
84 / 2,158 U.S. maternity hospitals offer OT and PT after birth.
Does yours?
2025 Goal: 100 U.S. hospitals will offer OT and PT after birth
Click any marker on the map below to find out more information about the hospitals in your area
Resources that support early rehab after birth
Enhanced Recovery After Delivery
Cesarean Delivery Rehab Protocol
Enhanced Recovery After Delivery
- Pathway: Obstetrics Rehab Clinical Pathway
- Algorithm: Acute Care Obstetrics Rehab Algorithm
- Assessment: Perinatal Function and Mobility Scale
- Manual: Acute Care Obstetrics Rehab Manual
- Training: Enhanced Recovery After Delivery Training
Cesarean Delivery Rehab Protocol
Download: Cesarean Delivery Rehab Protocol
References
- Abdominal Core Surgery Rehabilitation Protocol. Americas Hernia Society Quality Collaborative. 2019.
- Goom T, Donnelly G, Rockwell E. Returning to running postnatal – guidelines for medical, health, and fitness professionals managing this population. 2019.
- Segraves RL, Segraves JM. Reducing Maternal Morbidity on the Frontline: Acute Care Physical Therapy After Cesarean Section During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- Segraves R, Croghan A, Coreas M, Locati E, Finley R. Initiating occupational and physical therapy in the hospital after birth: access, reimbursement, outcomes. JWPHPT. 2023. 47(1):p 26-35.
- Segraves R, Segraves J, Parr R, Samel E, Smith-Aldrick V. Maternal Health Disparities in Acute Care Rehabilitation.
Birth Rehab Hospitals: States A - I
- Southeast Health, Dothan, AL: Physical therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal tears
- Providence Alaska Medical Center, Anchorage, AK website: Occupational and physical therapy after primary c-sections
- Dignity Health – Yavapai Regional Medical Center, East Campus, Prescott Valley, AZ website: Physical therapy after c-section
- Boulder Community Health, Boulder, CO website: Physical therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal tears – Accepting PT students
- Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center, Salida, CO website: Physical therapy after all vaginal and cesarean births
- Saint Joseph Hospital, Denver, CO website: Occupational and physical therapy after c-section
- Sky Ridge Medical Center, Lonetree, CO website: Occupational and physical therapy after cesarean section and high-degree perineal tears – Accepting OT and PT students
- Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, CO website: Occupational and physical therapy after cesarean section and high-degree perineal tears – Accepting OT and PT students
- The Medical Center of Aurora, Aurora, CO: Occupational and physical therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal tears
- UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central, Colorado Springs, CO website: Physical therapy after c-section
- UCHealth Greeley Hospital, Greeley, CO website: Occupational and physical therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal tears – Accepting OT and PT students
- UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland, CO website: Occupational and physical therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal tears – Accepting OT and PT students
- UCHealth Memorial Hospital North, Colorado Springs, CO website: Physical therapy after c-section
- UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, CO website: Occupational and physical therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal tears – Accepting OT and PT students
- Emory Decatur Hospital, Decatur, GA website: Occupational and physical therapy after all vaginal and cesarean births
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Braselton, GA: Physical therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal tears
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainseville, GA: Physical therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal tears
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham, Demorest, GA website: Physical therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal tears
- Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest, IL website: Occupational and physical therapy after c-section
- Eskenazi Health, Indianapolis, IN: Physical therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal tears
- Franciscan Alliance – Mooresville, Indianapolis, IN website: Physical therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal tears
- Indiana University Health North Hospital, Carmel, IN: Occupational and physical therapy for all vaginal and cesarean births
- Indiana University Health Riley Hospital, Indianapolis, IN: Occupational and physical therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal tears
- Parkview Huntington Hospital, Huntington, IN website: Physical therapy after c-section – Accepting PT students
- The Women’s Hospital at Deaconess, Newburgh, IN website: Physical therapy after c-section
- Union Hospital, Terre Haute, IN website: Occupational and physical therapy after all vaginal and cesarean births
- Jennie Edmundson, Council Bluffs, IA website: Physical therapy after all vaginal and cesarean deliveries
- MercyOne Newton Hospital, Newton, IA: Physical therapy after all vaginal and cesarean births
Birth Rehab Hospitals: States K - M
- CHI Saint Joseph Health Flaget Memorial Hospital, Bardstown, KY website: Occupational therapy after vaginal and cesarean births – Accepting OT students
- CHI Saint Joseph Women’s Hospital, Lexington, KY website: Occupational and physical therapy after all vaginal and cesarean births
- Medical Center of Bowling Green, Bowling Green, KY website: Physical therapy after vaginal and cesarean births – Accepting PT students
- Owensboro Health Regional Hospital, Owensboro, KY website: Physical therapy after all vaginal and cesarean births – Accepting PT and PTA students
- Maine General Medical Center, Augusta, ME website: Occupational therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal tears – Accepting OT students
- Henry Ford Jackson Hospital, Jackson, MI website: Occupational and physical therapy after c-section
- CentraCare Long Prairie, Long Prairie, MN website: Physical therapy after all vaginal and cesarean births – Accepting PT students
- Mercy Hospital, Coon Rapids, MN website: Occupational and physical therapy after c-section
- Centerpoint Medical Center, Independence, MO website: Physical therapy after all vaginal and cesarean births
- Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MO website: Occupational and physical therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal tears
- University of Missouri Birthing Center – Columbia, Columbia, MO website: Physical therapy after high-degree perineal tears – Accepting PT students
- University of Missouri Healthcare/MU Healthcare, Columbia, MO website: Physical therapy after all vaginal and cesarean births
Birth Rehab Hospitals: States N-O
- Bryan Medical Center, Lincoln, NE website: Occupational and physical therapy after all vaginal and cesarean births – Accepting OT and PT students
- CHI Health Bergan Mercy, Omaha, NE website: Occupational and physical therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal tears – Accepting OT and PT students
- CHI Health Lakeside, Omaha NE website: Occupational and physical therapy after c-section and perineal tears
- Nebraska Methodist Women’s Hospital, Elkhorn, NE website: Occupational therapy after c-section
- Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center, Las Vegas, NV website: Physical therapy after all vaginal and cesarean births
- Androscoggin Valley Hospital, Berlin, NH website: Occupational and physical therapy after all deliveries – Accepting PT students
- Saratoga Hospital, Saratoga Springs, NY Occupational and physical therapy after all vaginal and cesarean births
- Rex Holly Springs Hospital, Holly Springs, NC website: Occupational and physical therapy after all vaginal and cesarean births
- INTEGRIS Health Edmond, Edmond, OK website: Physical therapy after c-section
- INTEGRIS Health Southwest Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK website: Physical therapy after c-section
- Cherokee Nation WW Hastings Hospital, Tahlequah, OK website: Occupational and physical therapy after all vaginal and cesarean births
Birth Rehab Hospitals: States R - W
- Women and Infants, Providence, RI: Physical therapy after c-section and high degree perineal tears
- TriStar Centennial Hospital, Nashville, TN website: Occupational and physical therapy after c-section and high degree perineal tears – Accepting OT and PT students
- Methodist Hospital, San Antonio, TX: Occupational and physical therapy after c-section
- Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX: Physical therapy after c-section
- Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT website: Physical therapy after c-section
- HCA Reston Hospital Center, Reston, VA: Physical therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal tears
- HCA StoneSprings Hospital Center, Dulles, VA website: Physical therapy after c-section and perineal tears
- Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center, Woodbridge, VA website: Occupational and physical therapy after c-section
- UVA Health University Hospital, Charlottesville, VA website: Occupational and physical therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal tears
- West Virginia University Children’s Hospital, Morgantown, WV website: Occupational therapy after all vaginal and cesarean births
- Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital, Steven’s Point, WI website: Physical therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal tears
- Aurora Medical Center – Grafton, Grafton, WI website: Occupational and physical therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal tears – Accepting OT and PT students
- Aurora Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI website: Occupational and physical therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal tears
- Aurora Women’s Pavilion, West Allis, WI website: Physical therapy after all vaginal and cesarean births
- ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital, Waukesha, WI website: Physical therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal laceration
- Ivinson Memorial Hospital, Laramie, WY: Physical therapy after c-section
- Johnson County Healthcare Center, Buffalo, WY website: Occupational therapy after c-section and high-degree perineal tears