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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Patient Featured in Newsweek Story About Treating Chronic Pain

Megan H., 46, has lived with chronic pain her entire adult life. She finally learned strategies and techniques for better managing her pain and flare-ups when she discovered Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Pain Management Center, one of the only interdisciplinary pain clinics in the country that offers a novel, team-based approach to help patients with pain.

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Cassandra and physical therapist

Cassandra’s Story: Back on Her Feet While Managing Chronic Pain

Cassandra H., 63, has spent a lifetime on her feet. She was a clinical pharmacist and worked on her feet most days while helping patients. As a young woman, she played volleyball, basketball and ran track. She has continued to enjoy physical activities like bowling, golfing and exercising.

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Larke studying

‘College is Possible’: Larke’s Advice for Students with Disabilities

Larke always has driven to be independent, and she wants kids with CP or other disabilities to believe that college is possible for them, too. Below read a Q&A with Larke’s advice for students who want to continue their education.

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Larke flexing

‘College is Possible’ with Cerebral Palsy: Larke’s Story

Larke J. was diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP) when she was only nine months old. While she was a baby, she started coming to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab on an outpatient basis — with her mom and dad, Angela and Armand, taking full advantage of early, specialized therapy for CP during the years when Larke’s brain was developing rapidly.

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Ravinia

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Performing Arts Medicine Program Featured in Ravinia Magazine

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s expertise in performing arts medicine — a specialty focused on preventing and treating medical issues related to performing — took center stage in a recent profile in Ravinia Magazine, “On Call for the Arts: Ravinia Festival & Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Celebrate 30 Years of Partnership.”

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Dean playing guitar

Dean Gets Fresh Start After Double Lung Transplant and Rehabilitation

Just two years ago, Dean C. started to experience a strange, dry cough that would not go away. After consulting with doctors, he received what he called “the worst news I could imagine.” He was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer — and he was only 27 years old.

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Colin Franz and researchers

Research Spotlight: Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Advances Study of Peripheral Nerve Injury & Therapeutic Electrical Stimulation

Research was undertaken by physician-scientist Colin Franz, MD, PhD, and a team of researchers in the rehabilitation hospital’s Regenerative Neurorehabilitation Laboratory.

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Nicole hiking

Nicole’s Mobility Milestone: Walking a 5K After Brain Tumor & Rehabilitation

Nicole came to Chicago for brain surgery, followed by eight days of intensive rehabilitation at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab to restore her mobility after surgery. As part of her journey, she regained the ability to walk.

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Jack dancing

Jack Keeps Dancing Thanks to Performing Arts Medicine

Jack started to experience pain in his hip and knee. Even more concerning, his left knee started to give out on him while rehearsing and while teaching fitness in his secondary role as a certified physical trainer.

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hand therapy

Scar Management After Hand Surgery

When patients come to us for hand therapy after surgery — whether they’re recovering from a carpal tunnel release to relieve pressure in the wrist, a tendon repair, or surgery to address fractures or broken bones — one lingering outcome is nearly universal: a scar.

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Brendan

‘Gotta Have the Grit’: Brendan’s Recovery from a Traumatic Brain Injury

"Don't ever give up, no matter what." After experiencing a traumatic brain injury due to a car accident, Brendan tackled 10 weeks of intensive inpatient rehabilitation.

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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Ranked No. 1 by U.S. News & World Report for 35th Consecutive Year

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab again has been recognized as the national leader in rehabilitation, topping the U.S. News & World Report list for the 35th consecutive year. It remains the only hospital of any kind to hold this distinction, and has been ranked the No. 1 rehabilitation hospital every year since 1991.

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