An estimated 300,000 sports-related traumatic brain injuries are reported in the United States each year. Concussion is the most common sports-related brain injury, second only to motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of traumatic injury among 15 to 24 year-olds.
SIERRA VISTA — What once was a bagel shop, an icon in the city for devotees of the Jewish delectable, is now where people can go to get therapy.
(LANCASTER, TX) – Windsor Gardens, Lancaster’s own senior rehabilitation and continuing care center, announced today the addition of a state-of-the-art Biodex Balance System to their on-premise clinical therapy suite of equipment. The Biodex system is a comprehensive and versatile balance testing and training tool designed to help clinical therapists screen, condition and strengthen patients struggling with core balance issues.
A little effort can go a long way in helping residents achieve results.
We also have a team of employees who have volunteered to help Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck in Center Moriches. During the first week in June, participating employees will take a paid day off, under the Biodex Volunteer Program, to go to the camp and do various outdoor jobs – planting, painting, power washing the pool, etc.
Patients at Hope Network’s neuro-rehabilitation campus in Grand Rapids, Michigan now have access to the Biodex Balance System, physical therapy’s latest tool designed to evaluate and treat vertigo, balance, gait disorders, and vestibular losses; symptoms commonly associated with people recovering from brain injury and other neurologic conditions.
In June 2011, we held a barbecue lunch for our employees to raise money for Canine Companions for Independence. The Company provided the hot dogs, buns and condiments while some employees donated trays of homemade salads and desserts. Everyone enjoyed the good food cooked by our very own “Chef Bobby” and it was a good excuse to sit down and enjoy each others company.
Just over 16 years ago, Dany Baker’s life changed after a single car accident left him with an injury to his thoracic vertebrae that took nearly all the use of his legs.