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[sarah : )]

I went to Shands Rehab in Gainesville, FL.

[jakhep]

Edenhall Hospital near Edinburgh Scotland in 1966, hated every minute of it and signed my self out in the end.

[luckymom]

ahhhh whats wrong with him?


Matt's SCI was caused by a massive tumor that compressed his spine (neuroblastoma). He also suffers from breath holding with asystole (he now has a pacemaker), breathing and swallowing issues and all the fun stuff that comes with being tetraplegic. AD,clonis, scoliosis, temp. control issues you name it. He is however a happy, lively 6 year old. He loves fighting with his brother, video games, DVD's and chasing people with his motor chair. He also loves to flirt with the nurses at Egleston.

[ParaforGod]

I also went to Shephard Center. I think it is a great place and the fact that Mrs. Shepards son had a sci years ago and didn't have a place to go for rehab that was close to home made her and his father start Shepard. She has seen to it that Shephard has everything needed because she understands. The staff is great and so kind and caring but yet works your butt off because they know its for your own good. My doctor at shephard also has a sci.

[ParaforGod]

I also went to Shephard Center. I think it is a great place and the fact that Mrs. Shepards son had a sci years ago and didn't have a place to go for rehab that was close to home made her and his father start Shepard. She has seen to it that Shephard has everything needed because she understands. The staff is great and so kind and caring but yet works your butt off because they know its for your own good. My doctor at shephard also has a sci.

I also went to Shephard Center. I think it is a great place and the fact that Mrs. Shepards son had a sci years ago and didn't have a place to go for rehab that was close to home made her and his father start Shepard. She has seen to it that Shephard has everything needed because she understands. The staff is great and so kind and caring but yet works your butt off because they know its for your own good. My doctor at shephard also has a sci.

[hockeydahc]

TRISL
The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis
I think they're a fairly new facility in comparison.
fantastically run. Great PT's, OT's and medical staff

I met and was a patient breifly of a few doctors and therapists that visited and designed programs for Christopher Reeve, apparently.

quick note about the RIC. Great hockey program. I participated in a practice with the blackhawks, and was very humbled.

[edlee]

Healthsouth in Morgantown,West virginia. 2004-5

Great people but not sci specific and therefore probably not your best choice.
ed

[Doug]

Danielle87, on Oct 19 2006, 10:14 PM, said:

I was just wondering what rehab hospitals everyone went to... i was at Shepherd in Atlanta, GA, did anyone else go there?

I am proud to say I went to Shepherd also

[Zammo]

2 months hard labour at Stoke Mandeville.

[gustifer]

JaniceandBruce, on Oct 26 2006, 01:53 PM, said:

Craig Hospital in Englewood, CO - just outside of Denver. Really great place, great staff.

I also am a graduate of Camp Craig in Englewood, CO. Can't believe the extent they went to help me. They flew me in a leer jet from Reno, Nv. and back for rehab. That place really is something special

[darrel]

I can't say that I went to a Rehab center, I went to OSF in Peoria, Illinois for 30 days. they are set up for SCI and the therapist's I thought were very good. I then came home for a week then had my lapenectomy done and came home the next day.I was a trouble maker.. then I did almost 18 months out patient at the county animal hospital, I did more on my own than they thought about.

[john S.]

Nichole, on Oct 26 2006, 01:49 PM, said:

I didn't go to a rehab hopsital. All i did was like three weeks of inpatient rehab at the hopital i was already at for my injuries due to the car acciden i was in. I was in the hospital for a total of almost two months and then i just did outpatient physical therapy, but not a a place specializing in sci or anything. I hated the hospital so much, and i didn't have time anyway because i had to go back to school really soon so i could graduate on time. A few docs told me i should go but i totally refused, and i've done just fine teaching myself, but i've always been really independent, and don't like people telling me what to do anyway.Do people normally go to these rehab hospitals?

Dod Hall in Columbus, Ohio. I know it has been closed awhile. Most people have emotional problems with such radical rearrangements of their lives. Any physical progress can be the help a person needs to make life an optomistic epiphany and not a drawn out torture. Back then there wasn't an ADA. People really wanted us in nursing homes and they didn't and still don't see anything wrong with their opinion that we are a curse on society. if you think thats pathetic,there are quads that believe it too. Kind of like a black guy joning the KKK?

john

[Alextv]

Does anyone here know about any Rehab hospital in Arizona??????

[greca]

Marc is currently at Mt. Sinai Rehab Center for SCI in NYC (1 week today)

So far we had some mishaps but the staff seem to be getting it together now

[rhyang]

Three months ago I was in five weeks of spinal cord rehab at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, CA. Initially I spent two weeks at another hospital in Modesto - it was the closest trauma center to my accident and I had two neurosurgeries there.

Good to hear things are coming together for Marc

[Mikerowaved]

rhyang, on Dec 11 2007, 11:35 AM, said:

Three months ago I was in five weeks of spinal cord rehab at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, CA.

I spent 3 months at SCVMC myself back in 2000-2001. I thought they did an excellent job for SCI patients of all levels. Great OT, PT, gym, pool, etc. (OK, the food could have been a little better.) I especially liked the way they used the "old timers" to mentor the SCI noobs to help them get over the initial emotional shock. Do they still have the mile "par course" set up in the halls?

Edited by Mikerowaved, 12 December 2007 - 08:12 AM.

[rhyang]

Mikerowaved, on Dec 12 2007, 12:11 AM, said:

rhyang, on Dec 11 2007, 11:35 AM, said:

Three months ago I was in five weeks of spinal cord rehab at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, CA.

I spent 3 months at SCVMC myself back in 2000-2001. I thought they did an excellent job for SCI patients of all levels. Great OT, PT, gym, pool, etc. (OK, the food could have been a little better.) I especially liked the way they used the "old timers" to mentor the SCI noobs to help them get over the initial emotional shock. Do they still have the mile "par course" set up in the halls?

The food was always cause for complaints Generally I supplemented it with fresh fruit and protein shakes my friends brought in

Par course was probably one of my favorite times of the day ! When I was there the usual course was set up so that 7 laps = 1 mile. Often we went outside, which I really enjoyed.

The weekly peer support group was Monday afternoons after par course. I remember weeping in front of everyone my first time There is also an off-site support group every month nearby that I'm still going to ...

I stopped in yesterday to say hello to the nursing staff now that my halo is off. I showed them the keychain I made out of one of the halo pins

[Mikerowaved]

rhyang, on Dec 12 2007, 06:16 PM, said:

Par course was probably one of my favorite times of the day ! When I was there the usual course was set up so that 7 laps = 1 mile. Often we went outside, which I really enjoyed.

The weekly peer support group was Monday afternoons after par course. I remember weeping in front of everyone my first time There is also an off-site support group every month nearby that I'm still going to ...

I stopped in yesterday to say hello to the nursing staff now that my halo is off. I showed them the keychain I made out of one of the halo pins

Yup, 7 laps. I think the other hospital staff there just knew to stay out of those LONG corridors during that part of the day as there were always maniacs on the loose.

No question, outside was a real treat. I remember OT taking us out in their van for out first SCI "experiences" in the real world. Once we went and saw a movie, once out to dinner, and once we weren't supposed to, but we went over the hill to the annual Clam Chowder Festival in Santa Cruz! Great bunch of folks there.

Oh, and once my wife and I snuck out to the Wendy's across the street.

BTW, that's a cool keychain!

[DrewsLou]

My hubby was at Craig Hospital in Englewood, CO.

[rhyang]

Mikerowaved, on Dec 13 2007, 06:08 PM, said:

I remember OT taking us out in their van for out first SCI "experiences" in the real world. Once we went and saw a movie, once out to dinner, and once we weren't supposed to, but we went over the hill to the annual Clam Chowder Festival in Santa Cruz! Great bunch of folks there.

Good times. They have 'recreation therapy' people now too ... initially I was more focused on exercise, PT, etc. but got finagled into the dinner / brunch / movie outings .. even went and did some wheelchair bowling with them. I had fun, despite myself

After I was discharged and had some time to think about the whole experience in retrospect it seemed as though PT/OT/etc was oriented towards 'how to live', while rec. therapy was more 'what about life is worth living'. Solid program.

[xmotocrossbum]

I did my rehab in salt lake city at the university of utah

[allis53ca]

spaulding aurora...for tbi and als...of which i have neither..

[Ricardoluke]

Stoke Mandeville ,July-November (biker season) 2004, mainly kept in solitary due to the dreaded MRSA.

[allis53ca]

ok...in all fairness to spaulding, i was also mrsa isolation til last two weeks or so...but still left in same condition as arrived

[ketsenburg_3]

I went to the rehab in st. louis, mo close to barnes jewish hospital.

[Trinity]

Zammo, on Oct 3 2007, 10:12 PM, said:

2 months hard labour at Stoke Mandeville.

I feel your pain!

[millione]

I went to MaGhee, in Philly.

[E-DOG]

V.A. Medical Ctr. Long Beach, Ca / At 5 months they said I'd been there too long. So I bitched and moaned, cried and complained, and finally kicked and screemed. Squeezed another month out of 'em. Hey! I was all alone and scared shitless!
E-dog

[Hapahowlee]

I'm trying to redo something, but can't get this to go away!!!!

Edited by Hapahowlee, 05 August 2008 - 03:51 AM.

[qbounce]

Hapahowlee, on Aug 4 2008, 08:11 PM, said:

I'm trying to redo something, but can't get this to go away!!!!

Hopefully it's not of the STD kind a thing.-lol
Hey, you left it WIDE open!!-more puns, sheesh . . .

To add, I went to Long Beach Memorial. They're set up for all things SCI. But I STILL managed to get a stage 3 Ulcer from being stabalized the first few days of care. So, what does specialist mean??

Edited by qbounce, 05 August 2008 - 06:29 PM.