Who can say that therapy after surgery is an enjoyable experience? But I just love it.

Though sessions are challenging, Father William Kurz was pleasantly surprised by how much he liked his physical therapy treatment following hip surgery. He was thrilled by how quickly he made progress as his therapists helped him begin to walk again.

 

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A recent article in Provider Magazine reminds rehab teams that from start to finish, clinicians need to consistently communicate with and listen to all parties involved in the patient’s care.

From the outset, the patient and the multidisciplinary rehab team should take the opportunity to educate each other. Clinicians inform the patient and the patient’s family about the clinical implications of stroke, and the patient gets the chance to explain their goals and their life before their stroke.

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Margaret Schmidt Attention, physical therapists: Two orthopedic surgeons at the University Hospitals in Belgium recently discovered a new knee ligament now known as the anterolateral ligament (ALL). The New York Times reported that Dr. Steven Claes and Dr. Johann Bellemans found that the fifth ligament located

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Mary Moretti You have surely noticed in your professional practice that we are seeing more and more people developing and being diagnosed with chronic conditions and illnesses. The incidence of chronic diseases and the related disabilities is expected to rise, especially as the “Baby Boomers” (more than 37 milli

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Margaret Schmidt Happy Physical Therapy Month from RehabCare! Every October, we celebrate our physical therapists and their achievements. It’s easy for us to get excited about physical therapy – we know it is one of the most fulfilling occupations in a field that is constantly hiring. We also see every day how

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Margaret Schmidt Kelly’s therapists from left to right: Stacey Irek, OT, Steven Desaulniers, PT, and Laura Beard, SLP. Like many others, you may have caught this video of our patient Kelly Downing, who received months of therapy at Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation – Greenbriar for chronic

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RehabCare RehabCare is excited to watch Katie Couric profile one of our patients, Kelly Downing, on Couric’s daytime show tomorrow, October 9. Kelly Downing of Massachusetts experienced full-body paralysis and speech difficulties and was diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease. RehabCare therapists from each disci

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December 4, 2012 started off like any other day for 17-year-old Darby McGee, an Arkansas high school junior and devoted member of her school’s Color Guard. But it quickly became the first day of what would become the most challenging few months of her young life, and she doesn’t even remember the day or anything that happened in the month after it.

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Margaret Schmidt Happy National Rehabilitation Awareness Week! From the inception of occupational therapy to rehabilitation job prospects, we bring you nine things you might not know about rehabilitation: Occupational therapy began in 1917. Therapists were recruited by the Surgeon General and worked as “reco

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RehabCare Since the requirement to include G-codes and severity/complexity modifiers to indicate a patient’s functional status on all therapy claims began on July 1, 2013, there has been confusion among providers. In a recent McKnight’s Long Term Care News column, Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L, addressed the three m

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