Rehabilitation Services
Mason Health provides excellent Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy services to patients of all ages to help them achieve their best functional outcome.
Cedar Building
- Monday to Friday: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Physical Therapy
Mason Health Physical Therapy team members are movement experts. They help patients reduce their pain and improve their mobility and function. Physical Therapy is effective for a wide variety of conditions including, but not limited to, musculoskeletal issues, neurological conditions, vestibular and balance issues, post-surgical recovery as well as specialty areas such as women’s health issues.
Occupational Therapy
Mason Health Occupational Therapy team members help patients increase their safety and independence with their daily activities. Occupational therapy focuses on optimizing patients’ functional use of their hands, wrists, elbows and shoulders incorporating each patient’s individual functional goals.
Speech Therapy
Mason Health Speech Therapy team members help infants, children and adults to improve swallowing, communication skills and brain function to promote independence. The Speech Language Pathologists work with patients who have had a stroke, or suffer from other neurological, developmental or medical challenges.
Physical Therapy Assistant Kyle Hoggard helps a patient in Rehabilitation Services.
Mason Health’s Rehabilitation Services Department features a dedicated pediatric therapy space, with a climbing wall and other elements to help young patients develop.
At the newly remodeled Cedar Building, Rehabilitation Services has more room to treat and care for patients.
Physical Therapy Team
Director of Rehabilitation Services Larry Messenger, PT, MPT
Physical Therapists
Click the captions below the photos to learn more about Mason Health's physical therapists.
Physical Therapist Assistants
Sue Skjonsby, PTA
Speech & Occupational Therapy
Whitney Smith, OT, was born and raised in Illinois and moved to Washington in 2023. She received her Bachelors in Occupational Science and Masters in Occupational Therapy from Saint Louis University in Missouri. As an OT, Whitney appreciates utilizing a patient-centered approach to assist with maximizing patient’s functional independence to engage in the activities they want and need to do.
Monica Vinson, MS, CCC-SLP (Master of Science, Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech Language Pathology). Vinson co-authored the study paper, “The Impact of COVID-19 on Clinical Practice in Medically Based Settings: Speech-Language Pathologists’ Perspectives,” which details how the virus has changed who is being seen by speech-language pathologists and how their mental health impacts their care and treatment.
Pediatric Rehabilitation Services
Mason Health has excellent physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech language pathologists who collaborate together to help children achieve the highest functional level possible. Our therapists provide quality sensory, motor, and social emotional play-based therapy for children within the community, as well as training and support for families and caregivers. Our therapists are experienced with helping children to develop their motor and language skills so that they function with the highest degree of independence, maximizing and improving the child’s quality of life.
Office Staff
The Rehabilitation Services staff includes office assistants Beth Bueno, Veronica McKay, Kristina Yocum and Nancy Manley. Not pictured: Hailey Jenkins and Jo Anna Rasmussen.
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