Rehabilitation Reimagined
by Nikki McCants, PT, DPT
Rehabilitation Reimagined is a podcast created for individuals with Neuromuscular and Neurologic injuries or disorders, their support networks and healthcare providers. A unique mix of science, self-advocacy and storytelling, Rehabilitation Reimagined aims to connect our community members and healthcare practitioners with the people and resources to help them feel empowered and to thrive!
Episodes
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Episode 8: Walking Away From Cancer with Bridget and Jamie Korn
(Almost) 10 year old Bridget and her mom, Jamie, long time fundraisers for St. Jude's Children's Research Center discuss how they found themselves traveling to the renowned hospital after Bridget was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a cancer of the bone, at 6 years old. What began as a seemingly...
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Episode 7: Speaking up for Spinal Cord Injury with Drew Clayborn
Drew Clayborn is a motivational speaker, director of the Drew Crew Charitable Organization, host of his own Podcast called “Excuse my language, But...” and the self-proclaimed healthiest complete quadriplegic. After sustaining a high cervical complete spinal cord injury as a high school student...
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Episode 6: Adaptive Driving
Lea Bertoni, Occupational Therapist and Certified Driving Rehab Specialist from Driving to Independence, a driving evaluation and training program based in Arizona and New Mexico talks all about getting back out onto the road (or onto the road for the first time!). Certified Driving Rehab...
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Episode 5: On Entrepreneurship and Accessible Travel
Today's guest is Brett Heising, CEO of brettapproved, Incorporated, home to brettapproved.com, a travel and lifestyle website for anyone with a physical disability or mobility challenge who wants to travel confidently . In this podcast we discuss the personal challenges and frustrations that...
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Episode 4: The Power of the Pelvic Floor
Dr. Ashley Rawlins, physical therapist and owner of Inspire Pelvic Health, LLC based in Dallas Texas talks to us about the importance of recognizing and treating pelvic health dysfunction. The pelvic floor, just like other parts of our body is made up of muscle tissue, bones and nerves and just…
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Episode 3: Speaking of Speech (and language, cognition, voice and swallowing!)
McKenzie Uber is a licensed Speech Language Pathologist based in Arizona. She graduated with a MS in Communications Disorders from Texas State University. McKenzie has experience working with the pediatric and adult populations in a variety of clinical settings. In this episode we talk about the...
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Episode 2: Neuroanatomy for Beginners
Think you have to attend medical school to understand the basics of Neuroanatomy? Think again! Listen to this episode to learn about the basic structures of the neuromuscular and nervous systems. The information provided in this episode will: 1. Provide healthcare providers with an easy review…
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Episode 1: Welcome to the Show
Welcome to the first episode of the Podcast! Take a listen to get to know the host and learn about what inspired Nikki to create this project!
About this show
Rehabilitation Reimagined is a podcast created for individuals with Neuromuscular and Neurologic injuries or disorders, their support networks and healthcare providers. A unique mix of science, self-advocacy and storytelling, Rehabilitation Reimagined aims to connect our community members and healthcare practitioners with the people and resources to help them feel empowered and to thrive!
Hosted by
Nikki McCants, PT, DPT