Orthopedic procedures at EJGH have earned practically every honor possible including being dubbed a Blue Cross-Blue Shield Center of Excellence in Orthopedic Care.

Our Total Joint Replacement Program includes pre-surgery classes to educate the patient on how to maximize the results of their surgery as well as post-surgical rehab and a temporary membership at our Wellness Center to ensure the fullest possible recovery. With comprehensive rehabilitation & therapy, Metairie, LA area patients can move towards a full recovery.

Visit East Jefferson General Hospital for advanced rehabilitation and therapy on an inpatient or outpatient basis. Metairie, LA is home to several healthcare facilities, but you can count on us to serve residents from the entire New Orleans metro area, including the North Shore, Jefferson Parish, as well as the surrounding River Parishes. Contact us to learn more about our physical rehabilitation practices.

East Jefferson General Hospital Inpatient Rehabilitation offers a 24 bed, all private room facility to patients recovering from illness and injury. Our program has been accredited eight consecutive times by the Commission of Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities, has been recognized as an ANCC Magnet Hospital, 1st in Louisiana and is an Advanced Primary Stroke Center accredited by the Joint Commission. Our rehab team offers you and your family personalized care in an effort to help you maximize your independence and reach your goals.

Our individualized treatment plans provide at least three hours of therapy a day, five days a week. In addition to our 7,700 square foot gym, our specialized gym area known as Independence Lane replicates a home like setting. It houses a bedroom, living room, kitchen, bathroom, outdoor area, raised porch and car. Independence Lane offers different flooring textures and environments, helping prepare patients to return home safely.

Pre-Admission Qualifying Criteria:

• The patient will require the active and ongoing therapeutic intervention of multiple therapy disciplines (physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, or prosthetics/orthotics), one of which will be physical or occupational therapy.
• The patient will require an intensive rehabilitation therapy program consisting of at least 3 hours of therapy per day, at least 5 days per week or at least 15 hours of intensive rehabilitation therapy within a 7 consecutive day period.
• The patient can reasonably be expected to actively participate in, and benefit significantly from, the intensive rehabilitation therapy program at the time of admission.
• The patient requires physician supervision by a rehabilitation physician to assess the patient both medically and functionally, as well as to modify the course or treatment as needed.
• The patient requires an intensive and coordinated interdisciplinary approach to providing rehabilitation.