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Physical therapy
Strength, walking, balance and stairs, measured every week.
Medicare Part A
Short-term rehabilitation · Sapulpa, Bristow & Okmulgee
Measure it. Work it. Go home.
Polecat Creek runs three short-stay rehab campuses southwest of Tulsa. Every patient's strength, balance and walking are measured on day one and every week after, and the whole team works the numbers until you walk out the door.
- 3campuses, one standard
- 15average days to home
- 7days a week of therapy available
How we work
Day one, we measure. Every week, we beat it.
On your first day a therapist times your walk, your sit-to-stand and your balance. Those numbers go on a board in your suite and in a weekly report to your family. Every week we test again, and every week we expect them to go up. When they hit the numbers you need for your own home, you go there.
Andre Whitfield, a physical therapist, opened the first Polecat Creek campus in Sapulpa in 2001 and added Bristow and Okmulgee as hospitals sent more patients our way. Today we run seven-day therapy, a cardiac and pulmonary program, a stroke unit and a return-to-work course, and we send most people home in about fifteen days.
— Andre Whitfield, PT, founder and CEO
Hope is good. Numbers are better. We measure how far you walk, how long you stand and how fast you climb, then we beat them every week.
Photo tour
The work
What sets us apart
Where we shine
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Weekly outcome testing
Timed walk, sit-to-stand and balance scores, reported to you and your family every week.
Included
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Discharge targets set on day two
The numbers you need for your home, and the date we expect to hit them.
IncludedRooms & suites
The spaces
Private suites for rest, and rooms built for measurable work.
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Private rehab suite
A hospital-grade bed, a recliner, a private bath and your weekly numbers on the wall.
- Private bath
- Outcome board
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Deluxe suite
A sitting area and sleeper chair for longer stays.
- Sleeper chair
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The gym
Parallel bars, practice stairs, treadmills with harnesses and a truck-cab trainer at every campus.
- Harness treadmill
- Truck-cab trainer
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The practice apartment
A kitchen, laundry and bathroom to rehearse going home.
- Kitchen
- Laundry
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The stroke unit
A dedicated hall with its own therapists and speech pathologists in Sapulpa.
- Dedicated team
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The return-to-work course
Gravel, curbs, a ramp and a loading-dock step outside each gym.
- Gravel
- Curbs
- 3campuses, one standard
- 15average days to home
- 7days a week of therapy available
- 148private rehab suites
Sample family reviews
Before and after
Day one I walked 40 feet in two minutes. Day fourteen I walked 600. I have the printout on my fridge.
The weekly report let my brother in Houston see exactly how Mom was doing without calling five times a day.
After my amputation, Luis had me on a prosthetic in the gym in the first week.
Darius got Dad off oxygen before he went home. His pulmonologist couldn't believe it.
Megan worked with my husband's speech every day on the stroke unit. He told me he loved me on day nine.
Shannon coordinated my Indian Health Service and Medicare benefits. Nobody else had ever gotten that right.
The Okmulgee campus was ten minutes from home. Same therapy as Sapulpa.
They set a target date on day two and beat it by a day.
The 30-day follow-up call caught a medication problem before it sent me back to the hospital.
No-nonsense. Exactly what I needed.
Admissions had me approved and a bed ready before the hospital finished my discharge papers.
I still come back for outpatient therapy and they still test my numbers.
Our team
The team
Andre Whitfield, PT
Founder and CEO
Dr. Karen Lowe, MD
Medical director
Dr. Raymond Yates, DO
Associate medical director
Tonya Brooks, RN
Chief nursing officer
Admissions
From hospital to here, in one call
Our admissions team works with Tulsa-area hospitals 16 hours a day, seven days a week.
- Insurance and prior approval handled
- Transportation from the hospital arranged
- Your suite ready, with diet and medications ordered
- Your first numbers taken on day one
Come see for yourself.
Plan a rehab stayRatings & recognition · sample
- Regional Health System · Preferred Post-Acute Partner
- Orthopedic Specialists · Joint Replacement Partner
- Readers' Choice · Best Rehabilitation Center
- Stroke Support Network · Partner Site
- Tribal Health Programs · Community Partner
- County Chamber · Healthcare Employer of the Year
- Area Agency on Aging · Community Partner
- Regional Health Network · Low-Readmission Recognition
- Top Workplaces · Mid-Size Employer
- Amputee Coalition Support Group · Partner Site
Now hiring
Good people make Polecat Creek Rehab & Recovery. We are hiring for every shift.
Visit
Find the closest campus
- 1201 W Dewey Avenue
Sapulpa, OK
Free parking at every campus. Ambulances and wheelchair vans use the covered bay at the north entrance. - (918) 555-0168
- Text us
- admissions@polecatcreekrehab.example
- PolecatCreekRehab
Tour & office hours
- Admissions, 7 days6a – 10p
- Tours, 7 days9a – 6p
- Families visitAny time
Beat your numbers. Then go home.
Tell your hospital case manager you'd like Polecat Creek, or call admissions any day from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.