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2018 Relay for Life Huntsville
2018 Relay for Life Huntsville Cancer Support Walk Join Us in the Fight Against Cancer! Relay for Life Huntsville Cancer Support Walk 2018 meets 5-19-18 at 4:00 at 100 North Side Square. Relay for Life is an annual event celebrated not just in Huntsville, AL but in cities around the world. What began as one man’s […]
Head & Neck Cancer Support Group Meets 2018
Head and Neck Cancer Support Group Meets 2018 Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer Support Group meets 2018. SPOHNC is a cancer support group that meets on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 6:30 – 8:00 pm at Clearview Cancer Institute. They have a speaker on a topic of interest to people with oral, […]
2018 MS Walk Huntsville
2018 Multiple Sclerosis Walk Huntsville We had the best time at the 2018 MS Walk in Huntsville! Thanks to all the Therapy Achievements staff and their families for their hard work and support of this great cause. Last year alone, the MS Society invested nearly $50 million to support more than 380 new and ongoing […]
How To Overcome Competition
How To Overcome Competition – A twist on Tony Robinson’s lesson from David and Goliath Do you ever feel like David fighting Goliath? The story of David and Goliath is one of the biblical stories that Tony Robinson – and I – have loved since childhood. It is a story of how a little shepherd boy defeated […]
Rocket City MS Support Group Meets 4-7-18
Come join us at the April 17, 2018 MS Support Group 3601 CCI Drive Huntsville, Al 35805
Lymphatic Flow By Cathy McNeely, PT
Lymphatic Flow By Cathy McNeely I have been a Physical Therapist since 1989. Being a Certified Lymphedema Therapist with a background in orthopedics/sports medicine, I am always searching for innovative therapeutic exercises and natural remedies to improve lymphatic flow and return in my patients with swelling. Complete Decongestive Therapy which involves Manual Lymph Drainage, use […]
Rehabilitation after Amputation
Rehabilitation after Amputation Loss of a limb produces a permanent disability that can impact a patient’s self-image, self-care, and mobility (movement). Rehabilitation of the patient with an amputation begins after surgery during the acute treatment phase. As the patient’s condition improves, a more extensive rehabilitation program is often started. The success of rehabilitation depends on […]
Changes After Traumatic Brain Injury
What is Traumatic Brain Injury? Traumatic brain injury, often referred to as TBI, is most often an acute event similar to other injuries. That is where the similarity between traumatic brain injury and other injuries ends. One moment the person is normal and the next moment life has abruptly changed. In most other aspects, a […]
Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
Multiple Sclerosis symptoms are variable and unpredictable. No two people have exactly the same symptoms, and each person’s symptoms can change or fluctuate over time. One person might experience only one or two of the possible symptoms while another person experiences many more. Oftentimes, Multiple Sclerosis symptoms can be managed very effectively with medication, rehabilitation […]
Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects predominately dopamine-producing (“dopaminergic”) neurons in a specific area of the brain called substantia nigra. Symptoms generally develop slowly over years. The progression of symptoms is often a bit different from one person to another due to the diversity of the disease. People with PD may experience: […]
