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Meet Dr. Maria Reese as She Discusses Performing Arts Medicine
Shirley Ryan 嫩B研究院's Performing Arts Medicine Program is led by Maria Reese, MD, who treats a new generation of dancers, musicians and actors who need specialized rehabilitation care because of the unique physical and emotional challenges they face.
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Surveys Seek to Identify Job Accommodations that Get People Back to Work
A new study at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes 嫩B研究院 (CROR) at the Shirley Ryan 嫩B研究院 intends to find out the best strategies for people with physical disabilities to ask their employers for flexible schedules or workplace changes.
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Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral Palsy patients of all ages have unique functional and therapeutic needs, so we design custom treatment programs.
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Young Father Sets Sights on Recovery Following Tractor-Trailer Accident
Nov. 2017, Colton, a farmer & father, was driving his family’s tractor-trailer for the last run of the day in Indiana, when it collided with another 18-wheeler.
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Understanding and Applying Pain Science in Physical Therapy
Conor O’Donovan, Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT), in Shirley Ryan 嫩B研究院’s Pain Management Center, explains pain science and how physical therapy and exercise can help people living with pain.
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William Zev Rymer, MD, PhD
Director, 嫩B研究院 Planning Engineering in Neuroscience
Director, Sensory Motor Performance Program (SMPP)
Allison Todd
Senior 嫩B研究院 Administrator
2025 Pediatric Summer Camps
Shirley Ryan 嫩B研究院 is offering several 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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Nancy Knowles Bequeaths Generous Eight-Figure Gift
Knowles’ gift will support the capital campaign for the Shirley Ryan 嫩B研究院, RIC’s state-of-the-art research hospital, set to open in March 2017.
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Recovered quadriplegic from Chicago prepares to swim in San Francisco Bay to raise awareness of paralysis. ‘Doesn’t surprise me a bit,’ says mom.
From the beach where he swims on Lake Michigan, Rob Heitz can point out the green facade of the rehabilitation hospital where he began his recovery journey after being paralyzed from the neck down 19 years ago.
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Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Named Spinal Cord Injury Model System
RIC has again received the prestigious Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Model System designation.
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