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New Mom Recovers from Stroke After Birth of First Baby
Heather experience every now mother's nightmare: a sudden stroke after the birth of her new child. However, with the AbilityLab's help and support of her family, she can now keep up with her son.
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New Training has Loved Ones Helping Those Suffering from Aphasia
Just one month after giving birth to a beautiful baby girl, Ashley had two strokes. After being diagnosed with aphasia, she tries to find the right words. At times her husband Matt helps prompt her responses.
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Urmi’s Story: A Young Scientist’s Journey
A neurophysiologist's journey to recovery after a rare type of stroke.
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After a Stroke, an Artist Finds Help from Man's Best Friend
After having a stroke while running on the treadmill, Emily Rutledge found help from an unlikely source: Georgia, the AbilityLab's therapy dog. Sometimes the best technology is man's best friend.
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Norman Plays Guitar as Therapy
Music therapy helps patients relax while providing another way for them to build strength and work on movements. Check out this video of Norman just 17 days after his stroke.
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Engineering a Successful Stroke Recovery
When Igal survived a stroke he was told he would never walk or speak again, But this professor of biomedical engineering work hard through all levels of our unique - punctuated by our Intensive Aphasia Program - to regain his abilities.
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Transforming Rehabilitation Through Translational Research
The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is aiming to utilize translational research at its highest level. And, as a physical therapist, Meghan has a front-row seat.
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"I am Determined" Michelle Clemens' Miracle Journey
That has been Michelle's mantra ever since May 11, 2017, when a debilitating headache led her father to rush her to the hospital. "She said, 'Daddy, I'm really scared. I don't want to die.'"
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A Life Regained Following Stroke
When Walter arrived he was paralyzed on the right side of his body. He arrived on a Saturday and by the following Tuesday, he took his first steps. Soon after, he began walking & didn’t stop.
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Walk This Way to Post-Stroke Recovery
n the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Legs + Walking Lab, gait therapists focus on promoting locomotor recovery for patients post-stroke. The primary physical therapists refer patients to gait therapy if walking goals are indicated, usually soon after completion of the initial evaluation.
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Ryan's Story: Surviving a Stroke at 20
Ryan suffered a stroke when he was just 20 while he was on vacation with his family in Florida. After months of intensive therapy, Ryan has made an incredible recovery. He has learned to walk, improved his hand function and has his sights back on school.
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