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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. […]
Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Support Group
Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Support Group Brain and spinal cord injury occur in young adults – people between the ages of 18 and 34 – more than any other age group in the United States. Every year 1.7 million people sustain a brain injury and 12,000 people sustain a spinal cord injury . Brain and spinal cord […]
Flowers at Therapy Achievements
Maryann is the proud new owner of “Lilies”, a floral painting by Cynthia Parson’s. Maryann attends therapy for treatment of lymphedema at Therapy Achievements where some of Cynthia’s work is displayed. “I’ve been admiring that painting for quite a while and really enjoyed looking at Cynthia’s work during my therapy sessions. I finally decided I wanted it and now it’s mine!” […]
Walking with Foot Drop: A New Brace
Check out this new brace for walking with foot drop! People with foot drop can’t lift the front part of their foot due to weakness or paralysis of the muscles that pick up the toes. Lots of people have foot drop and it can happen when foot muscles become weak after stroke, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, neuropathy or other injuries. Foot […]
Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis
Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis: Amanda Adcock presented “One Treatment Option for Multiple Sclerosis” at the Huntsville Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Group Meeting on 1-17-17. Here are highlights from her presentation: Multiple Sclerosis is an Autoimmune Disease: Multiple Sclerosis occurs when your immune cells attack healthy parts of your central nervous system B & T immune cells are […]
A New Year, A New You!
The New Year is a time of reflection. Each January, roughly one in three Americans resolve to better themselves in some way. Will a New Year bring a New You? See if your New Year’s resolutions make the top 5 list: Lose Weight and Get Fit Weight loss and getting fit are the most popular resolutions. Healthy weight and […]
Balance & Fall Prevention: Strategies for Intervention
Balance & Fall Prevention: Strategies for Intervention Balance & fall prevention are a matter of urgent concern to many older adults and their caretakers. According to a 2008 report by the Center for Disease Control: One third of those over the age of 65 have a fall every year One out of 10 falls results […]
Living with Multiple Sclerosis: Don McNeal’s Story
Living with Multiple Sclerosis “I have Multiple Sclerosis, but Multiple Sclerosis doesn’t have me.” That quote comes from Don McNeal, a two time National College Football Champion (1978, 1979) who played for Alabama under coach Paul “Bear” Bryant. McNeal spoke at the Multiple Sclerosis News and Views Conference in Huntsville, AL Thursday, 8-18-16 and shared […]
