Orthopedic Services

Southeast Alabama Medical Center's orthopedic program has a strong reputation of providing specialized orthopedic and rehabilitation services to assist patients of all ages with physical disabilities achieve optimal mobility and performance so they can enjoy life to the fullest degree possible.

Using a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach that tailors treatment to meet each patient's individual needs, services include acute orthopedic care in a specialized inpatient orthopedic unit as well as:

For more information about orthopedic services, call SAMC at 334-712-3336 or 1-800-735-4998.

Orthopedic Surgery Education Program

For most orthopedic diseases and injuries, there is more than one form of treatment. Treatment may involve medications, medical devices such as casts or splints and/or therapies such as exercise or surgery. Each patient and his/her physician will discuss the various and appropriate treatment options and selects the best treatment plan possible.

Should the need for surgery be determined, SAMC's orthopedic surgery education program will help prepare patients and their caregivers. SAMC's innovative approach has proven successful in reducing the recovery period and returning patients to the activities of daily living through regained strength, independence and confidence.

Even before admission, an orthopedic case manager, a physical therapist, and an occupational therapist begin to prepare patients and their families for what to expect during the hospital stay, including recommendations and information about adaptive equipment for use at home, exercises that will be important and helpful during rehabilitation, fall prevention and what to expect during at-home recovery.

Joint Replacement Center

Joint replacement at Southeast Alabama Medical Center provides the most up-to-date care in total knee and total hip replacement. Our goal is to help each patient regain independence by returning to work and other daily activities with little or no pain.

The patient's health, comfort and recovery are collectively our number one priority. Each patient is treated by a team of professionals who are specialists in total joint care. Every detail, from pre-operative teaching to post-operative exercising, is considered and reviewed with the patient. A Joint Care Case Manager will plan an individualized treatment program and help guide the patient through it.

Each patient's team includes the director of orthopedics, physicians, and nurses, the Joint Center coordinator, orthopedic case managers, physical therapists and occupational therapists, all of whom specialize in total joint care. The patient's personal care team will work with the patient and their family/caregiver(s) in helping the patient achieve the best possible outcome from joint surgery.

Rehabilitation Services

Southeast Alabama Medical Center's Rehabilitation Services provide comprehensive inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services including physical, speech and occupational therapy to patients who have disabilities due to an accident or injury, stroke, amputation, or other physical illness.