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Facing Life After a Spinal Cord Injury
Life after a spinal cord injury often comes with significant challenges. Loss of movement or sensation, balance and mobility limitations, chronic pain and difficulty performing everyday activities can affect nearly every part of daily life. Tasks that once felt simple may require new approaches, and adjusting to these changes can be physically and emotionally demanding.
While every recovery journey is different, spinal cord injury rehabilitation can help patients create a healthy, full life. All it takes is hard work, determination and the right partner.
Your Partner in Recovery
Every step forward after a spinal cord injury is significant, and having the right spinal cord injury rehabilitation team by your side can make all the difference. At Baptist Health Rehabilitation, our multidisciplinary team works closely with each patient to create individualized treatment plans designed around their unique goals and abilities.
As Arkansas’ leading spinal cord injury rehabilitation center, Baptist Health Rehabilitation creates individualized treatment plans designed around each patient's unique goals, abilities and long-term recovery needs.
Through advanced rehabilitation technologies, evidence-based therapies and comprehensive support, our approach to spinal cord injury treatment helps patients maximize function, improve mobility and achieve greater independence.
Baptist Health Rehabilitation Institute–Little Rock is the only facility in Arkansas with CARF accreditation in spinal cord injury rehabilitation, providing internationally recognized expertise for patients recovering from complex spinal cord injuries.The program is led by Dr. Thomas Kiser, a fellowship-trained physiatrist in spinal cord injury. To ensure a complete continuum of spinal cord injury rehabilitation, Baptist Health Therapy Center-BHRI Little Rock also holds CARF accreditation for its outpatient spinal cord injury specialty program.
To further support long-term independence in the outpatient setting, patients can participate in Dr. Kiser’s monthly wheelchair clinic. As the only physician-led clinic of its kind in Arkansas, it allows patients to meet directly with multiple specialty vendors for pressure mapping and custom wheelchair fittings under Dr. Kiser’s expert medical supervision.
Three Steps Toward Spinal Cord Injury Recovery
From your first evaluation through advanced therapies and ongoing spinal cord injury rehabilitation, our team is here to help you make meaningful progress every step of the way.
Comprehensive Evaluation
Your spinal cord injury rehabilitation begins with a thorough assessment of your mobility, strength, function and rehabilitation goals. Our team uses this evaluation to create a personalized treatment plan tailored to your needs.
Personalized Therapy Program
Through customized therapies and advanced rehabilitation technologies, our spinal cord injury rehabilitation program helps patients improve strength, mobility, balance and functional movement.
Build Independence & Confidence
As spinal cord injury rehabilitation progresses, patients focus on developing the skills needed to navigate daily life with greater independence. Our team provides ongoing support to help improve function, increase confidence and enhance quality of life.
