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Rocket City MS Support Meets 3-20-18
Time is running out to Register for our upcoming event in Huntsville for March 20th JOIN US for this (new topics) MS educational program with so much NEW learning Join us to listen with Dr. Samuel F Hunter, who is coming down from Franklin, Tn to speak with you about topics that we are providing […]
Living with Brain Injury: Jennifer Turbeville’s Story
My Story I’m Jennifer Beard Turbeville and I had a Transpetrosal Craniotomy. My Epidermoid Brain tumor formed when I was an embryo. This type of tumor is noncancerous and slow growing. I had chronic headaches as an adult, but didn’t know it as a tumor until I was 35. I sought out help for my […]
2018 Huntsville Lymphedema Conference
Saturday, January 13, 2018 Clearview Cancer Institute, East Room 3301 CCI Dr, Huntsville, AL 35805 Agenda: 8:00 Registration and Vendor Tables 9:00 Dr. Richard Richardson; Updates on Axillary Lymph Node Dissection 10:00 Dr. Beth Falkenberg; Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) 11:00 Karen Allen Hislop, Updates on Compression for Lymphedema Objectives: Updates on Axillary Lymph Node […]
Driver Rehabilitation
December is Driver Safety Month The Holidays are the Busiest Travel Time of the Year Is your loved one safe to drive? Therapy Achievements Can Help! A Driving Safety Evaluation: Gives objective data about driving safety and competency Gives protection from liability to the physician and patient Call 256-509-4398 to Schedule An Appointment Therapy Achievements is a Rehabilitation Center that […]
2017 Relay For Life Huntsville
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 quest to make a difference has grown to the largest fundraising event for cancer in the world. Dr. Gordy Klatt, a colorectal surgeon from Tacoma, Washington, wanted to help raise funds […]
2017 Victory Summit: Parkinson’s Disease Education Extraordinaire!
Parkinson’s Disease Education The Davis Phinney Foundation has partnered with Vanderbilt University Medical Center to present The Victory Summit® Parkinson’s education symposium. What is the Victory Summit? The Victory Summit is Parkinson’s Disease education extraordinaire! It features presentations from leading movement disorder neurologist and therapists around the country. Session have an educational focus and are designed […]
Speech Therapy Month at Therapy Achievements
Written by Jaime Richardson, Speech Therapist May is Speech Therapy Month. And Speech Therapy Month is a great month for a new beginning! Do you feel fatigued? Have muscle stiffness? Difficulty swallowing? Trouble getting your words out? Or trouble putting things in order to complete daily tasks that typically are routine? If so, you are not alone. These things can happen […]
Speech Therapy after Laryngectomy: Vocal and Swallow Rehabilitation
Speech Therapy after Laryngectomy: Vocal and Swallow Rehabilitation Three men. Three different symptoms. Alexander McGuiggan noticed a hoarse voice at Christmas and by March his voice had deteriorated to a whisper. Stewart Farmer noticed difficulty breathing that suddenly progressed and he was constantly short of breath. Alec Smith noticed a tickly throat and husky voice at the end of the day. Two years later he […]
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Brain Injury Awareness March is Brain Injury Awareness month and to increase brain injury awareness in Huntsville, the Alabama Head Injury Foundation sponsored a float in the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. Members from local brain and spinal cord injury support groups braved the cold to raise awareness of brain injury and steps to prevent it. […]
