Rehabilitation & Therapy Archives - Sanford Health News

Luke Simmons, standing in full PPE and his work uniform, poses with his dad Jerry (seated and in face mask).

Father and son connect at Good Samaritan Sioux Falls Village

Both men followed similar paths working in health care

Aubrey Gilbert ⋅ 6 min read

Female social worker wearing a face mask poses in hallway marked Welcome to the Rehabilitation Unit.

Hospital rehab ‘gets patients back to their life’

Mick Garry ⋅ 14 min read

Doctor holding tablet computer with normal male chest x-ray image

Respiratory therapists find home at Sanford Health

Mick Garry ⋅ 7 min read

Becky Holmes Rybak stands the help of EasyStand at the Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center. She is accompanied by her son Nicholas Rybak and mother Maggie Marshall.

ALS patient can now make a stand at Sanford Chamberlain

Mick Garry ⋅ 6 min read

Bob Bieberdorf, who had a stroke and subsequent rehab, twists to his left while seated as he holds a pipe in his hands.

Rehab work, positive attitude give stroke patient life back

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 8 min read

Male basketball player shooting

Athletic trainer helps keep ankle injury from ending season

An ankle injury interrupted but didn't stop basketball player Troy Hilz

Alexandra Johnson ⋅ 7 min read

A woman lies on her stomach during a cupping procedure.

Cupping and dry needling in physical therapy help with pain

'I could feel the improvement right away' as cupping helped lower back pain

Mick Garry ⋅ 9 min read

Ethan Erickson sits in a wheelchair petting a fish.

Cancer patient, 12, gets one last fishing trip — at hospital

Sanford Health and state agency quickly pulled off surprise for boy & family

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 19 min read

anti-gravity treadmill: therapist coaches patient ethnic diversity

Anti-gravity treadmill promotes healing with weightlessness

By protecting weaker tissue, technology helps all ages and experience levels

Michelle Erpenbach ⋅ 4 min read

Adaptive sports program provides fitness, fellowship

Archery, kayaking, sled hockey allow veterans of all abilities to participate

Mick Garry ⋅ 9 min read

Physical therapist Tonya Onstad works with Halle Houchins, who's standing on a small trampoline.

Physical therapy helps young children reach milestones

Looking at Halle Houchins' 'whole system' helps pinpoint methods to try

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 15 min read

Steve Stark, aka Mr. History, stands in front of a classroom wearing a black frock coat, black hat and holding a pocketwatch.

Mr. History heads to front of the class again after stroke

After rehab, Steve Stark gets back to telling and illustrating historical events

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 11 min read

Physical therapy assistant Jamie Thompson works with Mataya Duvall as she swings at Sanford Bemidji Children's Therapy.

Preschooler born with cancer now works at being a kid

Coping with effects of neuroblastoma, Mataya Duvall enjoys her physical therapy

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 16 min read

Deb Warner gives two thumbs-up signs as she runs on a gravel road. Her shirt says "gotta run."

When brain aneurysm ruptured, runner defied death

Good health and Sanford neurocritical care team helped beat 10% survival rate

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 39 min read

The Kamrath family portrait, with Molly holding Collin and Shawn holding Bryce.

Home care nurse crucial for families needing constant care

Role can help when children need an hour of care or nonstop vigilance

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 13 min read

Diligent rehab after knee replacements pays off

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 8 min read

Mr. History heads to front of the class again after stroke

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 11 min read

Cupping and dry needling in physical therapy help with pain

Mick Garry ⋅ 9 min read

Home care nurse crucial for families needing constant care

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 13 min read

Hospital rehab ‘gets patients back to their life’

Mick Garry ⋅ 14 min read