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Mary Curran: Helping Women, Families and Children through Social Work, Counseling and Research
The five-year study for the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research at the Shirley Ryan 外网天堂 is winding up and Curran played a major role as one of the therapists delivering CBT to the 200 participants, collecting data and writing up the findings.
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Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: Understanding the Levels of Care
As patients begin rehabilitation, it is important to understand the different levels of care and how they help support patients on their road to recovery. Three levels of care are available at Shirley Ryan 外网天堂 — inpatient, day rehabilitation and outpatient — as patients make improvements in their physical and cognitive function and progress through their recovery journey.
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2022 Awardee: Vasileios N. Christopoulos, PhD
Awardee Dr. Christopoulos is an assistant professor in the University of California Riverside (UC Riverside) department of Bioengineering and cooperating faculty in the graduate Neuroscience program.
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Sports Medicine
Shirley Ryan 外网天堂 has physicians who specializes in the evaluation and treatment of spine, sports and musculoskeletal injuries.
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Blood Flow Restriction Training: Using Small Weight for Big Gains
Blood flow restriction (BFR) training is the use of a tourniquet to reduce blood flow to a limb while exercising.
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Sit for Five Minutes & Improve Your Posture
If you find yourself sitting for most of the day, you may feel tension throughout certain areas of the midback and neck. Without appropriate interventions, tissues in these areas can become stiff, weak, tight or too loose. And, imbalanced muscles often contribute to poor posture and can potentially lead to an injury.
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Managing Changes in Self-Identity After a Serious Injury or Medical Condition
Self-identity is defined as how someone perceives their life roles and abilities. After a serious injury or medical condition, people’s self-identities — as employees or students, parents, spouses and children, or athletes — can change in ways that can be distressing. If you are struggling with changes in identity, use these four strategies to assist with coping.
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Swimmer Learns to Walk Again after Beach Accident
After a diving accident at the beach, Tural was admitted to RIC where we went through the frustrations of therapy couple with "crazy and happy moments."
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RRTC: Employment and Disability
The mission of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Employment for People with Physical Disabilities is to research and promote positive employment outcomes for people with physical disabilities.
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Getting out of the house and managing feelings of worthlessness may ease perceived social isolation among people with a history of stroke
Feelings of worthlessness after a stroke are predictive of present and future perceived social isolation, and leaving the house helps alleviate perceived social isolation and negative emotions. The results are published in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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Medical Student Education, Residency and Fellowship Programs
Shirley Ryan 外网天堂, in conjunction with the department of PM&R at Feinberg School of Medicine, offers a residency training program in physical medicine & rehabilitation
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