Jon Kern of Scripps Encinitas Tries Something New to Help Miss Leyva: Bioness

Jon Kern of Scripps Encinitas Tries Something New to Help Miss Leyva: Bioness – Scripps Stroke Rehab Center Physical Therapist Jon Kern gets a little critique on his Spanish skills as he experiments with the Bioness NESS L300. It’s an advanced foot drop system designed to use mild stimulation to lift your foot to help you walk more safely and easily. Miss Leyva is hoping her insurance company will help pay for this amazing devise. It’s designed to fit just below your knee and to be put on and taken off with one hand. Use of the NESS L300 may eliminate the need to wear a rigid, heavy orthosis. Ie She may be able to dump her leg brace. Thestroke hit her like a sunami on September 1, 2007; she was only 44. Her stroke happened at home following the first week of school at Oceanside High School where she taught Spanish since 1999. Having earned both a BA in English Literature as well as a BA in Russian Literature at the University of Havana, Cuba, Leyva-Griffith escaped communist Cuba and was granted political asylum here in the US She has struggled to speak. Nothing at first, vast improvement to date and always building. Husband Rick Griffith is the sole caregiver. Since Isabel’s stroke left her unable to speak, write, or read, communication is very difficult. We are a family with a mom and a dad, four lovable little doggies (three are adopted), two adopted kitties, two birds, and a pond full of goldfish. Isabel is a surviver, having spent five days and nights in a two-man life raft with four other adults as the five braved rough seas and ever-present …

Over £1000 raised for stroke rehab team

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Over £1,000 raised for stroke rehab team. Published on Sunday 2 December 2012 12:34. Stroke patient Mark Wright, 38, of Welton Hill has raised more than £1,000 for the rehabilitation team who helped him learn how to speak again. Mark raised the cash by …
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MP praises 'high quality' stroke unit

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"I am delighted that we now have a high-quality stroke rehabilitation unit at Tonbridge Cottage Hospital. "However, together with the hospital's League of Friends, I shall be continuing to campaign determinedly for additional investment at the hospital …
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