Brain & Spine Institute is the only regional option for a comprehensive integrated inpatient and outpatient program dedicated to improving outcomes in patients with diseases of the nervous system and spine. The institute�s specialists, who work in multidisciplinary teams, include those with expertise in neurology, neurosurgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, orthopedics, otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat), emergency medicine, pain management sleep disorders, neuropsychiatry, neuro-oncology, radiation oncology, and neuro-opthalmology.

The neurological disorders treated at the institute include Alzheimer�s disease, headaches, brain injuries and tumors, epilepsy, back and spine pain, normal pressure hydrocephalus, spasticity and disorders of muscle tone, scoliosis, spinal cord injuries and tumors, and stroke.

For more information about the pain program at the LifeBridge Health Brain & Spine Institute, call 1-888-747-8899.