More articles about: Physical Therapy

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To reduce chronic pain, a new digital program could help

A new study tested a program called Promoting Resilience with Innovative Self-Management, which combines traditional cognitive behavioral therapy skills for pain with additional activities intended to promote resilience and positive emotion.
Dale Dedrick, M.D., driving a black carriage being pulled by a brown horse. It is a sunny day, and they are on a grassy area.
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Gift honors reclaimed life and dreams

Dale Dedrick, Paralympian and retired U-M surgeon, creates a fund to support Michigan Visiting Nurses in gratitude for the care that reclaimed her life and equestrian dreams.
person in middle with equipment on her that's being monitored by someone with a headset on in the corner and someone behind her
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AI supports home-based balance training

Balance training patients may soon be able to get AI feedback during home exercises, with four wearable sensors and a new machine learning model developed at the University of Michigan.
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Helping traumatic brain injury patients recover through a team-based approach

A rehab specialist discusses how traumatic brain injury patients are supported through their recovery journey with a team-based approach, the short term and long term goals of rehabilitation, and more.
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How do you treat rotator-cuff tears?

Rotator-cuff tears appear most in adults over the age of 40. These injuries are typically treated with physical therapy and surgical intervention as a last resort.
two pictures side by side one in virtual reality going over beam and the other of the person in real life doing it with VR technology
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Using virtual reality for stroke rehabilitation

Researchers at University of Michigan Health are using virtual reality technology to aid in mirror therapy physical therapy routines for stroke survivors.
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Finding independence after spinal cord injury with inpatient rehab

One woman's successful inpatient rehabilitation at Chelsea Hospital after experiencing a fall that left her paralyzed.
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Teen heads to college after complex journey with rare neuromuscular disease

A teenager shares her journey with spinal muscular atrophy and how she’s successfully headed off to college now.
two students in bright blue jackets walking with man with walker down hallway in black sleeveless shirt and maroon sweats
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Kinesiology students help hospital patients get walking again

The new initiative pairs kinesology undergrads with patients in the Medical Short-Stay Unit at Michigan Medicine to keep them up and moving during their stay.
girl sitting on couch with brace on and standing with brace on in UM shirts
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Live donor cartilage allows musician to return to the stage

A musician receives live donor cartilage that changes her life.
Barbie doll placed in stretching positions for a visual aid for doctors
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Barbie may help physicians, patients have more productive telehealth visits

At the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, one physician found a way to help pediatric patients demonstrate different joint movements using a Barbie doll.
Woman grasps at pelvic area, indicating pain
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Pelvic floor injury during vaginal birth is life-altering and preventable, experts say

New technology can prevent pelvic floor conditions associated with childbirth.
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Persistent pain in your funny bone? It could be ulnar neuropathy

A Michigan Medicine expert breaks down what ulnar neuropathy is and how electrodiagnostic studies can assess severity and guide management, which can sometimes include conservative treatment and education on how to protect the nerve.
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Brain tumor and car crash survivor aspires to be example for others living with disabilities

A car accident at age 20 left Sahar Mashhour in the intensive care unit for three months. Almost six years later, Mashhour is still pursuing her passions proving that her disability doesn’t limit her ability, but instead helps her see life through a different lens.
Pink head brain maze
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The malfunction of an undamaged brain

People with these two functional neurologic disorders often go misdiagnosed