Why Luminis HealthLuminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center offers Emergency Room (ER) areas that focus on substance abuse, psychiatric issues or a combination of both. Plus, we offer a dedicated pediatric ER that can help adolescents and teens in crisis.We'll find out what's going on and plan the best steps for you.
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Emergency Services for Mental Health
When you're going through a psychiatric or substance use crisis, you want and need help right away.We know mental and behavioral health care isn't always easy to find. Or if you find it, it's not available when you need it. Or it's not within easy reach.That's why at Luminis Health we make your mental health our priority. We have the mental and behavioral health care you need, when you need it and where you need it.
Why Choose Our Bariatric Optimization Program?Like you, we want to ensure you get the most benefit from bariatric surgery, all while minimizing potential risks. And that's exactly what BOP delivers. What else gives us an edge over other hospitals?We offer aquatic therapy. In some cases, we may recommend aquatic therapy. Water takes some of the weight off your joints, so exercising is more achievable. Plus, your risk of falls and injury is low. Using the water as your resistance can help you build muscle strength and cardiovascular endurance at the same time. The warm pool water can help to additionally loosen tight muscles and further soothe pain.We offer aquatic therapy in locations that feature warm water pools with shallow and deep ends.Our physical therapists are licensed medical professionals. We're specialists at helping bariatric surgery patients safely lose weight. But that's not all. As licensed medical professionals, we're qualified to check your vital signs to ensure your safety while you exercise and help to manage any other limiting factors to your program's success.We'll help manage other medical conditions. Preparing for bariatric surgery is challenging enough. It's even more complex if you have health conditions including diabetes, osteoarthritis or osteoporosis. We have physical, occupational and speech therapists who specialize in managing the symptoms and side effects related to these conditions, as well as many others.We have several locations. Sure, we're a health system. But our satellite clinics offer you the convenience of a private clinic. Our many sites make it easier to get treatment close to your home or workplace. And that means less time traveling to and from appointments.
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Bariatric Physical Therapy
We help patients improve their health before and after bariatric surgery. We offer medically supervised exercise programs, diabetes management and post-op rehabilitation.Bariatric Surgery & Physical TherapyBariatric surgery is a proven and effective treatment for losing weight and keeping it off. It can allow you to live a more vital, active, and longer life. It can aid in pain reduction and can help to reduce or remove need for diabetes medications.However, as with any surgery and new program, there are risks. So before you can move forward with a surgery date, there are milestone and goals surgeons want you to reach. These include understanding safe exercise practices and achieving pre-operative weight loss.Our bariatric physical therapists and bariatric surgeons have created a program that helps you you achieve these goals and milestones and so much more. Its name says it all: Bariatric Optimization Program (BOP). In short, we'll help you prepare for and recover from bariatric surgery, so you'll get the best possible result.