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Top Rehabilitation Hospitals in Texas: Spinal Cord and Brain Injuries.

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Top Rehabilitation Hospitals in Texas: Spinal Cord and Brain Injuries.

#1 - TIRR Memorial Hermann is Best in Texas (Houston) and #4 in the Nation. Every year since 1990, US News & World Report has ranked our nation’s leading hospitals. And in every one of those years, TIRR Memorial Hermann has been named among the very best rehabilitation hospitals in the United States. Why? Affiliated physicians have 100+ years of cumulative experience; 90% are fellowship trained in subspecialties like brain injury, stroke and spinal cord medicine. To further our international patient rehabilitation outcomes, TIRR Memorial Hermann has a dedicated international program that works with diverse patient backgrounds. Our patients have...

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Brain injury: How it can affect everyday life — and how to prevent it.

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Brain injury: How it can affect everyday life — and how to prevent it.

Written by Health columnist Jennifer Hutchings. Philosopher René Descartes is well known for his phrase, “I think, therefore I am.” He introduced the fundamental explanation for how we currently understand the function of the brain. In other words, our brain connects us to the world we live in. It does this by receiving sensory data involving memory centers, emotion and language as we continuously interpret and respond to smells, sounds, tastes, feelings and what we see around us in our environment. All of that can change, though, when the brain is injured. The CDC defines a traumatic brain injury (TBI)...

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Hi all Occupational Therapist...

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Hi all Occupational Therapist...

I’m looking for a few qualified therapists to test my Cuddle Spoons “SP-ewelry” against any Doctor issued spoon eating aid. I want to know how my design compares. Who's spoon do they prefer?Qualified Therapist are working with Children, Elderly or Disabled patients and has a blog site or social media following. These requirements are necessary for Public Feedback. My testing shows that @CuddleSpoons (Facebook ID) www.CuddleSpoons.com is the better eating aid; even though I created them as a fun novelty keepsake gift for all couples in any relationships.Thank You ~ Ken Vantroba

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Hand, Arms, Trunk/Stomach Exercising - Rehabilitation: Recovering from a Stroke Part 3.

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Hand, Arms, Trunk/Stomach Exercising - Rehabilitation: Recovering from a Stroke Part 3.

Are you using your cup or bottle? This is your new workout buddy, so give it a name. My bottle is called “Arnold Palmer”, get it? O.K. let’s begin. At this point you should be all stretched out; your Hand, Fingers and Arm, now we are going to add your Trunk/Waist Muscles. “Arnold” is in my hand and the only thing touching the table. I stretch my Arms out forward as far as I can, using my stomach muscles; ONLY if you can – The cup should be sliding on the table.  When you are all the way forward, slowly...

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Who am I? by Ken Vantroba AKA CuddleMan

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Who am I?  by Ken Vantroba  AKA CuddleMan

My life drastically changed in December of 1988.  Why? At the age of 26, I suffered a severe and debilitating stroke that immediately left me unable to move, breath or eat.  I was also unable to ever work again.  That left me totally dependent upon state and federal assistance.  I don’t like that to this day! My family wasn’t prepared!  I wasn’t prepared!  We had to adjust on the fly, so to speak.  Needless to say, life became very difficult.  Since my stroke happened in 1988 there wasn’t much the medical community could do for me, so my life was...

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