If you’re ill or injured, the skilled therapists at OHSU’s Rehabilitation Services can help you improve, maintain or restore your abilities. We’re here to support your independence, well-being and quality of life. You’ll find:

• Services tailored to your needs
• Rehabilitation care for children, teens and adults
• Team-based care coordinated with your doctors
• Highly trained professionals skilled in treating you at any stage of recovery
• State-of-the-art facilities and equipment
• Locations in Portland and Beaverton
• The latest techniques and therapies

Our excellence

Our physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists have advanced training in many conditions. We offer:

• Specialists in fields including orthopaedics, sports injuries, cancer care, neurologic disorders, women’s health and pain management.
• A science-based approach, using treatments that research has shown to be effective.
• Leading technology, including the ReWalk system to help patients with spinal cord injuries walk, and an AlterG treadmill that supports body weight.
• Innovative training techniques for stroke recovery. 
• A facial rehabilitation specialist for head-and-neck cancer patients. 
• A physical therapist certified in the Schroth Method for scoliosis. 

Team-based care

• Complete care: Our physical, occupational and speech-language therapists work with your doctors and with specialists including athletic trainers, psychologists, social workers and dietitians.  
• Custom treatment: You’ll get the care you need. Many patients need only six visits. Others receive intensive, longer-term care.
• Long-term tracking: We track one-year outcomes for hip and knee replacements for Medicare patients.
• Convenience: We use MyChart to make it easy to connect with your therapist. After your first evaluation, you can schedule appointments online.
• Specialty clinics: You’ll find specialty clinics for concussion, fibromyalgia, Parkinson’s disease and other disorders. You will typically see all your providers in one visit.
• Meet our team

Our services

Our offerings include:

• Hand therapists experienced at treating traumatic injuries.
• A team with advanced training in managing Parkinson’s disease.
• Therapists with rare expertise in late-stage cancer care. 
• Speech-language pathologists who focus on treating thinking and communication problems.
• State-of-the-art testing and training equipment for sports injuries, spinal cord injuries and balance disorders.
• Therapists who focus on treating children and teens.

Learn more about our services and technology. 

Our facilities

Our facilities feature:

• Bright and airy training spaces
• One-on-one therapy rooms
• The latest equipment

At Portland’s Center for Health & Healing Building 1, you’ll find:

• A 14,000-square-foot rehabilitation clinic.
• Pool therapy and Portland’s only bariatric chair lift to help obese patients in and out of the pool.
• Robotic training equipment for patients recovering from stroke and brain injuries.

We also offer:

• Physical therapy tailored to women at our Center for Women’s Health. 
• A Beaverton location for team-based bone and joint care.
• Services for children at Doernbecher Children's Hospital.

Research and clinical trials

At OHSU, research is a key part of our mission. This includes giving patients access to the latest findings and clinical trials that test promising new therapies. Our research includes:

• Finding that exercise can effectively fight fatigue in cancer patients. This is now part of our treatment. 
• Innovative work by an occupational therapist who works with one of our surgeons to train amputees to use nerves, rerouted in surgery, to operate a prosthesis.
• Looking at the benefits of “prehabilitation” an exercise program to prepare patients for major surgery for pancreatic cancer patients.

Other OHSU services

• Rehabilitation services for heart patients
• Physical therapy for spine conditions 
• Physical therapy for pain management 
• Northwest Voice and Swallowing Clinic
• Physical therapy for children