Facilities

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Industrial Workshop

The Industrial Workshop we focus on getting patients back to work and hobbies through the use of targeted rehabilitation programmes, specific to our patient’s needs.

In the workshop you may use machinery, tools, create woodwork projects and engage in creative activities such as glass fusing as part of your rehabilitation programme. The workshop gives you the opportunity to improve movement patterns, balance, stamina and strength in order to be able to carry out activities of daily living and / or work-related skills. It enables you to gain the confidence to put therapy techniques into practice and your day-to-day life."

Hydrotherapy

A hydrotherapy pool is significantly warmer than a normal swimming pool, with a temperature around 35 degrees. Our Hydrotherapy pool is a constant depth of 1.35m.

The pool is located on the ground floor in the spinal unit. There are stairs and a chair lift access in to the pool. Changing facilities are available, but please remember to bring a towel and swim wear! Patient parking is available in the spinal unit car park or car parks 8 and 10.

As the hydrotherapy pool is warm, our team of therapists are able to take you through a variety of exercises, including walking/gait re-education, core stability exercises and upper-limb/lower-limb strengthening and stretching exercises. When in a water depth of up to chest height, your bodyweight is decreased by up to 80%, enabling you to do movements and weight-baring exercises that you may find difficult on land. This will allow you to start to build up strength and retrain your walking gait earlier in the rehabilitation process.

Gym

The gym in the Wessex Rehabilitation Centre is a specialist physiotherapy facility, with a variety of equipment, to help improve joint range of movement, strength, balance and walking re-education. Our Therapy team will be able to provide you with an individual programme to help you to achieve your goals. We also run specialist classes, for core stability, balance and joint mobility; a Physiotherapist will be able to book you in to these.

The gym is located in the Wessex Rehabilitation Centre in the South section of the hospital. Please wear comfortable shoes to your gym session and check in to reception before entering the gym.

Therapy Kitchen

The therapy kitchen at Wessex Rehab has just been refurbished through the kind donations from the Stars Appeal.

Swimming Pool

Based at Odstock Health and Fitness.

The Trust

Our staff at Salisbury District Hospital have long been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment they provide for our patients and for their innovation, commitment and professionalism. This has been recognised in a wide range of achievements and it is reflected in our award of NHS Foundation Trust status. This is afforded to hospitals that provide the highest standards of care.