Rehabilitation Team

Wentworth-Douglass Rehabilitation Services offers expert orthopedic services for patients preparing for and recovering from joint replacement and other orthopedic surgeries, as well as patients with neck, spine/back, joint pain, musculoskeletal injuries and sports conditioning services.

Our compassionate and highly-skilled team includes physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists. They work closely with patients, their health care team and their families to design personalized therapy programs to help patients regain function and improve their overall quality of life.

Customized programs for specific health conditions, including cancer, neurological disorders such as stroke and brain injury, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, and concussions are also available. Our practices are located in Dover, Lee, Portsmouth, Somersworth and Durham. 

Physical Therapy

Take advantage of our indoor gym, a Balance Center unique to this area of the country, and heated aquatic therapy pool as part of your physical therapy program. Our physical therapists hold advanced degrees, training and certifications to offer you the most comprehensive care to prevent and treat injuries, prepare for and bounce back from surgery, and more. Our physical therapists will work with your healthcare provider and our multidisciplinary rehab team to co-ordinate your care and help you achieve your best function. 

Our specialties include general orthopedics, back/spine, joints, lymphedema, neurological disorders, vestibular/balance disorders, concussion, stroke, and sports medicine.

Our treatment inventions include:

• Patient Education
• Joint mobilization and manipulation
• Soft tissue massage / Graston Technique
• Graded exercise
• Aquatic therapy
• Functional dry needling
• Meeks Osteoporosis Protocol
• Vasopneumatic Compression / Game Ready
• Bertec Balance Training
• Ear canal repositioning
• Wheelchair evaluation
• LSVT BIG ® for Parkinson’s Disease
• Functional Capacity Evaluation
• Pre-surgery Prehabilitation

Occupational Therapy

Regain your independence. Our dedicated occupational therapists will work with your to restore your ability to do your daily activities, including self-care, work and leisure activities. We will work with you one-on-one to tailor a treatment plan to help you overcome restrictions caused by injuries, arthritis, surgery and more.

Our specialties include general orthopedics, certified hand and arm therapy, concussion, traumatic brain injury, and stroke rehabilitation.

Our team can help you with:

• Gross and fine motor control                             
• Activities of daily living (bathing, dressing, grooming and toileting)
• Carpal and Cubital Tunnel Syndrome            
• Custom hand orthotics / splinting
• Arthritis
• Stroke recovery                                          
• Fractures
• Vision therapy
• Energy conservation
• Return to Work / Functional Capacity
• LSVT BIG ® for Parkinson’s Disease

Speech Therapy

Your ability to communicate, speak, listen, read, write, and eat is central to life’s enjoyment. Let us help you keep or improve these functions that can be impacted by illness and injury so you can live your fullest life. Our certified and specially-trained speech therapists partner with you to improve your voice, language, motor speech production, cognition, and swallowing function.  

Our specializations include voice disorders, neurological disorders, Parkinson’s, traumatic brain injury, concussion, stroke, dysphagia, cancer, and tracheotomy/vents.

Diagnostic and treatment inventions may include:

• LSVT LOUD ® for Parkinson’s Disease
• Video Fluoroscopy (also known as a modified barium swalllow) 
• Vital Stim (electrical stimulation to aid swallowing)

Integrative Therapies

Wentworth-Douglass Integrative Therapy offers inpatient and outpatient services, including massage, acupuncture and mind body approaches to health, to patients of all ages and conditions. You may discover the tranquility of integrative therapy can bring amazing benefits to your body, mind and spirit.