Baker Rehab Group | Brain & Balance Center

The Brain and Balance Center in Frederick, MD provides skilled physical, occupational, and speech therapy to clients across a wide range of neurological disorders including Parkinson’s disease (PD), multiple sclerosis (MS), traumatic brain injuries (TBI), vestibular impairments, concussion management and other conditions affecting cognition and balance. Our clinicians are also specifically trained to treat orthopedic conditions including joint replacement rehabilitation and other conditions affecting children, adults and seniors. We also offer dry needling for pain management.

Our neurologic, geriatric and orthopedic certified specialists, use of state-of-the-art technology, and commitment to 1-on-1 care make the Brain and Balance Center the region’s most advanced neuro rehab center. Therapists on staff are committed to helping each patient reach their optimal level of function and are deeply vested in the success of our clients. We accept most insurance plans including Medicare, Aetna, Cigna, United Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield and others.

Cognitive rehabilitation is designed to help brain-injured and cognitively impaired individuals regain functioning and compensate for cognitive deficiencies. It can help reduce further disability and address the negative, secondary responses to the situation, including loss of self-esteem and self-confidence, or depression.

Cognitive rehabilitation therapists at the Brain and Balance Center follow a system of activities aimed at reinforcing previously learned behavioral patterns, creating new patterns of cognitive activity, and enabling a person to adapt to their cognitive disability to improve their overall functioning.

Monica has been a physical therapist for 25 years. She graduated from the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1993 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Physical Therapy. Monica has worked in several settings, beginning with acute care at Shady Grove hospital followed by many years in the rehab setting before moving into home health. Monica enjoys treating patients with various neurological diagnoses as well as post-operative joint replacements and focuses her treatments on gaining functional movement. Monica is married with three teenage children and has two sweet pups. She lives in Mt. Airy and is a huge Washington Caps fan and unfortunately, a Redskins fan too.

Sandi has been working as a speech pathologist for over 20 years across a number of settings including outpatient rehab, inpatient rehab, private practices, subacute nursing facilities, and home health.  She has extensive experience facilitating group therapy, and she has developed several community-based aphasia group programs as well. Her specialty areas are speech, language, and cognitive disorders, and she has a particular passion for working with individuals with aphasia.  In her free time, Sandi likes to read novels, hike, play cards, and spend time with family and friends.

Josannah recently graduated with her Doctor of Physical Degree from Messiah University. During her time in school, she had the opportunity to complete one of her clinical rotations here at the Brain and Balance Center where she found passion treating patients with neurological disorders. Since then, she had other clinical rotations where she gained more experience working with various patient populations, including amputees and post-orthopedic surgeries. She also obtained her LSVT BIG certification to further serve her patients with Parkinson’s disease. Being a California native, she has a heart for the outdoors and enjoys exploring new places.