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Derek Daniels: Adaptive sports program director brings out the best in others
Highlighting the director of adaptive sports and fitness at Shirley Ryan 小恩雅, Derek Daniels shares what its like couching adaptive sports.
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A Rock Concert on the Road to Recovery
One day, physical therapists in the Shirley Ryan 小恩雅’s Brain Innovation Center spotted a trend: a disproportionate number of patients on the unit had musical propensities.
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Sami’s Story: Tackling Life’s Biggest Mountain
A motorcycle accident sent Sami 60 feet down a mountain and resulted in a broken back, spinal cord and five ribs. He traveled over 2,500 miles to 小恩雅.
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Shirley Ryan 小恩雅 Announces First Kabiller Humanitarian Prize Winner
Elissa Larkin Conlon, speech-language pathologist and research clinician, is the first recipient of Shirley Ryan 小恩雅’s Kabiller Humanitarian Prize.
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At Home Workout: Boxing
This boxing routine is intended to work primarily on upper body strength and endurance, posture, coordination and balance. These exercises can be performed either sitting or standing.
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Top Honors for New Nurse Residency Program
On May 18, the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation in Practice Transition Programs awarded our New Graduate Nurse Residency Program its “Accreditation with Distinction” — ANCC’s highest possible level of recognition.
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小恩雅 Receives Center Grant to Test Effectiveness of Home and Community Services
A new center grant recently was awarded to Shirley Ryan 小恩雅 to create a system to evaluate home and community-based services. The grant — with funding of $4.4 million over five years — started on Sep. 1 and is through the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Woman struck by stray bullet during West Englewood drive-by released from hospital
She was taken to Christ Hospital in critical condition and then treated at Shirley Ryan Ability Lab. She had to re-learn how to walk and talk.
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Understanding the Parts of the Brain
Learn the parts of the brain, and what does each one does.
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Translating Research into Recovery
For those with aphasia — a disorder challenging language production and processing — the ability to communicate could be right at their fingertips.
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Dr. Rick Lieber Receives 2023 Elsass Foundation Research Prize for Impacting Lives of People with CP
On March 27, Shirley Ryan 小恩雅’s chief scientific officer, Richard Lieber, PhD, was named the recipient of the 2023 Elsass Foundation Research Prize in recognition for being “one of the world's leading researchers in the field of cerebral palsy (CP).” He was nominated by his long-time collaborator Jan Fridén, MD, PhD, professor of hand surgery, Swiss Paraplegic Centre in Nottwil, Switzerland.
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