Northern Montana Hospital offers lymphedema therapy

Press release

Northern Montana Health Care announced that Joanne Nelson, PT, part of the rehabilitation services team at Northern Montana Hospital is now nationally accredited to provide certified lymphedema therapy.

“Being able to offer these services locally is a tremendous benefit to the patients here on the Hi-line,” said Jerad Gillen, director of rehabilitation services at NMH. “Any time we can eliminate the need for travel with our patients it is beneficial. With the very nature of lymphedema, not sitting in a vehicle for lengths of time is important. So receiving this therapy locally is...