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New Balance and Stability Class
The new Balance and Stability class includes an educational component and a circuit of exercises focused on balance.
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The Physiologist Magazine Highlights Dr. Monica Perez’s Research on Speeding SCI Recovery in Cover Story Feature
The March 2023 issue of The Physiologist Magazine featured a cover story on the groundbreaking Shirley Ryan AbilityLab researcher Monica Perez, PT, PhD, and her career-spanning research to help speed recovery for patients with spinal cord injuries.
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Our People
Learn more about the doctors, nurses, therapists and other caregivers who make your road to recovery a successful one.
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PWR! Circuit
PWR!Moves® and PWR!Circuit Group classes were developed by Dr. Becky Farley, a physical therapist, neuroscientist and Parkinson exercise specialist.
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Kathryn Altonji, MD
Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship Associate Program Director
Attending Physician, Brain Innovation Center
Assistant Professor of PM&R, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Youth Adaptive Swim Team Earns Outstanding Results at Junior Nationals
Six members of Shirley Ryan AbilityLab's recreational swim program — the Megalodons (named for the largest shark of all time, which lived at the time of dinosaurs) — recently won an outstanding 12 medals in Paralympic events at the Moved United Junior Nationals in Denver.
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Spinal Cord Injury
See why our innovative, interdisciplinary approach to spinal cord injury rehabilitation has made us the #1 choice for patients worldwide for more than 60 years.
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Despite Disease, Ironwoman Lynn Rogers Goes for her 11th Chicago Marathon
Dr. Lynn Rogers - Ironwomen & AbilityLab researcher - battles back from CIDP and Guillain-Barre to return for her hometown marathon.
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Bilateral Priming for Upper Extremity Hemiparesis
The purpose of the study is to determine the best treatment for the arm that has been affected by a stroke. The investigators plan to determine if the arm affected by a stroke will improve with a combination of motor priming and motor training.
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Patient with Quadriplegia and Aspiring Doctor Reflects on Care
Chris Connolly is a brilliant medical student. He's also a quadriplegic — and the person who may change the way we think about doctors.
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New collaborative publication outlining the crucial role of cullin E3-ligases in muscle homeostasis and some caveats for cancer rehab.
Learn more about the new collaborative publication outlining the crucial role of cullin E3-ligases in muscle homeostasis and some caveats for cancer rehab.
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Proactive Parkinson’s Disease Exercise Program
PWR! Fit is an advanced level group exercise class that incorporates the latest approach to exercise for early staged individuals with Parkinson’s disease.
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