PHYSICIANS INTEGRATED PHYSICAL THERAPY
PHYSICIANS INTEGRATED PHYSICAL THERAPY
RECOVERING AFTER
STROKE
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BY MATT SCHROEDER, PT, DPT, MS, MTC DIRECTOR, GENESYS PHYSICIANS INTEGRATED PHYSICAL THERAPY( PIPT)
Physicians Integrated Physical Therapy( PIPT) offers the highest quality multidisciplinary neurological rehabilitation for stroke patients at its Neurological and Specialty Rehabilitation Clinic on Holly Road in Grand Blanc, Michigan.
The newly remodeled facility offers a large gym area, a kitchen and simulated living area, allowing room for strength and mobility training and practice for daily activities and tasks at home. Highly trained and experienced physical, occupational and speech therapists at PIPT provide cutting edge rehabilitation services, utilizing some of the latest technology available.
Stroke affects everyone differently depending on what part of the brain is involved. Strokes can be very mild resulting in only temporary weakness in an arm or a leg. Strokes can also be quite severe resulting in permanent paralysis of one side of the body, loss of the ability to speak normally, and loss of other bodily functions.
Stroke is a“ brain attack” that happens when blood flow to a part of the brain is interrupted causing those brain cells to die. When a person has a stroke, his or her life can be turned upside down in an instant. About two-thirds of people who have had a stroke will have some type of
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Innovative Health- Winter 2017