Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan
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DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan (RIM) is one of the eight hospitals/institutions composing the Detroit Medical Center
. RIM is one of the United States' largest hospitals specializing in rehabilitation medicine and research. RIM offers clinical treatment in spinal cord injury
, brain injury
, stroke
, complex trauma and orthopedics
and catastrophic injury care. The Institute is home to the Center for Spinal Cord Injury Recovery, a facility designed to implement and study innovative treatments in spinal cord injury recovery. RIM provides medical care to people at all levels of activity and to athletes at all levels of participation including recreational, high school, college, professional, and elite.
RIM houses the Southeastern Michigan Traumatic Brain Injury System (SEMTBIS) for the treatment and research of persons with traumatic brain injury. SEMTBIS conducts research in the field of rehabilitation medicine, sharing the resulting innovations with brain injury providers worldwide.
Hospital in Detroit. This was also the site of the Metropolitan Detroit Polio Foundation, which merged with the Rehabilitation Institute in 1953. These two partners soon realized they needed a building of their own to house all their services. As a result, in 1958, the Rehabilitation Institute moved to a newly built hospital at its current location. During the last 10 years, RIM has been awarded $16 million in federal and private grants for rehabilitation research focusing on restoring function, improving quality of life and developing innovative therapeutic techniques.
Today, RIM is considered a national leader in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation. With its 94-bed inpatient hospital and numerous outpatient sites located throughout southeastern Michigan, RIM is also one of the nation's largest freestanding rehabilitation hospitals.
Brasza Outpatient and Fitness Center Services Include:
Center for Human Performance (MUCHP) is a program designed to help people achieve maximum physical performance. The cornerstone of the Center features a Biofeedback
Laboratory. The lab offers biofeedback therapy for persons with orthopedic and neurological conditions such as spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke and cerebral palsy
. The MUCHP also utilizes education and exercise to give motivated people the tools they need to improve their physical performance. This includes sports and fitness programs, and nutritional education for persons with disabilities.
MUCHP includes three services designed to meet the fitness and performance needs of orthopedic and neurologically impaired individuals:
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Detroit Medical Center
The Detroit Medical Center, located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, has more than 2,000 licensed beds, 3,000 affiliated physicians and over 12,000 employees. The DMC is the affiliated clinical research site for medical program at Wayne State University...
. RIM is one of the United States' largest hospitals specializing in rehabilitation medicine and research. RIM offers clinical treatment in spinal cord injury
Spinal cord injury
A spinal cord injury refers to any injury to the spinal cord that is caused by trauma instead of disease. Depending on where the spinal cord and nerve roots are damaged, the symptoms can vary widely, from pain to paralysis to incontinence...
, brain injury
Brain injury
A brain injury is any injury occurring in the brain of a living organism. Brain injuries can be classified along several dimensions. Primary and secondary brain injury are ways to classify the injury processes that occur in brain injury, while focal and diffuse brain injury are ways to classify...
, stroke
Stroke
A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...
, complex trauma and orthopedics
Orthopedics
Orthopedics is the study of the musculoskeletal system. The Greek word 'ortho' means straight or correct and 'pedics' comes from the Greek 'pais' meaning children. For many centuries, orthopedists have been involved in the treatment of crippled children...
and catastrophic injury care. The Institute is home to the Center for Spinal Cord Injury Recovery, a facility designed to implement and study innovative treatments in spinal cord injury recovery. RIM provides medical care to people at all levels of activity and to athletes at all levels of participation including recreational, high school, college, professional, and elite.
RIM houses the Southeastern Michigan Traumatic Brain Injury System (SEMTBIS) for the treatment and research of persons with traumatic brain injury. SEMTBIS conducts research in the field of rehabilitation medicine, sharing the resulting innovations with brain injury providers worldwide.
History
In 1951, Rehabilitation Institute of Metropolitan Detroit was founded at Herman KieferHerman Kiefer
Herman Kiefer was a physician, politician and diplomat of the United States.-Germany:He was the only son of a physician, Conrad Kiefer. His mother was a daughter of the gardener of the Grand Duke in Karlsruhe. Thus, he was brought up in a conservative environment and trained to respect the...
Hospital in Detroit. This was also the site of the Metropolitan Detroit Polio Foundation, which merged with the Rehabilitation Institute in 1953. These two partners soon realized they needed a building of their own to house all their services. As a result, in 1958, the Rehabilitation Institute moved to a newly built hospital at its current location. During the last 10 years, RIM has been awarded $16 million in federal and private grants for rehabilitation research focusing on restoring function, improving quality of life and developing innovative therapeutic techniques.
Today, RIM is considered a national leader in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation. With its 94-bed inpatient hospital and numerous outpatient sites located throughout southeastern Michigan, RIM is also one of the nation's largest freestanding rehabilitation hospitals.
Clinical Specialties
Clinical Specialties at RIM include:- Amputee Services
- Aquatic therapy
- Assistive Technology
- Balance Disorders
- Brain Injury Services
- CancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
Rehabilitation - Driver Rehabilitation
- DysphagiaDysphagiaDysphagia is the medical term for the symptom of difficulty in swallowing. Although classified under "symptoms and signs" in ICD-10, the term is sometimes used as a condition in its own right. Sufferers are sometimes unaware of their dysphagia....
- ElectromyographyElectromyographyElectromyography is a technique for evaluating and recording the electrical activity produced by skeletal muscles. EMG is performed using an instrument called an electromyograph, to produce a record called an electromyogram. An electromyograph detects the electrical potential generated by muscle...
(EMG) - Hand Therapy
- Multiple SclerosisMultiple sclerosisMultiple sclerosis is an inflammatory disease in which the fatty myelin sheaths around the axons of the brain and spinal cord are damaged, leading to demyelination and scarring as well as a broad spectrum of signs and symptoms...
- Muscle Energy Technique
- Myofascial ReleaseMyofascial ReleaseThe myofascial release approach is a form of soft tissue therapy used to treat somatic dysfunction and resulting pain and restriction of motion. It is a treatment described by Andrew Taylor Still, founder of osteopathy/osteopathic medicine, and his early students, which uses continual palpatory...
- Neurodevelopmental Treatment
- Occupational TherapyOccupational therapyOccupational therapy is a discipline that aims to promote health by enabling people to perform meaningful and purposeful activities. Occupational therapists work with individuals who suffer from a mentally, physically, developmentally, and/or emotionally disabling condition by utilizing treatments...
- OrthoticsOrthoticsOrthotics is a specialty within the medical field concerned with the design, manufacture and application of orthoses. An orthosis is an orthopedic device that supports or corrects the function of a limb or the torso...
- Physical TherapyPhysical therapyPhysical therapy , often abbreviated PT, is a health care profession. Physical therapy is concerned with identifying and maximizing quality of life and movement potential within the spheres of promotion, prevention, diagnosis, treatment/intervention,and rehabilitation...
- Recreational Therapy
- Rehabilitation Psychology & Neuropsychology
- Return-to-Work Services
- SpasticitySpasticitySpasticity is a feature of altered skeletal muscle performance in muscle tone involving hypertonia, which is also referred to as an unusual "tightness" of muscles...
Management - Speech-Language Pathology
- Spinal Cord Injury Services
- Sports MedicineSports medicineSports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness, treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise...
and Rehabilitation - Stroke Services
- Temporomandibular joint dysfunction
- Vestibular Rehabilitation
- Vocational rehabilitation
- Wheelchair Services
Brasza Outpatient and Fitness Center
The Brasza Center is a state of the art, multi-level fitness center. It houses modern fitness equipment, a free-weight area, running tracks and studios offering a variety of programs, from group exercise and wheelchair mobility training, to community education. The center also includes a sports medicine program directed by therapists and athletic trainers.Brasza Outpatient and Fitness Center Services Include:
- Sports Medicine
- Orthopedic Therapy
- Personal Training
- Post Rehab Training
- Sports Specific Training
- MassageMassageMassage is the manipulation of superficial and deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue to enhance function, aid in the healing process, and promote relaxation and well-being. The word comes from the French massage "friction of kneading", or from Arabic massa meaning "to touch, feel or handle"...
- Work Hardening
- Women’s rehab
- LymphedemaLymphedemaLymphedema , also known as lymphatic obstruction, is a condition of localized fluid retention and tissue swelling caused by a compromised lymphatic system....
Therapy
Mike Utley Center for Human Performance
The Mike UtleyMike Utley
Michael Utley is a former American football player. He is known for being paralyzed during an NFL game.-NFL career:...
Center for Human Performance (MUCHP) is a program designed to help people achieve maximum physical performance. The cornerstone of the Center features a Biofeedback
Biofeedback
Biofeedback is the process of becoming aware of various physiological functions using instruments that provide information on the activity of those same systems, with a goal of being able to manipulate them at will...
Laboratory. The lab offers biofeedback therapy for persons with orthopedic and neurological conditions such as spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke and cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement....
. The MUCHP also utilizes education and exercise to give motivated people the tools they need to improve their physical performance. This includes sports and fitness programs, and nutritional education for persons with disabilities.
MUCHP includes three services designed to meet the fitness and performance needs of orthopedic and neurologically impaired individuals:
- Fitness Assessment and Training
- Nutrition Education
- Biofeedback Training
Center for Spinal Cord Injury Recovery
The Center for SCI Recovery, is one of the first hospital-based programs of its kind in the U.S. to provide a long-term, high-intensity, non-traditional activity-based therapy program that utilizes innovative exercise techniques to optimize recovery.Accreditation
RIM is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare OrganizationsJoint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
The Joint Commission , formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations , is a United States-based not-for-profit organization that accredits over 19,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States...
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