When I walked into the locker room at work, I realized something was wrong. I couldn't speak. I tried to pick up my lock, but my right hand couldn't grab it. One of my co-workers noticed something was wrong and asked if I could write. With my left hand, I scribbled 911 on a piece of paper. Luckily, my friend knew the signs of stroke and got help. She called an ambulance, and I was rushed to the emergency room. The doctors ran some tests and put a drug into my IV.

Cardiac Rehabilitation is just what it says it is, rehabilitating your heart muscle after heart, thoracic or vascular surgery. It is basically a very good fitness program that is organized at established Cardiac Rehab Centers, but also can be individualized to you and done at home thereby eliminating travel. Rehabilitation can start in the hospital, but generally speaking the outpatient rehabilitation starts 2-3 weeks after you have gone home.

Vestibular rehabilitation is an exercise approach to the remediation of disequilibrium and dizziness symptoms associated with peripheral vestibular pathology. A common neuro-otological approach to managing the dizzy patient with balance problems is to administer medication designed to suppress vestibular function.

Your rehabilitation will be overseen by your physician and supervised by your clinician, with assistance from ancillary and administrative staff. After a comprehensive evaluation, goal assessment, and treatment plan, you will be scheduled for a return visit/(s) based upon your physician and clinician’s recommendation. AthletiCo’s primary objective is to help you achieve your rehabilitation and treatment goals and prevent further injury/dysfunction.

The goal of recovery and rehabilitation is to maintain as much motion in the shoulder as possible. This will require daily exercise and patient responsibility. Physical therapy is very important.

A certificate of rehabilitation generally allows a person convicted of a crime to have his or her civil and political rights of citizenship restored. The granting of a certificate of rehabilitation also serves as an application to the Governor for a pardon.

It is a home repair program that is available for low to moderate-income resident homeowners in the Town of Brookhaven.