Neuromuscular Disorders
Neuromuscular disorders are diverse, chronic, challenging to treat, and often disabling. They can be caused by many different factors, including, but not limited to: inherited genetic abnormalities, problems in the immune system, injury to the brain or nervous system, or diabetes. In addition to professional therapeutic intervention and management, the use of rehab and assistive technology equipment is often indicated for a wide range of conditions:
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- Cerebral Palsy
- Developmental Delay
- Down Syndrome
- Mobility Difficulties
- Muscular Dystrophies
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Post-Surgical Rehabilitation
- Respiratory Disorders
- Spina Bifida
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Stroke
- Traumatic Brain Injury
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Our Staff
The Rehab Team at Knueppel HealthCare Services is composed of highly trained, skilled, and credentialed professionals who work closely with therapists, physicians and healthcare professionals to provide complex specialty equipment to physically-challenged individuals with significant impairments and unique needs.
Our Rehab Techs specialize in providing mobility systems, adaptive seating and positioning, ambulatory aids, environmental controls and products for daily living for children, adults and seniors who are living with the affects of severe trauma, disease and skeletal disorders. Because working with this population base presents many distinctive challenges, advanced training is required. Therefore, our Rehab Techs are credentialed with RESNA (Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America) and certified by NRRTS (The National Registry of Rehabilitation Suppliers).
We know that health insurance issues are complicated. Our rehab techs, insurance coordinators and reimbursement specialists will verify health care benefits, offer options within the cost guidelines of the funding source, and answer billing and reimbursement questions. We are contracted with most HMO's, PPO's, other managed care health plans and area health networks. We also bill city and county programs and other third party pay sources, and accept Medicare and Medicaid assignment. Our staff is dedicated to providing the most appropriate equipment at all times, and will investigate alternative funding sources when insurance coverage is limited or the client is uninsured. We stay involved with legislative and regulatory issues that affect our industry, working as an advocate for all our clients.
Our Team Objectives 
- Recognize each client as an individual with special gifts and needs to be treated with compassion and respect. Working in conjunction with physicians, therapists and payers, thoroughly evaluate the individual’s physical requirements and functional needs, recommend the most appropriate products for their condition, and offer alternatives when possible to help clients make informed choices in the decision-making process
- Improve the potential of people with disabilities and maximize their remaining functional capabilities
- Increase independence, minimize discomfort, and slow the progression of structural deformities
- Reduce the risk of developing skin breakdown and pressure ulcers
- Ease transportation
- Promote education and advocacy in the community by educating healthcare professionals and the public by attending tradeshows, addressing support groups and in servicing physicians, therapists and other healthcare providers and caregivers
Specialty Services
- Evaluations and consultations performed at our facility, or at the patient’s home, work, school, facility or hospital – whatever is convenient to the client, caregiver and healthcare provider
- Complete patient and caregiver instruction and training
- Short an long-term follow-up including modifications, adjustments and service
- Free delivery for home medical equipment
 Service and Repair
Our friendly and experienced staff is committed to providing customer service that sets us apart from our competition. Our full-time manufacturer-trained service technicians are experienced in the service and repair of high-tech equipment from all of the leading manufacturers. We offer emergency service to our clients and provide temporary back-up equipment in qualifying situations. Service and adjustments are inevitable with some equipment and we don't want our clients inconvenienced any longer than necessary.
Custom Fabrication
Complex specialty equipment and accessories are modified, adapted or custom fabricated for people with special needs when standard equipment will not meet their physical requirements or functional goals.
Rehab and Assistive Technology Equipment and Products
Because of our company belief in continuing education, our Rehab Techs are experts in providing mobility systems, custom seating and positioning, ambulatory aids, environmental controls, and assistive products for daily living for children, adults and seniors who are living with the affects of severe trauma, disease and skeletal disorders, including the unique needs of the bariatric patient.
Manual Wheelchairs
- Standard, light-weight, high strength light-weight, ultra light-weight, hemi, heavy-duty, one arm drive, reclining, rigid and folding frames, sports chairs, tilt and space
- Transport chairs
Power Wheelchairs
- Specialty drive controls: Fiber optic, switch, head control, Sip-N-Puff, attendant control
- Power tilt and recline, seat elevator, stand and drive
- Mid, front and rear wheel drives
- Portable folding power chairs
Scooters
- Three and four wheeled models
- Portable
- Bariatric
Seating Systems
- Custom fabricated and molded seating systems which promote proper alignment, enhance comfort and reduce the patient’s risk of developing skeletal deformities and skin breakdown
- Drop seats and solid seat inserts
Safety Equipment
- Alarms for patient and room monitoring
- Helmets: hard and soft shell
- Patient lifts and slings
- Spasticity splints
- Transfer poles
Specialty Ambulation Aids
- Crutches: Forearm, platform and standard
- Gait trainers
- Walkers: bariatric, pediatric, reverse and wheeled
Specialty Bathroom Equipment
- Bath transfer systems
- Commodes
- Reclining bath seats
- Shower chairs: rolling, bariatric and rehab
- Toileting systems
- Tub lifts: water powered and battery operated
Wheelchair and Scooter Accessories
- Amputee supports
- Arm troughs
- Baskets, pouches, trays and flags
- Drop seats and solid seat inserts
- Gloves / hand gear
- Head rests
- Light packages
- Oxygen tank holders
- Portable ramps
- Vent trays
Miscellaneous Pediatric Equipment
- Car seats for children up to 102 pounds
- Cribs and canopy enclosed beds
- Feeder Seat®
- Spica car seats
- Standers: prone, supine and up-right
- Strollers
- Tumble Forms®
Miscellaneous Equipment
- Geri Chairs
- Home bed rails
- Hospital beds, safety rails and trapezes
- Lift chairs
- Stair lifts
- Standers: prone, supine and up-right
- Vehicle Lifts
Independent Living Aids
- Bathing & Toileting Aids
- Dressing & Grooming Aids
- Eating & Drinking Utensils & Aids
- Kitchen & Household Accessories
- Personal Health Care Products
- Reaching & Gripping Aids
- Reading & Writing Aids
- Recreation & Leisure Aids
- Support Pillows & Cushions
- Visual Aids
Links
Spinal Cord Injury Network International
Spina Bifida Association
Amputee Coalition of America
Muscular Dystrophy association (MDA)
National MS Society
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin
Penfield Children's Center
Wisconsin First Step
United Cerebral Palsy |
