Services - Physical Therapy & Hand Therapy
Iowa Health-Des Moines offers outpatient physical therapy and hand therapy services on the DMOS – West campus; services are also available in the same building as DMOS – East, on the third floor of Penn Medical Place for added convenience for DMOS orthopaedic patients. These services are provided in modern facilities with state-of-the art equipment including high speed video analysis*, strength and conditioning equipment, and work assessment equipment.
Outpatient therapy services include:
- orthopaedic rehabilitation
- sports medicine
- athletic training
- high speed video analysis
- AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill
- spine rehabilitation
- custom foot orthotics
- headache programs
- work conditioning and job simulation
- work site evaluations
- ergonomic evaluations
- new hire employment testing
- custom hand splinting
- hand rehabilitation
- incontinence therapy
- audiology/hearing aids
- stroke rehab
Come experience state of the art technology in rehabilitation science and training with the AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill.
The AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill's technology allows you to reduce body weight without altering the normal mechanics of walking or running. This unweighting system is based on the concept of Differential Air Pressure which was developed at NASA. This unique technology uses air pressure as a lifting force allowing you to reduce your body weight 80% while you exercise.
Take this unique opportunity to experience movement at your ideal body weight. The precise unweighting allows you to lower the impact on your joints and muscles.
The AlterG offers a broad range of benefits such as:
- Rehabilitation after lower extremity surgery or joint replacement
- Training through an injury
- Controlled weight bearing to restore normal walking or running mechanics
- Multi camera view of lower extremity mechanics
The staff at Iowa Health-Outpatient Therapy Services are committed to providing the patient with a productive and pleasant experience. For more information on therapy services at the West location call 515-224-5225 for physical therapy, or 515-224-5227 for hand therapy. Therapy services at the East location may be reached by calling 515-263-5143.