Palliative care is specialized medical care for patients with a serious or chronic life-limiting illness. It focuses on giving patients relief from the symptoms and stress of their illness. Our palliative care team works with patients, their families and healthcare providers to support serious and chronic progressive illnesses and improve your quality of life.

At Hendricks Regional Health, we care for every joint in your body, uniquely addressing the needs of all ages - kids to seniors, athletes to working professionals. Our services include surgery, outpatient care, physical therapy and more. If you are experiencing any of the following symptoms, do not ignore them: joint pain that lasts more than 48 hours, aching pain after activity that does not get better with rest, tenderness at a specific point, swelling, limited range of motion, weakness, numbness or tingling.

Arthritis and other rheumatic diseases are characterized by pain, swelling, and limited movement in joints and connective tissues in the body. If you physician suspects a rheumatic disease is causing your pain, he or she may refer you to a rheumatologist. These physicians diagnose and treat osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, gout, scleroderma, bursitis and other auto-immune disorders involving pain in the musculoskeletal system.