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What Is DayRehab?

When a patient comes to a rehabilitation hospital for an inpatient stay, our goal is to get the patient stable and back home. But what happens if a patient is stable enough to be at home, but not personally ready to go back into the community?

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Dorcas Adodo

A Day in the Life: Dorcas Adodo, PCT

"I came to the U.S. to follow my passion for helping people," Dorcas said. "My favorite part about working at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is my 20th Floor team and what we do for patients. I like to call this place a 'miracle center.'"

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Pharmacy Director Ishaq Lat Leads Vaccine Efforts in Muslim Community

Ishaq Lat, director, Pharmacy, has devoted countless hours organizing the vaccination events and educating others about the importance of getting vaccinated.

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Anne Marie

Anne Marie’s Story: Journey to Chicago During a Pandemic

Anne Marie was born with a rare condition in which the liver is missing a portal vein. After undergoing two surgeries, she came to the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab to relearn how to sit, stand, walk and regain activities of daily living.

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NBC 5 Shares Dr. Maria Reese's Stretches for COVID Vaccine Arm Soreness

NBC 5 Shares Dr. Maria Reese's Stretches for COVID Vaccine Arm Soreness

Some people who get the COVID-19 vaccine may experience arm soreness — a sign the immune system is working!

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Foundations of Adaptive Yoga: Part 2

Foundations of Adaptive Yoga: Part 2

Building on "Foundations of Adaptive Yoga: Part 1," this class offers more variations for a continued challenge.

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Foundations of Adaptive Yoga: Part 1

Regular yoga practice has been shown to improve strength, balance and flexibility, and also decrease stress, anxiety and pain. This class is an introduction to all that yoga can do for you.

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Overcoming A Frozen Shoulder: What to know about this common diagnosis

Typically affecting people between the ages of 40 and 60, "frozen shoulder" is a condition marked by stiffness of the shoulder joint capsule, a bag-like structure that surrounds the ball and socket of the shoulder joint. When the capsule becomes stiff, it severely limits shoulder motion.

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CBS's Mission Unstoppable Features Dr. Monica Rho

The CBS show Mission Unstoppable with Miranda Cosgrove recently featured Monica Rho, MD, in a story about physiatry.

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Paradigm and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Announce First-of-Its Kind, Value-Based Partnership

This collaboration will leverage the organizations’ collective clinical expertise and robust data repositories.

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Wall Street Journal: New Long Covid Treatments Borrow From Brain Rehab Tactics

Cognitive problems are among the most persistent and common lasting effects of Covid. Now some patients are getting help from brain rehab programs.

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Chicago Tribune: Glen Ellyn dad has survived COVID-19, 9/11 and cancer

Chris Ward was diagnosed with COVID-19 the day before Thanksgiving. He had a headache, a rarity for him, and got a rapid test to rule out the virus before the holiday.

By the day after Thanksgiving, his heart was racing and he spiked a fever, so he went to the hospital.

He didn’t leave until February.

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