Seeing the Light: Vision Restoration Therapy®
Seeing the Light: Vision Restoration Therapy® – This television report features a U.S. stroke patient undergoing NovaVision VRT – Vision Restoration Therapy® and his physician Dr. Jose Romano, Associate Pr… Two decades of recovery: Southern Indiana Rehab Hospital celebrates 20 years NEW ALBANY — In the winter of 1994, Randy Napier said he remembered taking his Jeep and driving patients to and from the Frazier Rehab Institute in the middle of the worst snowstorm the region saw in decades. Meanwhile, maintenance crews were … Read more on Evening News and Tribune Read more... ...
Campaign to Spread Awareness on World Stroke Day
... treatment but adds lots of other therapies like physiotherapy, panchakarma, rehabilitation, speech therapy, acupuncture, play therapy among others," managing director of Parul … Read more on Times of India 350000 Pakistanis suffer from stroke every year If you have stress, habit of high salt intake and family history then you are at risk, he warned. Dr. Khaula Ashraf, Associate Consultant, Physical &Rehabilitation Medicine, SIH, discussed the importance of physiotherapy in rehabilitation of stroke … Read more on Pakistan Observer Read ...
North American Seminars Releases Its 2014 Physical Therapy Continuing …
North American Seminars Releases Its 2014 Physical Therapy Continuing … In partnership with over 600 top medical facilities, North American Seminars presents over 300 live physical therapy continuing education courses throughout the world. … Stroke Rehab – An Integrated Functional Movement Approach The Female Athlete Read more on Newsday Apollo Hospitals hosts Brain Stroke Campaign in Hyderabad … stress management, smoking and alcohol cessation, diabetic management, physiotherapy, occupational and speech therapy counselling etc. The visitors at the campaign were assessed for family risk factors for brain stroke and counselled accordingly. Read more on pharmabiz.com Read more... ...
Video Game Mojo Touted to Promote Exercise
... game mojo touted to promote exercise … mindset we need to tap." Dr Smith said he was also using the Microsoft Kinect for Windows gaming device to develop programs aiding the rehabilitation of stroke victims and the injured, as well as reducing the risk of falls in the elderly. … "This … Read more on Tasmania Examiner Rehab is big business Occupational Therapy specialists can get into general hospitals, specialised rehab facilities such as spinal injury centres, stroke facility and burns rehab centres. Special schools and industries where occupational hazards are high and the field of … Read more on The Hindu Read ...
Stroke Rehab Exercises: Stroke Rehab and Tia, the First Signs of the Stroke
The rehabilitation is necessary because stroke causes damage in the brain resulting in after-effects of stroke. The patients may loss ability to walk, speak and see normally. The after result could be light or severe such as paralysis. About 4 million people in USA survive stroke and live with the after stroke effects. The sooner the stroke could be detected the faster doctors can help to minimize the effect. Immediate action such as surgery or medication could make significant different for the severity of brain damage. This article will discuss about the stroke rehab and the first signs of stroke. Read more... ...
Rashid Hospital Participates in Physiotherapy Week
... Hospital participates in physiotherapy week The conference discussed many themes including recent trends in the rehabilitation of stroke patients, physical therapy for shoulder, foot and ankle injuries, rehabilitation of injured hamstrings and rehabilitation of ligaments around the knee. In … Read more on AME Info (press release) Malaria: finding a preventive strategy that African countries can afford … outcomes. Photograph: Alamy. Every year in sub-Saharan Africa, more than 500,000 children contract cerebral malaria – 110,000 of these will die and many other are left with neurological ...
Brain Exercises for Stroke Victims: Hypertension and Stroke
... are the third leading cause of death in the United States, and the number one leading cause of disability. The amount of money spent in rehabilitation of stroke victims each year is astounding. What is good about this is that medicine has been able to lessen the impact of some strokes because the family knew the signs and symptoms and got immediate medical treatment. What is sad is that many strokes could be prevented in the first place by controlling risk factors such as obesity, lack of exercise, excessive alcohol intake and a high fat/high sodium (salt) diet. Read ...