How Cardiac Rehab May Be Integrated With Physical Therapy

How Cardiac Rehab may be Integrated with Physical Therapy – Cardiac rehab is uniqely integrated with physical therapy. A cardiac bypass patient receives outpatient physical therapy for a stroke related balance deficit. Gait and balance training is provided in conjunction with ekg monitored exercise. Lifeline rehabilitation, www.lifelinerehab.com, Great Neck, NY tel 516 482-4060

Guest Column: Seniors need to know about Medicare HMO Advantage out-of …

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Services such as outpatient rehabilitation, which can include physical, occupational and speech therapies as well as cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, can involve prohibitive co-pays up to $ 100 per session using local Medicare HMO Advantage Plans.
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Memphis youth jail training to use 'physical hold' restraint technique

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Detention officers at Memphis' juvenile jail are in training this month on how to use a "physical hold" technique to get belligerent youths under control if they are trying to harm themselves or others. Rick Powell, the head of the … Foster, who had …
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Could an aging face reflect an unhealthy heart?

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A controversial alternative treatment known as chelation therapy, in which a special infusion seeks to remove heavy metals from the body, did show modest benefits for heart patients, researchers report. … Hospital in Plainview, N.Y. "I specifically …
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