Women's Health Rehabilitation
You Care for Others. Who Cares for You?
When it comes to healthcare, you make sure those you love are well cared for. You make appointments for regular checkups for your kidpels and maybe even for your parents.You’re the one who makes sure your husband has his blood pressure checked and sees a doctor when he is sick. But when YOU have a problem or are in pain, who makes sure someone helps you? Some may tell you that pelvic pain or incontinence can be expected after having a baby or as we get older. This is simply not true, and the physicians and therapists in the Women’s Health Rehabilitation program at RIC can help.
Building Your Inner Strength
In order to be your best for everyone in your world, you have to be the strongest version of yourself. Pain or other problems with your pelvis or pelvic floor can lead to weakness throughout your body—and extend to your spirit if the problems affect your daily activities.
Does low-back or pelvic pain prevent you from lifting your children or grandchildren or getting down on the floor to play with them? Does incontinence make you nervous to laugh or cough? Does swelling or lymphedema brought on by breast cancer treatments make it impossible to wear your favorite blouse? Do your hips hurt when you go up and down stairs while pregnant or postpartum? If so, you may be suffering from a musculoskeletal issue—an injury or condition that affects the body’s mechanical structure. Treatments with professionals trained in addressing musculoskeletal concerns specific to women can help you get you back to the life you want to live.
RIC Care is a Collaborative Effort
The physicians and therapists in RIC’s Women’s Health Rehabilitation program work with you to determine the cause of your pain or difficulty with movement and to develop a treatment program to address your needs. We then work to empower you to take back your life through manual physical therapy techniques, stretches, strengthening exercises and a range of other approaches available depending on your need. Women who have come for treatment at RIC have been stunned by the differences they see in their quality of life. Sometimes these women have raised their families through the pain after their doctors or family members told them for years that there was nothing they could do for it.
Don’t wait another day to make solving your own discomfort a priority. We stand ready to help you be your best for those who rely on you.
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How We Help with Women's Health Rehabilitation
The Women's Health Rehabilitation Program at RIC is an outpatient care with six locations in and around Chicago. We keep up with changes women are experiencing in their lives. In fact, we help anticipate and prepare for many of them, to reduce risks you may face later on. The RIC Women's Health Rehabilitation Program provides physical medicine and rehabilitation services for the specific health needs of women.
At RIC we offer innovative treatments and therapies, helping women regain their inner strength and once again enjoy active, satisfying lives.
The care of RIC focuses on pregnancy/post-partum, pelvic floor dysfunction and breast cancer rehabilitation. Here at RIC we also pay special attention to particular groups of women like adolescents, female athletes and women with complex conditions.
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Our Rehabilitation Experts
All of the staff members at RIC are board certified and have advanced training in women's health rehabilitation. One of our doctors also currently serves as the lead medical advisor for the Sony Ericsson Women's Tennis Association Tour. Our patient-care teams are made up of physiatrists, nurses, physical therapists and occupational therapists. Together, they assess an individual's posture, range of motion, muscles, nerves, joint balance, coordination and motor control. Further diagnostic tests are ordered if necessary. Our physiatrists then create a custom treatment plan designed to help meet the individual goals of each patient.
Our Women's Health Rehabilitation Physicians
Women's Health Rehabilitation Resources
RIC can direct you to a variety of useful resources for women's health rehabilitation. RIC's LIFE Center (opens new window) provides access to information and online information to support people with disabilities, their families, caregivers and health care professionals. Additionally, you can also visit our online resources for women's health rehabilitation to find more Web sites on the subject.
Women's Health Rehabilitation Resources
Women with Disabilities Center
The RIC Women with Disabilities Center is a partnership between the community and physical medicine & rehabilitation care providers. The Center works to empower women and girls with disabilities to practice self-determination. We enhance the availability, accessibility and quality of medical care and psycho-social support for all women with disabilities.
The Center offers an array of programs and services tailored to the unique issues and challenges of life for women with disabilities, including:
To learn more about the RIC Women with Disabilities Center (WWDC), please visit our Web site at Women with Disabilities Center, or call 312-238-8003.