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Women's Health Rehabilitation Resources and Information

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) can direct you to a variety of useful resources for women's health rehabilitation. RIC's LIFE Center provides access to information and online information to support people with disabilities, their families, caregivers and healthcare professionals. The LIFE Center is located on the first floor of the RIC flagship hospital at 345 E. Superior St. in Chicago. The LIFE Center can be reached by phone at 1-312-238-LIFE (5433), by fax at 1-312-238-2860 or by e-mail at lifecenter@ric.org. Additionally, you can also visit any of the Web sites listed below.

Organizations

The American Fibromyalgia Syndrome Association

www.afsafund.org

Arthritis Foundation

www.arthritis.org

Continence Restored, Inc.

1-914-285-1470, 1-203-348-0601 (evenings)

annevyoung@aol.com

National Fibromyalgia Association

1-714-921-0150 Fax: 714-921-6920

www.fmaware.org

Endometriosis Assoc., Inc

1-800-992-ENDO

www.endometriosisassn.org

Enu-Care Foundation Inc

1-800-437-9233

The Fibromyalgia Network Newsletter

www.fmnetnews.com/

Hysterectomy Ed Resources & Services (HERS)

1-610-667-7757

www.hersfoundation.com

International Foundation for Functional

Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD)

1-888-964-2001

www.iffgd.org

The International Pelvic Pain Society

1-205-877-2950

www.pelvicpain.org

Interstitial Cystitis Association

1-212-979-6057

www.ichelp.org

The Interstitial Cystitis Network

www.ic-network.org

Intestinal Disease Foundation (IDF)

www.intestinalfoundation.org

National Association for Continence

1-800-BLADDER

www.nafc.org

National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)

1-800-999-6673

www.rarediseases.org

National Vulvodynia Association (NVA)

301-299-0775

www.nva.org

Section on Women’s Health

American Physical Therapy Association

1-800-999-2782 x 3229

www.womenshealthapta.org/

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National Kidney Foundation of Texas

1-888-829-299

www.kidneytx.org

The Simon Foundation

1-800-23SIMON

www.simonfoundation.org

United Ostomy Association

1-800-826-0826

www.uoa.org

The Vulvar Pain Foundation

1-910-226-0704

www.vulvarpainfoundation.org

 

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Contact Women with Disabilities Center (WWDC) 

Please visit our Web site to learn more about the RIC's Women with Disabilities Center (WWDC)  or to speak with someone in the Women with Disabilities Center, please call 312-238-8003.

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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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
 

Page Updated Wednesday, October 07, 2009