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At Home Workout: Flex-ability Stretching Class
The Flex-ability home program is a brief full-body seated stretch routine for all participants. The goal of this exercise routine is to help people safely improve functional range of motion in all major joints.
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In Heartfelt Reflection: A Message from our CEO
A message from Joanne C. Smith, MD, President & CEO, to Shirley Ryan 小恩雅 employees on June 5, 2020
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Specialized Immune Cells May Improve Early Detection of Parkinson’s Disease
The elevated presence of specialized immune cells called alpha-synuclein reactive T-cells found in patients prior to developing motor symptoms and receiving a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, suggests that increased reactivity of these cells may be present long before clinical diagnosis.
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At Home Workout: STOMPS
Strengthening and Optimal Movements for Painful Shoulders, STOMPS for short, is a home-based exercise program that has been shown to be effective in reducing long-standing shoulder pain in people with spinal cord injury.
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WBEZ: How One Chicago-Area Family Survived COVID-19
Sandy Wilson-Muriel and her mother Gladys Wilson were the first in their family to get sick with COVID-19 in mid-March.
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ABC7: Chicago coronavirus survivor returns home after 10 weeks in 2 hospitals, rehab center
It took two and a half months, but Marian Steele fought COVID-19 and won, and now she's back home.
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Sit for Five Minutes & Improve Your Posture
If you find yourself sitting for most of the day, you may feel tension throughout certain areas of the midback and neck. Without appropriate interventions, tissues in these areas can become stiff, weak, tight or too loose. And, imbalanced muscles often contribute to poor posture and can potentially lead to an injury.
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What Is Your Pelvic Floor? And Why You Should Stop Ignoring It
The pelvic floor is a bowl of muscles at the bottom of the pelvis that helps to control bowel, bladder and sexual function. It consists of three layers from superficial to deep that have differing functions.
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Pelvic Floor: Where Kegels Come in
Stop me if you’ve heard this advice from a well-meaning person in your life: “Do your Kegels…” but with no other instructions on how to do them or how often. What even is a Kegel anyway?
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Training for the Chicago Marathon? Stick to Your Training Plan & Start Now
Teachers always say “don’t cram for a test” — well, the same applies to running a marathon. You can’t cram a six-month training plan into three months and expect the same results.
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