About Outpatient Therapy

Outpatient Rehabilitation in Houston

Rehabilitation has rapidly developed and expanded in recent years, permitting many people with injuries or disabilities to achieve far greater levels of function and independence than previously thought possible. These medical and technological advances - along with timely intervention - have prevented complications, improved quality of life and reduced lifetime medical expenses.

Patients who have had catastrophic injuries or illnesses often need lifelong follow-up through outpatient rehabilitation to detect and prevent complications and address issues of aging with a disability. Our outpatient rehabilitation locations provide a comprehensive range of therapeutic services to adults and children, all customized to meet an individual's specific needs and goals.

Outpatient rehabilitation allows the patient to:

Continue with needed treatment, yet be at home with family

Problem-solve issues they are encountering in the real world

Immediately practice and apply skills learned during a therapy session in the home and community

Patients who may not need the intensity of inpatient treatment or may not meet the requirements of inpatient hospitalization can still receive the skilled services of the specialized rehabilitation staff. Patients who were not treated at TIRR as an inpatient are welcome to TIRR Memorial Hermann. Since we care about your health and well-being, we have designed TIRR Memorial Hermann Strength Unlimited to provide specialized strength and cardiovascular training to those with physical disabilities due to neurological injury. This program offers clients the ability to improve strength, fitness and flexibility in a fully accessible environment with trained professional staff.

TIRR Memorial Hermann Challenge Program

The TIRR Memorial Hermann Challenge Program is a comprehensive community re-integration program for brain injury survivors, 16 years of age or older. The program assists individuals in returning to community activities such as work, school or volunteering, or to a higher level of independence. Educational services prepare the high school and post-secondary school student to succeed in an educational environment. Therapy staff consults with school personnel about appropriate accommodations in the academic setting.

Brook's Story: Returning to School after Limb Loss

April 6, 2022
When Brook arrived at TIRR Memorial Hermann, the first thing we did was address the phantom pain she was experiencing, as well as her grief over losing a limb from a shark bite.

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Sandra's Story: Working Toward Personal Goals

February 28, 2022
Sandra Mora has had a series of personal goals she has been working towards as a patient at TIRR Memorial Hermann. She wanted to stand as a bridesmaid at a friend’s wedding as well as help her daughter prepare for her modeling jobs. Finally, she wanted to take her kids to Disney World. She has ch...

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Carrie's Story: Baking Her Cake and Eating it Too

October 19, 2021
Wife, mom of two young daughters, and financial controller for a Fortune 100 company, Carrie Jobe is a self-proclaimed ‘working momma and boss lady.’ When a series of fainting spells led to a benign brain tumor diagnosis, she didn’t intend to let it slow her down for too long.

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Susan's Story: Moving Forward after Guillain-Barré Syndrome

October 7, 2021
Susan received care as an inpatient at TIRR Memorial Hermann on two separate occasions and as a TIRR Memorial Hermann outpatient. Her large care team worked closely together to ensure continuity of her rehabilitation.

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Faizbano Rayani: Back at Work After Auto Accident

March 25, 2021
After the jaws of life extracted Faizbano from her vehicle, an ambulance took her to Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital. She had a cut on her head and had fractured several vertebrae in her back. As an employee of Memorial Hermann, she knew she was in good hands.

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Emily Claire: Back on the Slopes

February 9, 2021
Emily Claire Jackson Sanders has been skiing since she was old enough to walk. Her father enjoys taking his wife and three daughters to Steamboat Springs, CO to ski during the winter months. So it was unusual when 20-year-old Emily did not come down the mountain one evening while skiing with her ...

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Ruben: Returning to the Great Outdoors

August 7, 2020
The scenery was stunning—waterfalls and streams created an ideal site for hiking. Ruben Menchaca had always loved camping and being out in nature, but this time something was wrong. His lower back was hurting, and not letting up. He thought it was from the long drive he and his wife took in...

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Evelyn Suber: Like Family

August 22, 2016
In July 2013, Evelyn Suber was hospitalized for dehydration – the result of a serious viral infection. At some point during the two weeks she was ill, she noticed numbness in her legs. A month later, when the numbness persisted, neurologist Suresh Roongta, MD, admitted her to Memorial Hermann Gre...

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Mikayla Williams Makes a 180-Degree Turn

September 22, 2015
Easter Sunday in April 2014, out of the blue, Mikayla Williams had a seizure – a dramatic occurrence for an otherwise healthy 12-year-old girl. A CT scan and blood tests done at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital produced inconclusive results, and Mikayla was sent home with an anti-...

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Samantha Shines On

September 22, 2015
When Samantha Shine came to TIRR Memorial Hermann Pediatric Outpatient Rehabilitation at the Kirby Glen Center, the 3-year-old was still eating puréed food – very slowly – and was underweight for her age. Six months later, she eats breakfast, lunch and dinner with her family an...

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Eileen Guerinot Bogar Returns to Her Life as an Attorney and Single Mom

September 1, 2015
Eileen Bogar’s recovery was not at all what her acute care physicians predicted. After suffering a severe bilateral brainstem stroke in mid-December 2012, she was tucked away in the intensive care unit at a hospital in Houston for five weeks. She was on a ventilator for the first two weeks ...

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Cory Smith Rises to the Challenge

October 22, 2014
In May 2012, Cory Smith, a straight-A student and star basketball player at Clear Springs High School in Houston, suffered a severe intracranial empyema, an infection that arises most commonly as a complication of sinusitis or otitis, particularly in males in later childhood, adolescence or early...

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Meena Outlaw: Spinal Cord Injury and Pregnancy

June 12, 2014
Meena Dhanjal Outlaw was injured on January 23, 2000, after she stepped onto the balcony of her newly built home and was locked out of her house. Concerned about the safety of her 3-week-old son, Miles, and 3-year-old daughter, Jasmine, she attempted to climb down from the balcony. She ended up f...

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Joseph Huerta: Recovery After a Skiing Accident

June 12, 2014
Joseph Huerta and his siblings took off for a skiing trip. As he skied down the hill, Joseph lost his balance and went over a 15-foot cliff hitting his head on a tree. After being rushed to the hospital, going through surgery and being in a coma for 12 days, Joseph beat the odds and regained cons...

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Jim Hyndman: No Guts, No Glory

December 11, 2013
By the time Jim Hyndman was diagnosed with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2009, he was unable to walk and suffering intense, painful lower extremity muscle spasms. Today, he stands upright using a walking stick decorated with medallions from his travels. He credits the transform...

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Successful Therapy to Help Patient Regain Use of Arm and Leg Following Stroke

April 9, 2013
When Malone was stabilized, she was transferred to the hospital’s 23-bed inpatient neurorehabilitation unit for comprehensive care and an aggressive program of physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech/language pathology. Mischer Neurorehabilitation's multidisciplinary team – ...

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Brittany's Story: Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury

March 26, 2013
In November 2008, Brittany and her family were moving from College Station to Katy when they had an accident on a two-lane road. Brittany, 11, hit the roof of the van and sustained a T5 spinal cord injury, several broken bones, a collapsed lung and other internal injuries. She was rushed to Memor...

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Dan Hammers: Infertility in SCI

March 25, 2013
In June 2012, Dan Hammers marked the 20th anniversary of an accident that changed his life. At the age of 19, he dove off a 10-foot building into a pool containing 4 feet of water. Hammers, who is a C4 quadriplegic, considers himself better off for the experience. In 2009, after seven years of ma...

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