A focus on patients, staff and community needs is winning formula for Team Rehabilitation

For Clinton Township-based Team Rehabilitation, success begins by making patients and staff top priorities. 

“Our patients are No. 1 and our staff is No. 2,” says Sabrina Badalamenti, vice president of Michigan operations for Team Rehabilitation, which earned the No. 5 spot among large companies in the 2023 Michigan Top Workplaces competition. “That is the core of our service leadership; we know and take care of our patients and team members.” 

Team Rehabilitation is a network of therapist-owned outpatient physical therapy clinics in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Georgia.  But recently Team Rehabilitation team members zeroed in on one specific area in Detroit when they partnered with the nonprofit Life Remodeled to further spruce up the northwest Detroit neighborhood surrounding the old Cooley High School.  

The good kind of soreness that Badalamenti — a physical therapist for 23 years — experienced days afterwards was a sign that the employee-suggested event with Life Remodeled was a smashing success on multiple levels. 

“We want employees who are involved in their communities,” said Badalamenti, who also pointed to Team Rehabilitation’s extensive high school outreach program as another example of how her organization connects with the communities it serves. “Teams were formed and we did yard work and cleaned up. Regional community activities like that foster engagement and are a lot of fun. 

“We work with our clinics the same way. Locally, at each clinic, we ask our directors: ‘What would you like to see?’ And then we act on that because our clinics are our partners.”  

Team Rehabilitation

Industry: Outpatient physical therapy

Top leadership: Scott Delcomyn, CEO

Home: Clinton Township

Employees: 1,045 (500 Michigan employees)

Website: www.team-rehab.com