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Swimmer Learns to Walk Again after Beach Accident
After a diving accident at the beach, Tural was admitted to RIC where we went through the frustrations of therapy couple with "crazy and happy moments."
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After Being Paralyzed from the Waist Down, Man Walks Again
After opening his eyes, Thomas noticed he could move his legs. “I realized I was hurt very badly. I looked down at my legs and I couldn’t feel them.”
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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 found help from an unlikely source, our therapy dog.
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Neuroscientists Are Searching for God in Our Gray Matter
Jordan Grafman, director of brain injury research at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, and other neuro-scientists have been curious about the neural basis of faith.
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Congratulations to our Nurses Week Award Winners & Nominees
This week the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab celebrated our nurses for providing exceptional care to patients day in and day out.
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2023 Pediatric Summer Camps
AbilityLab is offering 4 pediatric summer camps. They will have fun activities and each will have an area of focus: speech, feeding, gait and upper extremity function.
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New Wheelchair Lets Users Move While Standing Up or Sitting Down
The engineers at Center for Bionic Medicine in AbilityLab have created the first manual wheelchair that allows users to move while in both standing and seated.
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Developing Solutions to Real Life Challenges
AbilityLab team members participated in the Makeathon, a 72-hour marathon where a product is designed sharing physical solutions to real life challenges.
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If You Fall, Reading This Story Might Help Ensure You’ll Get Up
After a life saving brain surgery, Christine Bowers is walks on the KineAssist MX, which allows people freedom of motion but catches them if they stumble.
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Norman Plays Guitar as Therapy
Music therapy helps patients relax while providing another way to build strength and work on movements. Check out this video of Norman days after his stroke.
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The 2 Most Common Myths of Childhood Speech Development
Advice from a speech-language pathologist about two common myths about speech therapy for kids.
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How does a spinal cord injury (SCI) affect breathing?
Not all spinal cord injuries affect breathing. The location of the injury on the spinal cord and the nature of the injury determine whether breathing is affected.
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