We would like to announce that Cheryl Wylie, our Physiotherapy Clinic Practice Leader at Ross Rehabilitation, has successfully completed the Vestibular Rehabilitation: A Competency Based Course. This intense, evidence-based, six-day course is held in Atlanta, Georgia and co-sponsored by Emory University and the American Physical Therapy Association. Skills learned and perfected include: oculomotor examination with…
Read MoreRoss Rehab Presenting Exhibitor Booths at the Following Spring 2017 Conferences
Ontario Trial Lawyers Association Spring 2017 Conference, “Winning Your Case: What Works & What Doesn’t” on April 27 and 28, 2017. For more information visit: https://www.otla.com/index.cfm?pg=events&evAction=showDetail&eid=39759 31st Annual Joint Insurance Seminar of the Hamilton Law Association & the OIAA (Hamilton Chapter), Tuesday May 2, 2017 For more information visit: http://www.hamiltonlaw.on.ca/docs/default-source/event-flyers/2017-joint-insurance-flyer.pdf?sfvrsn=10 Hamilton Health Sciences, 24th Annual Conference on Neurobehavioral Rehabilitation in…
Read MoreNow Offering Hamilton Concussion Support Group
Ross Rehabilitation is proud to announce our Hamilton Concussion Support Group. This group meets once a month to offer education, peer support, local resources, and friendship to those who have sustained a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) / concussion in the Hamilton and surrounding region. Guest speakers attend most sessions to provide education on various topics,…
Read MoreRoss Rehab Participates in Christmas Adopt-A-Family and Adopt-A-Senior Programs
For the third year in a row, Ross Rehabilitation staff participated in St. Matthew’s House Christmas Adopt-A-Family and Adopt-A-Senior programs which provide new toys/gifts, clothing and grocery store gift cards to families and seniors in the area.
Ross Rehab at the Hamilton Brain Injury Association’s 10th Annual Fundraising Dinner
Ross Rehab will be a Decoration Sponsor for the upcoming Hamilton Brain Injury Association’s 10th Annual Fundraising Dinner on November 17, 2016. All proceeds for the event go towards funding HBIA’s support services and recreational activities for acute brain injury survivors and their caregivers and spouses. For more information on this event, or if you would like to…
Read MoreGroup Hydrotherapy Class has MOVED!
Ross Rehabilitation’s group hydrotherapy class is now being offered at Dalewood Recreational Center! This newly renovated pool is home to our weekly group classes running every Wednesday from 1:15-2:15pm. Hydrotherapy uses the principles of water and buoyancy to allow increased movement than may be permitted on land. Due to less gravitational force, there is less…
Read MoreRoss Rehabilitation Donates Non-Perishable Food for Welcome Inn Community Centre
Ross Rehabilitation staff participated in the Welcome Inn Community Centre Thanksgiving food drive which provides non-perishable food to the growing number of families experiencing hunger in the Hamilton area. For more details about Welcome Inn Centre programs visit: www.welcomeinn.ca.
Ross Rehabilitation Presents in Anatomy 101 Hosted by the Hamilton Medical Legal Society
The Ross Rehabilitation team presented in the recent Anatomy 101 held by the Hamilton Medical Legal Society on September 22, 2016. The session focused on concussion education, and Ross Rehabilitation presented on First Assessment by Physiotherapy. The session included education on the various aspects of a physiotherapy assessment including vision, vestibular, autonomic, neurocognitive, and orthopaedic. Near Point Convergence and…
Read MoreCheryl Wylie Speaks on Temporomandibular Joint Rehabilitation
Cheryl Wylie, Physiotherapy Practice Leader at Ross Rehabilitation spoke last month at the Hamilton & District Dental Hygienist Society (HDDHS) monthly meeting on September 14, 2016. She spoke about Temporomandibular Joint Rehabilitation, an area Ross Rehabilitation has had extensive experience in treating and educating the local community about. The session reviewed various TMJ dysfunctions, the biomechanics behind TMJ clicking…
Read MoreRoss Rehabilitation On The Green for HBIA Golf Tournament
Ross Rehabilitation Physiotherapy team members were on the green this past month in support of brain injury survivors, their families and caregivers for the HBIA Golf Tournament on August 9, 2016 at Copetown Woods Golf Club. We had the pleasure of golfing with Dave and Doug from CCXIT Computer Services, and got to meet Mr. Walter…
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