2019 IVCH 5K Winners

Posted By Gene Vogelgesang

October 14, 2019

Dan Palmer, 42, of Roscoe, Illinois, won the Illinois Valley Community Hospital Fall Fitness 5K race for the second year in a row when he crossed the finish line Saturday (Oct. 12) in a time of 17 minutes and 56 seconds. The run through the streets of Peru was organized by the IVCH Center for Physical Rehabilitation and Aquatics as a fundraiser for the IVCH Foundation. The first female finisher, ...

IVCH Becomes First Breast Milk Depot in Illinois Valley

Posted By Joan Fernandez

September 9, 2019

The Illinois Valley’s First Human Milk Depot at Illinois Valley Community Hospital Will Help Babies throughout Illinois and Wisconsin. Illinois Valley Community Hospital is proud to be the home of the Illinois Valley’s first human milk depot. Pasteurized donor human milk is an important nutritional therapy for many at-risk Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) babies, as it provides ...

Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy

July 16, 2019

Does your bladder control your day because you’re always running to the restroom? Do you have pain “down there” that is affecting your daily life? Do you have difficulty with emptying when you go to the bathroom or feel like something just isn’t right “down there”? A thorough examination by a Physical Therapist of your pelvic floor may help you resolve these ...

Work on Affiliation Continues

Posted By Illinois Valley Community Hospital

June 13, 2019

We would like to take this opportunity to provide our community with an update about progress made regarding an affiliation between St. Margaret’s Health and Illinois Valley Community Hospital, as part of SMP Health System. Since we announced our intent to affiliate in March, we have been going through a process called due diligence. This includes a comprehensive analysis of the operations ...

NEURO REHAB: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH

Posted By Jheri Emmerling

May 22, 2019

At the IVCH Center for Physical Rehabilitation and Aquatics, a collaborative approach is used by Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and Speech Therapists to help patients reclaim independence and to return to normal routines. Whether their goal is to maximize functional mobility, to become more independent with daily routines, or to regain ability to communicate, the therapists at IVCH ...