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WINAMAC, Ind., July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Braun Corporation, the world's largest manufacturer of wheelchair-accessible vans, ramps and wheelchair lifts, today published key insights from a symposium hosted recently in Washington, D.C. titled "ADA 20/20: Looking Back, Looking Forward on Mobility." In anticipation of the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the panel of key thought leaders from government, medicine, academia and business exchanged insights on...
CHERRY HILL, N.J., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Physical Therapy Association has accredited Fox Rehabilitation to offer a new, post-graduate residency training program exclusively in geriatrics. Fox Rehabilitation is the only private physical therapy practice in the nation to receive this prestigious designation. Participants will provide patient care, receive one-on-one clinical mentoring with Fox Rehabilitation professionals, and spend time on a variety of active learning...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Where do you turn when you need a therapist or counselor? A new website, TherapistRatingz.com, allows users to read and post independent ratings and reviews of therapists, who are rated on reliability, knowledge, friendliness, and accessibility. Ratingz.net, an Internet company formed to provide consumer ratings for a wide range of services, created TherapistRatingz.com to help patients and parents select the best therapists. President John...
Tel Aviv University researcher pioneers 3-D 'occupational therapy' for childrenIt was her love of ballet that led her to work with children who have motor disabilities. The retired dancer, now an occupational therapist, is pioneering a new "virtual" method to analyze movement patterns in children "• and more effectively treat those with debilitating motor disorders.Dr. Dido Green of Tel Aviv University's Department of Occupational Therapy in the School of Health Professionals is...
CALABASAS, Calif., March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Physiquality, a new national health and wellness network, now offers personalized health and fitness programs and products supervised by qualified physical and occupational therapists, across the United States. "Physical therapists are experts in how the body works, feels and moves," said Michael Weinper, MPH, PT, President and CEO of Physiquality and of its parent company, PTPN, the nation's largest network of rehabilitation therapists in private...
CULVER CITY, Calif., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Autism Spectrum Therapies (AST), an agency providing comprehensive autism services throughout Southern California, is expanding its services to include speech and language programs and occupational therapy, in addition to behavior therapy. The focus of the new services will be early intervention for children from infancy to age three and developmental catch-up for young children who have fallen behind in any developmental area. "As our client...
MU occupational therapy professor says recovery from brain injuries can last a lifetimeUntil recently, scientists believed that, following a stroke, a patient had about six months to regain any lost function. After that, patients would be forced to compensate for the lost function by focusing on their remaining abilities. Although this belief has been refuted, a University of Missouri occupational therapy professor believes that the current health system is still not giving patients enough...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Solomon Nathaniel of Sterling Heights, Mich., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Detroit to participating in a conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Terrence Berg of the Eastern District of Michigan and Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). In his guilty plea today, Nathaniel,...
Hand Therapy Awareness & Injury Prevention Week Gets New Name, Retains Same Important Message CHICAGO, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Society of Hand Therapists (ASHT) is sponsoring Healthy Hands Week, June 8-12, an event designed to increase recognition of the benefits of hand therapy and the importance of hand injury prevention. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080606/NEF003LOGO ) Previously named Hand Therapy Awareness & Injury Prevention Week, this event...
National Health Service hospitals' usage by stroke rehab patients dictates increase in staff and Saebo-trained therapists CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Saebo, Inc. announced in its first quarter that its subsidiary, Saebo UK, Ltd., had another record year in 2008 and has added staff to accommodate its continued impressive growth in 2009. "2008 was another record year for Saebo UK," said UK Managing Director, Glyn Blakey. "In the second half of 2008 alone, we trained an...
