New R.I. Hospital center focuses on sports rehab

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital has opened a new Sports Rehabilitation Center to serve athletes recovering from an injury and/or working to achieve peak performance.
A section of the hospital’s Physical Therapy Department, the center provides the latest sports medicine rehabilitation services by specially trained therapists and is an official site for the Sportsmetrics injury prevention program.
Programs offered at the center include Rapid Return to Sports, a rehab and performance enhancement program that uses a phased approach to treatment; the Women’s Program for Optimum Performance and Health, which focuses on the needs of female athletes; the Lower Extremity Assessment Prevention and Performance Clinic (using Sportsmetrics); and the Peak Performance Program, which helps clients transferring from traditional physical therapy.