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Old 07-20-2016, 03:57 PM
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I had multiple major spinal surgeries with fusion of spine from base of lumbar area to top of thoracic. I spent over three months as an inpatient at The Club, near the Mulberry Rec Center. Later, after additional unrelated surgery I spent about a month at Freedom Pointe rehab center, near The Villages Regional Hospital. After discharge from there I did outpatient rehab at Lake Centre for Rehabilitation,
910 Old Camp Rd buil. 100, The Villages FL, 32162, The Villages, FL 32162.

The most effective for me was Lake Centre, because there I got rehab in a swimming pool with an underwater treadmill. Of course I could not have used it if I had not gone through a lot of other therapy first which had gotten me back on my feet. If getting in and out of the pool is an issue, they have another facility where there is a lift for getting in and out. I really liked the pool therapy.

If re-learning to walk is an issue you might try doing outpatient at The Club which has much more and much better equipment than Freedom Pointe.

Hope you have great success with rehab.
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