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Pain After Breast Cancer: Costocondritis
Pain after Breast Cancer: Costocondritis Is pain after breast cancer normal? The answer to this question is often vague. For many women, pain is a normal part of recovery after breast cancer treatment. But for some women, persistent pain after breast…
2019 Huntsville Parkinson's Picnic
Join us October 13 for the Huntsville Parkinson's Picnic! The Huntsville Parkinson's Support Group will host the annual picnic at the Botanical Gardens. We will meet at the Arbor Room (we normally meet the 2nd Sunday of every month at Willowbrook Baptist…
2019 Rocket City Bike MS
What Is Bike MS? Bike MS is a cycling ride to raise funds for the National MS Society. Each year Huntsville, AL - known as Rocket City - participates in a ride. MS affects over 1 million people and this year, like always, the Rocket City team was…
2019 Relay for Life at Rocket City Best Fest
This year Huntsville Relay for Life will be at Rocket City Best Fest. Join us on Saturday June 8, 2019 to celebrate, remember and fight back! Activities start at 4:00 pm at Big Spring Park and include: Battle of the Burger Rocket City's Battle…
2019 MS Walk Huntsville
March is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month! And the 2019 MS Walk Huntsville is is Sat 4-27-19. Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects nearly 1 million in the US including celebrities Montel Williams, Clay Waler, and Jami Lynn Sigler. It is a disease in…
Treatment of Lymphedema: The Swollen Limb
Lymphedema and Edema Treatment of lymphedema can be challenging! Approximately 60% of our body mass is composed of fluid. Normally this fluid moves in and out of the tissues - the space between the skin and the muscle. If the fluid becomes stagnant…
Happy 10th Birthday!
Therapy Achievements has been providing high quality physical, occupational and speech therapy services for 10 years. Thanks to all who came to celebrate our birthday and to wish us well!
Go Red for Heart Awareness Month!
Go Red! February is Heart Awareness Month If you had heart disease, would you recognize the symptoms? You might be thinking, "Of course!" But there's plenty more you need to know besides pain in your chest. While pain in the chest is one symptom, there…
Exoskeleton for Walking
Using an exoskeleton for walking after weakness or paralysis has generated a lot of attention and I have had a number of patient ask me about it. ReWalk is a battery-powered robotic exoskeleton that attaches to the legs and lower back. It contains motors…