The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s Amputee Rehabilitation program meets the physical and emotional needs of patients and their families facing limb loss due to accident, illness or birth defect. Our program is designed to bring clients, their families and their prosthetist together with our trained professionals to provide maximum functional ability.
Care considerations involve the amputation and the prevention of complications and future amputations. Care and follow-up for these individuals requires a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach. Each person is evaluated by our team of physical therapy, occupational therapy, and social work experts.
Patients achieve the highest function possible through education and care including:
- Achieving comfort and independence with an amputation for those without a prosthesis
- Care for your amputation, including wound care, phantom pain/phantom sensation, residual limb management and desensitization
- Assistance with choosing the appropriate prosthesis for best fit and function
- Prevention of complications
- Return to daily activities (walking and climbing stairs) and work/community integration
- Return to driving, if applicable
The Occupational Therapy Driver Rehabilitation Program at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center helps restore mobility to those affected by neurological, orthopedic or developmental conditions, or to those who have experienced age-related changes in function. Our goal is to help you return to safe, independent driving. Instruction on how to safely operate a vehicle using vehicle adaptions, compensatory techniques and/or safety procedure training. Vehicle adaptions may include:
- Spinner knob
- Hand controls
- Left foot accelerator
- Turn signal crossover
To be referred to our program please obtain a referral from your physician for “Amputee Rehab” including your diagnosis. The referral can be faxed to 614-293-5220. To make an appointment or learn more about our Amputee Rehabilitation Program, please call 614-293-4523.
Please follow these steps in order to participate in the Occupation Therapy Driver Rehabilitation Program:
- Obtain a physician’s referral stating “OT driver rehabilitation program” and include all pertinent diagnosis and contact information to be faxed to 614-293-9002 or sent via electronic medical records. We will contact you to schedule the appointment upon receiving the referral.
- A valid driver’s license or permit is required for any on-road portion of the program.
- Call 614-685-5600 if you have any questions about the process.