Therapy Services

Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital provides inpatient and outpatient therapy services in our state of the art facility, serving the growing community of the Goleta Valley. The hospital is home to the Cottage Center for Orthopedics and has received the Advanced Certification by The Joint Commission of our Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement program.

Nationally Recognized for Advanced Rehabilitation Care

Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), in Brain Injury Specialty Programs, Spinal Cord Injury Specialty, Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs and Stroke Specialty Programs.

Evidence Based Therapy Services:

• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy
• Pre-surgery
• In hospital and follow-up Outpatient Care

Specialty Areas Include:

• Joint Replacement Program
• Musculoskeletal, Orthopedic and Multiple Trauma Conditions, Sports Therapy, Balance Disorders and Chronic Pain
• Work Injury/Occupational Health
• Lymphedema Therapy
• Hand Therapy
• Pediatric Therapy
• “Healthy Balance” Weight Management
• “Matter of Balance” Fall Prevention

Orthopedic Rehabilitation Helps Many Conditions

At Cottage Health, you’ll benefit from a rehabilitation program tailored for your specific situation if you’ve experienced bone- or joint-related conditions such as:

• Arthritis
• Bone fracture
• Joint replacement
• Osteoporosis
• Scoliosis and tumor
• Spinal stenosis
• Spinal surgery, including laminectomy
• Tendon repair

Rehabilitation Therapies

Choose from comprehensive inpatient or outpatient orthopedic rehabilitation programs—delivered by our multispecialty teams—to help you return to the life you love as quickly and safely as possible.

Physical Therapy

Cottage Health physical therapists (PTs) evaluate your physical condition and create an individual program to help you regain strength, coordination, balance and mobility. Components may include:

• Equipment for at-home use to assist your movement and safety
• Exercise
• Manual manipulation and other hands-on techniques
• Physical therapy

Occupational Therapy

As part of your recovery, your doctor may recommend occupational therapy at Cottage Health. Our occupational therapists (OTs) often collaborate with physical therapists to focus on ways you can regain your independence in functional skills required for everyday life and work, including:

• Bathing
• Communication
• Dressing
• Food preparation, swallowing and eating
• Job- or work-related activities
• Mobility
• Personal hygiene and toileting
• Social and community participation

Additional Rehabilitation Therapies

Beyond PT and OT, you can take advantage of Cottage Health rehabilitation programs such as:

• Aquatic therapy, including water exercise in our wheelchair-accessible therapeutic pool
• Assistive technology to help you regain independence in performing daily activities
• Adaptive driving evaluation and driver training on adaptive equipment
• Counseling services to support your adjustment to changing circumstances
• Lymphedema Therapy - comprehensive and compassionate care possible to assist with the treatment and management of your lymphedema
• Recreation therapy, including adapted golf, adapted kayaking and other programs