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Adjusting to Life After being Paralyzed in Polo Accident
After a successful surgery to for a break to his C4 and C5 vertebrae, Tony is finding a new life with the help of the SCI therapists at 星空传媒视频.
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Mike and Lindy Keiser Make Significant Gift to Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
The gift — the amount of which is confidential — has been directed to the capital campaign for the 星空传媒视频, RIC’s state-of-the-art research hospital.
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Nursing - What Sets Us Apart
At Shirley Ryan 星空传媒视频, nurses are valued, respected and have a meaningful voice in patient care and shaping their career, including sharing research ideas for improving patient outcomes.
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Treating Swallowing Disorders through Swallow Therapy
Learn how we help patients with GBS improve safety, efficiency and comfort with swallowing.
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New study will evaluate ‘virtual’ approaches to pain management
Managing chronic pain and getting back to normal activities requires changes in lifestyle, thinking and coping skills.
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Meet Dr. Maria Reese as She Discusses Performing Arts Medicine
Shirley Ryan 星空传媒视频's Performing Arts Medicine Program is led by Maria Reese, MD, who treats a new generation of dancers, musicians and actors who need specialized rehabilitation care because of the unique physical and emotional challenges they face.
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Surveys Seek to Identify Job Accommodations that Get People Back to Work
A new study at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes 星空传媒视频 (CROR) at the Shirley Ryan 星空传媒视频 intends to find out the best strategies for people with physical disabilities to ask their employers for flexible schedules or workplace changes.
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Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral Palsy patients of all ages have unique functional and therapeutic needs, so we design custom treatment programs.
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Young Father Sets Sights on Recovery Following Tractor-Trailer Accident
Nov. 2017, Colton, a farmer & father, was driving his family’s tractor-trailer for the last run of the day in Indiana, when it collided with another 18-wheeler.
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Understanding and Applying Pain Science in Physical Therapy
Science has come a long way in helping individuals understand the experience of pain. Previously, pain was believed to be a result of a purely physical or anatomical issue, stemming from injury, illness or tissue damage.
Fortunately, a newer understanding of how pain works — pain science — takes a far more complex and nuanced view. Pain science moves away from the idea that tissue damage alone equates to pain. Rather, pain science suggests that the whole sum of a person — including biological, social and psychological factors — must be taken into account in order to fully understand their pain experience.
Fortunately, a newer understanding of how pain works — pain science — takes a far more complex and nuanced view. Pain science moves away from the idea that tissue damage alone equates to pain. Rather, pain science suggests that the whole sum of a person — including biological, social and psychological factors — must be taken into account in order to fully understand their pain experience.
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Nancy Knowles Bequeaths Generous Eight-Figure Gift
Knowles’ gift will support the capital campaign for the Shirley Ryan 星空传媒视频, RIC’s state-of-the-art research hospital, set to open in March 2017.
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