spinal cord

A Push for More Physiotherapy Grads to Choose the North

...  Push for More Physiotherapy Grads to Choose the North – Earlier this week, we featured a story on the lack of a dermatologist in Prince George. It’s just one of the many medical specialties that are in high demand…   Sheffield rehabilitation specialist to expand with funding from Barclays The company provides specialized physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy for clients with complex neurological conditions such as acquired brain injury and spinal cord injury, orthopaedic injuries including amputations and rehabilitation … Read more on bdaily Read ...

West Point Cadets Visit Burke Rehab Center in White Plains

...  Point Cadets Visit Burke Rehab Center In White Plains The cadets who visited include life sciences, psychology and kinesiology majors, and they had the opportunity to learn more about research on brain and spinal cord injuries, which are fairly common for soldiers. Dr. Rajiv R. Ratan, who is the director … Read more on The Daily Voice Woman defies odds, walks after crippling fall After five days in a medically-induced coma, with shattered C6 and C7 vertebrae and a spinal cord injury, she was declared a quadriplegic. Her boyfriend Bryan broke the news. … Liz moved to the Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation, where she could … Read more on KHOU Read ...

Young Stroke Suffered Recognised for Her Bravery in the Face of Adversity

Young stroke suffered recognised for her bravery in the face of adversity INSPIRATIONAL YOUNGSTER: Emily Simpson being presented with her award by Dr Satinder Sanghera and Emma Fitzimmons from Synergie Physiotherapy Clinic, who sponsors the award. A YOUNG girl who suffered a stroke as a ten-year-old has been … Read more on Darlington and Stockton Times Stroke survivor climbs world's highest wall in aid of Cheltenham rehab centre The 45-year-old raised more than £1,600 by climbing Excalibur, the 37-metre (121ft) climbing wall in Groningen, Holland, as a thank you for the physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy he received. The lecturer in religion … Read more on Gloucestershire Echo Read more... ...

Troubled Riverside Hospital Tries to Shake the Past

Troubled Riverside hospital tries to shake the past He said the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is withholding $ 4 million for legitimate services rendered. The federal program stopped all … Activists including Quanell X, former Houston City Council candidate Georgia Provost and mental … Read more on Houston Chronicle County by county news for Saturday U.S. Rep Phil Gingrey, R-Ga., is asking the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control to assess the public health risk posed by the flood of unaccompanied migrant children coming across the Mexican border. Gingrey says as many have been transported to … Read more on Atlanta Journal Constitution Read more... ...

Physical Therapy: Education?

Question by Curious George: Physical therapy: education? I am thinking about going into physical therapy and have a few questions about college and such: -I was reading about a freshman entry course that some colleges have? What is the main reason it would benefit me? Hurt me? -I either want to be a sports physical therapist or a pediatric physical therapist, at what point do specialize? -I would like to go somewhere in DC but I can only find George Washington as a good physical therapy school. Is this right? -What is the difference between a sports physical therapist and an athletic trainer? I currently have a 98 average overall in high school. At what point should I start volunteering or trying to get an internship? Thank you so much Read more... ...

Local Athletic Trainer Goes to Sochi With US Sled Hockey Team

...  Athletic Trainer Goes to Sochi with US Sled Hockey Team Local physical therapist and athletic trainer Michael Cortese spends most of his days rehabbing patients at Bethesda Health Outpatient Rehabilitation in Boynton Beach. But when it came time for the 2014 Sochi Paralympic Winter Games … spinal cord … Read more on Boca Raton (blog) Paralympic gold medal winner visits Richland school McCoy embodied that message as he talked about his journey being born with spina bifida and overcoming the physical limitations of the condition. “If you want to do something, go for it,” he urged the kindergartners through third-graders during the … Read more on Tribune-Review Read ...

Neuroxcel Total Gym Spinal Cord Injury Therapy

...  Total Gym spinal cord injury therapy – The Total Gym GTS can do over 200 exercises for strength, flexibility, endurance training, rehab, and total body conditioning. The GTS teaches the muscles to…   Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers to promote safety at bike fair in Mundy Township The center, which provides rehabilitation services for adults, children and teens with brain and spinal cord injuries, will host the fair at its Genesee Treatment Center, 5402 Gateway Centre Drive in Mundy Township, to celebrate its 20th anniversary of … Read more on The Flint Journal Read ...