Recent News

• October 21, 2009New Study Improves Walking In Patients With Spinal Cord Injury The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), the leading physical medicine and rehabilitation hospital in the country, released new research that may improve the ability to walk in patients with spinal cord injury.
• August 10, 2009Adaptive Sports Camp Advances Ability for Injured Veterans |RIC| RIC held its Second Annual Military Adaptive Sports Camp Aug. 2-9, 2009, to present the opportunity to learn Paralympic sports to U.S. veterans who acquired disabling injuries.
• August 2, 2009RIC Services Foster Ability for Quadriplegic Mom The recent in-depth article in the Chicago Tribune Magazine titled “Quadriplegic mom fights the odds” follows RIC patient Kaney O’Neill – quadriplegic following a spinal cord injury nine years ago – through her dedication to being a mother and the assistance she received at RIC.
• July 23, 2009RIC Experts Discuss Chiropractic Care as Part of Integrated Approach to Pain Two physicians from RIC's Spine and Sports Rehabilitation program were quoted in an article published today on the front page of the Chicago Tribune. The article "Chiropractors: How much can they really heal?" discussed different approaches to the practice of spinal manipulation.
• July 20, 2009RIC Ranked #1 for 19th Year The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), the leading physical medicine and rehabilitation hospital in the country, today announced it has been ranked the “#1 rehabilitation hospital in America” for the 19th consecutive year. The rankings are based on a survey of board-certified physiatrists (physicians who specialize in physical medicine and rehabilitation) as reported in the July 21 “Best Hospitals” issue of U.S. News & World Report.
• July 17, 2009RIC Has Gone Social! RIC now has pages on the social networking sites Facebook and YouTube.
• July 14, 2009Lokomat Therapy Featured in Chicago Special Parent Magazine 11-year-old Juanito Zavala was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as an infant. A recent round of robot-assisted walking therapy with the Lokomat has boosted his confidence and hope of getting around without a wheelchair, according to Chicago Parent.
• May 20, 2009IL VA Director Dan Grant Visits RIC Only days before this year’s Memorial Day holiday, a time when the nation honors our country’s fallen veterans of war, the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) provided a tour to the director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Army Captain Dan Grant, to demonstrate the nation’s leading rehabilitation medicine protocols and innovative research programs that have shown to maximize and restore abilities of several U.S. service members severely injured in combat.
• May 11, 2009Center for Pain Management Designated an APS Center of Excellence The RIC Center for Pain Management has been designated a Clinical Center of Excellence by the American Pain Society, recognizing the nation’s outstanding, multidisciplinary pain management programs that help the estimated one out of every three Americans who suffer from chronic pain.
• April 5, 2009RIC Doctor Cited on Sitting-Induced Low Back Pain Dr. Joel Press, medical director of RIC’s Spine and Sports Rehabilitation Center, was quoted in an article in the April 5 Chicago Tribune discussing how long-term sitting can cause back trouble.