HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE — St. Joseph’s Mercy continues to expand its services with the addition of outpatient rehabilitation at Mercy Clinic in Hot Springs Village. St. Joseph’s Mercy Outpatient Rehabilitation offers specialized treatment in a variety of areas, including orthopedics, geriatrics, hand therapy, women’s health, sports injuries and sports performance.
Sarah Hurst will see patients inHot Springs Village as the staff physical therapist.
“We are going to see all kinds of patients, from total knee replacements to rotator cuff to chronic pain and regular joint pain,” said Annie Massanelli, director of physical therapy for St. Joseph’s Mercy. “Sarah is also really good with vestibular balance disorders. We’re really going to run the gambit from diagnosis. And we’re also going to target the full age rangefrom pediatric orthopedic issues all the way up to our geriatric patients that make up the main population of this area.” Hurst, a Hot Springs native, attended Lake Hamilton High School and holds a doctorate in physical therapy from Andrews University in Michigan.
“I’m very excited to bring physical therapy to the Village and to be a part of Mercy,” Hurst said. “We’re participating in some exciting, cutting-edgetherapy that has not been offered here.
We’re focusing on prevention of falls and vestibular balance rehab and just general strengthening.”
Later this year, Hurst also expects to be able to offer dry needling, also known as intramuscular stimulation, which is the use of solid filiform needles as therapy for muscle pain.
“It is for patients with chronic pain and traumatic sports injuries,” Hurst said.
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