LAKEPORT, Calif. – Sutter Lakeside Hospital is hosting a free public rehabilitation seminar with licensed physical therapist Joe Prisco, director of rehabilitation at Sutter Lakeside Hospital.

The seminar will be on Thursday, Nov. 29, from 5 to 6 p.m. in the hospital conference room at 5176 Hill Road East in Lakeport.

Interested participants can register by calling 707-262-5121.

The seminar will include light refreshments, a brief presentation on common musculoskeletal and speech-language conditions, and an open forum for attendees to ask questions.

Half of Americans report muscular or skeletal injuries – painful and debilitating injuries or conditions that affect daily productivity.

In fact, musculoskeletal conditions are far more common than other chronic conditions such as cancer, diabetes, or respiratory disease.

From a child with a broken arm to a senior with a hip replacement, physical therapy can benefit people of all ages.

Physical therapy can reduce or eliminate musculoskeletal pain, help patients recover from an injury without surgery, improve mobility, recover from a stroke, and more.

Additionally, rehabilitation services include speech-language therapy. Speech-language therapy aids patients of all ages in a number of ways, including recovery from a stroke or overcoming a stutter.

Sutter Lakeside recently expanded its speech-language therapy program to include pediatric speech-language therapy, which can help children with speech disorders such as difficulty producing sounds or pronouncing words correctly, and language disorders such as difficulty understanding or processing language.

For more information on rehabilitation services, visit www.sutterhealth.org/lakeside.