CHKD PT high fiving a patient in the rehab unit.

Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

CHKD's rehabilitation services provide a comprehensive approach to improving and restoring function due to illness, injury or surgery.

Meet Our Care Team

CHKD's rehabilitation services provide a comprehensive approach to improving and restoring function due to illness, injury or surgery.

Our Providers

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Phone: (757) 668-9915
Fax: (757) 668-9925

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Questions about your bill? Please call (757) 668-7200.

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MyCHKD Patient Portal

MyCHKD offers secure, online access to your child's health information as well as tools to help you communicate more efficiently with your CHKD provider's office. If you haven't done so already, please register for a MyCHKD account in person at your provider's office.

How to Refer

Our team provides outpatient care to patients from birth to 21 years of age. We are trained and dedicated to improving the lives and daily function of children with chronic disabilities.

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Rehabilitation Services for infants, children, and adolescents

CHKD's rehabilitation services provide a comprehensive approach to improving and restoring function through the use of diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services for infants, children, and adolescents.

Whether your child has had an acute decline in function from injury, illness, or surgery, or has functional challenges relating to a neuromuscular or musculoskeletal diagnosis, we have an extensive program aimed at family-centered care and optimizing functional independence of the patient.

We utilize a multidisciplinary approach with collaboration with orthopedics, mental health, and pain and palliative medicine teams.

Ian Balutis and physical therapist taking the inpatient rehab bike for a spin.

Functional Electrical Stimulation Therapy Bike

A new bike called a functional electrical stimulation therapy bike is the newest piece of equipment at CHKD’s inpatient rehabilitation unit. It works by sending small electrical pulses to paralyzed muscles to restore or improve their function. In this photo, patient Ian Balutis uses the bike to help recover from paralysis caused by inflammation of his spinal cord.

Comprehensive outpatient care for children with functional limitations
Inpatient rehabilitation
Outpatient therapy services
Traumatic brain injury management
Spasticity management
Cerebral Palsy Clinic
Neuromuscular Clinic
Neuro-Oncology Clinic
Spina Bifida Clinic
Advanced technology and robotics therapy

Patient Stories

Virginia Beach Boy Shot in Head Finds Road to Recovery at CHKD

Jul 11, 2025

After a gunshot injury, 8-year-old Landyn began rehab at CHKD, where intensive pediatric therapy helped him regain skills lost in the tragic shooting.