Every day, Crotched Mountain Specialty Hospital provides unsurpassed medical care and comprehensive rehabilitation services to children and adults throughout the Northeast who have experienced brain injuries, spinal cord injuries and other serious medical conditions. Through compassionate care and transformative rehabilitation, Crotched Mountain renews hope and restores lives.
Brain injuries, spinal cord injuries and serious medical conditions create numerous challenges for both patient and family. Following a brain injury, for example, language skills, physical movement and thought processes that were once natural need to be relearned.
The journey can be arduous and prolonged. At Crotched Mountain, we know that each person's recovery process is unique. Our philosophy of rehabilitation and recovery focuses on helping each patient reach the highest level of independence possible over the time it takes.
Going beyond traditional therapy goals, we work with the patient and family to address the activities and qualities that make life fulfilling—returning to home and community, maintaining healthy relationships, participating in favorite work and recreational activities, and having motivation and joy in life.
A Place Where Family Matters
At Crotched Mountain, you will find a genuinely family-centered environment. Here, your voice and participation count. Families are closely involved in the development of care plans, and we encourage you to be as involved as you can in the rehabilitation process. You are welcome to participate in therapy sessions, offering inspiration and assistance at many levels. Social and recreational activities are open to patients and families. And we offer overnight accommodations right on our campus.
Our Approach to Therapy
At Crotched Mountain, therapy is woven into the fabric of daily life. The skills gained through formal therapy sessions are reinforced through every activity your family member experiences during the day. Dressing, eating meals, socializing and recreation are all opportunities for our therapists, nurses and staff to incorporate therapeutic activities that help reinforce new skills in a meaningful manner.
We also encourage our patients to challenge themselves in a fully-supported environment. This could mean reaching just a little farther during a physical therapy session, taking steps to walk to dinner, participating in therapeutic recreational activities like skiing and swimming or gaining occupational training.
Your Medical and Therapy Team
You and your family member have access to highly skilled and experienced staff at Crotched Mountain. Our medical staff includes physicians specializing in developmental pediatrics, physiatry and psychiatry. Our nursing and therapy staff boast credentials that are second-to-none, including Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurses, Certified Neuroscience Registered Nurses, Certified Brain Injury Specialists and Wound Care Specialists. Therapists use state-of-the-art technology in all disciplines. And we are open and have experience with many new and alternative therapies. Crotched Mountain has established partnerships with acute care and tertiary care hospitals throughout New England. We work regularly with them to produce the best medical care and outcomes for patients.
Your Medical and Therapy Team
Crotched Mountain specializes in rehabilitation for children and adults who have sustained traumatic and acquired brain injuries and spinal cord injuries. Here, patients receive intensive therapies from our expert staff with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. Medical care is provided at acute and sub-acute hospital levels.
Patients receive a standard regimen of physical, occupational and speech-language therapies provided by experienced therapists. In addition, clinical services can include physiatry, neuropsychology, spasticity management, Baclofen pump management, medical acupuncture, medical Botox® for spasticity, pain management and wound care.
Our doctors, nurses and therapists help identify and address medical issues such as skin quality and avoidance of pressure ulcers, independence issues such as driving evaluations and home modifications, and personal issues such as substance abuse and sexuality.
Pediatric and Adolescent Rehabilitation
We address the medical and rehabilitation needs of children who are medically fragile or who have complex medical conditions that require hospital-level care or an in-patient rehabilitation program. Typical diagnoses include brain injury, cerebral palsy, neuromuscular disorders, developmental disorders, seizure disorders, late stage degenerative disorders and spina bifida. Many children also come here to recover and receive rehabilitation therapies following orthopedic and other major surgeries.
Therapists use state-of-the-art technology in all disciplines. And we are open and have experience with many new and alternative therapies. Crotched Mountain has established partnerships with acute care and tertiary care hospitals throughout New England. We work regularly with them to produce the best medical care and outcomes for patients.
