You stop planning your day around pain. Walking to the mailbox doesn’t require a strategy session. Getting dressed becomes routine instead of a 20-minute ordeal.
That’s what physical therapy actually does when it’s done right. Not just exercises on a sheet of paper, but real movement patterns that rebuild strength, balance, and confidence in your own body.
When a licensed physical therapist works with you at home, they see how you actually live. They watch you navigate your kitchen, your bathroom, your stairs. They design fall prevention strategies and gait training around your real environment, not a clinic’s generic setup. You’re not another appointment – you’re someone getting their independence back, one session at a time.
We’ve been providing in-home physical therapy and occupational therapy across Long Island for over a decade. We’re Medicare-certified, locally operated, and affiliated with Physical Therapy Associates of Smithtown and Speonk Physical Therapy.
West Hempstead has one of Nassau County’s fastest-growing senior populations. We’ve built our practice around that reality – homebound care for people who can’t easily get to appointments, or who simply recover better in their own space.
Every therapist on our team is licensed and background-checked. Your information stays secure, your treatment stays consistent, and your progress gets tracked the way it should.
First, we verify your Medicare or insurance coverage and confirm you qualify for in-home services. Most homebound individuals do, especially if leaving home requires significant effort or assistance.
Then a licensed physical therapist comes to your home for an initial evaluation. They assess your mobility, strength, balance, and pain levels. They look at your living space – where you’re at risk for falls, what movements cause problems, how your daily routine is affected. From there, they build a treatment plan specific to your goals, whether that’s post-surgery rehabilitation, stroke recovery, or just being able to walk without fear.
Sessions happen on a schedule that works for you – usually two to three times per week. Your therapist brings any equipment needed for therapeutic exercise, resistance training, or balance work. They track your progress, adjust techniques as you improve, and communicate with your doctor when necessary.
You’re not locked into anything. If it’s working, you keep going. If something needs to change, we change it.
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We provide fall prevention and balance training – critical in Nassau County where falls are the leading cause of injury-related hospital visits for adults over 65. That includes proprioceptive training to help your body understand where it is in space, and gait training to rebuild a safe, stable walking pattern.
Joint pain treatment and therapeutic exercise target arthritis, post-injury stiffness, and chronic pain without leaning on medications. Resistance and strength training rebuild muscle that’s been lost to inactivity or illness.
For stroke rehabilitation and neurological rehabilitation, we focus on neuromuscular re-education – retraining your brain and body to work together after a neurological event. Pre and post-surgery rehabilitation gets you ready for procedures or helps you recover faster afterward. Injury rehabilitation addresses sprains, fractures, and soft tissue damage that’s keeping you from normal movement.
West Hempstead residents also have access to occupational therapy when daily tasks like dressing, bathing, or cooking have become difficult. It’s all covered under the same Medicare-approved framework, and it all happens in your home.
Yes, if you’re considered homebound. Medicare Part B covers physical therapy at home when leaving your residence requires considerable effort – meaning you need help from another person, an assistive device like a walker or wheelchair, or your doctor has advised against leaving due to your condition.
You’ll pay 20% of the Medicare-approved amount after you’ve met your Part B deductible. The therapist has to be licensed and working for a Medicare-certified agency, which we are. We handle the billing and verification directly, so you’re not navigating paperwork on your own.
Coverage isn’t unlimited, but it’s based on medical necessity, not arbitrary visit caps. As long as you’re making progress and therapy is helping, Medicare typically continues to cover it. If you have a secondary insurance or Medicare Advantage plan, your out-of-pocket costs may be even lower.
Homebound means leaving home takes serious effort and happens rarely. You might need a wheelchair, walker, cane, or crutches. You might need another person to help you get out the door. Or leaving home might make your medical condition worse.
You’re still considered homebound if you leave for medical appointments, religious services, or occasional short trips – like getting a haircut or attending a family event. The key is that leaving isn’t something you do regularly or easily.
In West Hempstead, we see this most often with post-surgery patients still recovering, stroke survivors working on mobility, people with severe arthritis or balance issues, and older adults who’ve had a fall and lost confidence. If your doctor agrees that leaving home is a challenge and therapy would help, you likely qualify. We can walk you through the specifics when you call.
The treatment techniques are the same – licensed therapists use the same methods whether they’re in a clinic or your living room. The difference is context and convenience.
At home, your therapist sees the real obstacles. They watch you navigate your actual stairs, not a generic step platform. They assess fall risks in your bathroom and kitchen. They design balance training around the furniture and layout you deal with every day. That makes the therapy more relevant and the results more practical.
There’s also no transportation barrier. You’re not canceling appointments because you can’t get a ride or because the weather’s bad. You’re not exhausted before therapy even starts. And you get one-on-one attention for the full session – no splitting time between multiple patients in a busy clinic. For people in West Hempstead who are homebound or just recovering better in their own space, in-home care removes friction and keeps progress consistent.
We treat anything that’s affecting your ability to move safely and independently. That includes post-surgery rehabilitation after joint replacements, spinal procedures, or cardiac events. Stroke rehabilitation and neurological conditions like Parkinson’s or MS. Injury recovery from fractures, sprains, or soft tissue damage.
Fall prevention is a major focus in Nassau County, where the senior population is growing faster than almost anywhere in New York. If you’ve fallen recently or you’re afraid you might, balance and gait training can significantly reduce that risk.
We also work with chronic joint pain from arthritis, general deconditioning from illness or hospitalization, and mobility limitations that have built up over time. If you’re struggling with stairs, walking distances, or basic daily activities, and your doctor agrees therapy would help, we can probably do something about it. The first evaluation tells us exactly what’s possible and what the realistic timeline looks like.
It depends entirely on what you’re recovering from and how your body responds. Post-surgery rehabilitation might run six to eight weeks. Stroke recovery or neurological rehabilitation could go several months. Fall prevention and balance training might be shorter if you’re otherwise healthy – four to six weeks to rebuild stability and confidence.
Medicare covers therapy as long as you’re improving and it’s medically necessary. We’re not dragging out treatment to bill more sessions, and we’re not rushing you out before you’re ready. Your therapist evaluates progress regularly and adjusts the plan as you get stronger.
Most people in West Hempstead see us two to three times per week at the start, then taper to once a week as they improve. Some continue with a maintenance plan if they have a chronic condition that benefits from ongoing work. You’ll know where you stand at every stage – what’s working, what’s next, and when you’re ready to manage on your own.
Yes. Occupational therapy focuses on daily living tasks – dressing, bathing, cooking, managing medications, getting in and out of bed safely. If an injury, surgery, or illness has made those activities difficult, an occupational therapist works with you to rebuild those skills or find adaptive strategies.
It’s covered under Medicare the same way physical therapy is, and it happens in your home where the real challenges are. Sometimes people need both – physical therapy to rebuild strength and mobility, occupational therapy to relearn tasks. We coordinate between therapists when that’s the case so your care stays consistent.
In West Hempstead, we see occupational therapy most often with stroke survivors, people recovering from fractures or joint replacements, and older adults who’ve lost confidence in daily tasks after a hospitalization. If you’re struggling with activities you used to do without thinking, occupational therapy gets you back to independent living. We’ll assess during the initial visit whether PT, OT, or both make sense for your situation.
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