ABOUT US
“Palangos Gintaras” is a children’s rehabilitation sanatorium located in Palanga, by the Baltic Sea.
We provide medical rehabilitation and health improvement services for children and teenagers.
Who we are
“Palangos Gintaras” started operating in 1990.
Today, it is one of the largest children’s rehabilitation sanatoriums in the region.
- More than 4,000 children are treated every year
- Over 200 staff members work here
Our team
Our team includes:
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation doctors
- Paediatricians
- Children’s psychiatrists
- Physiotherapists
- Occupational therapists
- Psychologists
- Speech therapists
- Nurses and social workers
If needed, patients are also consulted by other specialists.
Meals
- Meals are prepared on-site in the sanatorium kitchen
- Food is fresh, warm and balanced
- Children receive meals based on a nutritionist-approved menu
Special diets can be provided if needed.
Leisure and activities
Children’s free time is organised by specialists.
Children can:
- take part in events, concerts and activities
- join creative workshops
- play outdoors
Facilities include:
- playground
- outdoor chess
- fitness equipment
- basketball court
- indoor playroom
Capacity and services
- The sanatorium has 300 places
- We provide level II medical rehabilitation services
Children’s rehabilitation II
- respiratory, nervous,
- musculoskeletal system,
- digestive system,
- ear-nose-throat diseases,
- mental and behavioural disorders.
Children’s palliative rehabilitation II
- nervous,
- musculoskeletal system diseases.
Children’s anti-relapsing treatment II
Children’s outpatient rehabilitation
- respiratory,
- nervous,
- musculoskeletal system,
- digestive system,
- ear-nose-throat diseases,
- mental and behavioural disorders.
Sanatorium specialists applies medical rehabilitation methods, forms and treatment measures:
Kinesiotherapy
- Morning hygienic gymnastics outdoors and in the gym;
- Individual and group therapeutic gymnastics outdoors and in the gym;
- Therapeutic gymnastics with Ketler’s fitness equipment;
- Occupational therapy;
- Therapeutic massage;
- Spinal stretching in the water;
- Mechanotherapy.
Physiotherapy
- Ultrasound therapy;
- Ampli-pulse therapy;
- Extremely high-frequency-therapy;
- Electro-stimulation;
- Light therapy (biotron);
- Magnet therapy;
- Laser therapy;
- Pearl bath;
- Vertical baths;
- Whirlpool local baths for legs;
- Underwater massage;
- Circular showers;
- Sharko showers;
- Halochamber (salt therapy)
- Inhalations with mineral water, various medications;
- Reflextherapy;
- Contrast baths;
- Fangoparaffin;
- Paraffin baths for hands
- Oxygen cocktails;
- Lymph-drainage massage.
Psychotherapy
- Psychologist (counselling, individual and group seminars);
- Social worker (counselling, solving of problems of disabled persons and their accompanying persons/carers);
- Psychiatrist (counselling, individual and group seminars).
CLIMATE THERAPY
- Sun;
- Sea;
- Weather.
DIETOTHERAPY
services
Children with disabilities, speech disorders, after severe trauma, surgeries etc. are provided with the following services:
- Speech therapist (counselling, individual seminars);
- Traumatologist-orthopaedist (counselling, orthopaedic customisation and free supply).
Medical care and accessibility
Medical rehabilitation and sanatorium treatment in our institution are provided by a team of professionals.
We ensure accessibility for children with disabilities:
- entrances are equipped with ramps
- rooms have wider doors
- bathrooms and showers are adapted
- medical and nursing care is available 24/7
Who can receive treatment
We treat children from 1 to 18 years old.
- Children aged 1–8 years are treated together with a parent or carer
- Older children with disabilities can also stay with a carer
- Children aged 8–18 years usually stay without a carer
Treatment can be repeated within the same year for children with disabilities or progressive conditions, according to national regulations.
Natural environment and health benefits
Our sanatorium is located by the sea, surrounded by pine forests.
Children benefit from:
- fresh sea air rich in iodine
- pine forest environment
- clean sandy beaches
- natural sunlight
These natural factors help:
- strengthen the body
- improve immunity
- support recovery after illness
- improve emotional and physical well-being
Support for children and families
Our sanatorium is a safe place for children and their families.
Here children can:
- receive treatment and rehabilitation
- meet other children
- gain confidence and independence
Families can:
- support their children during treatment
- receive guidance and help
Updated 2026-03-24