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Whiting resident Robert Champion's family wasn't sure he
was going to walk again after a serious car accident. After
several weeks in the St. Catherine Hospital Acute Rehab Unit,
he is walking like a 'champion.' He is pictured with therapists
Elaine Smith and Lisa Sheehan.
Robert Champion-
Whiting Resident
Last summer, Robert Champion's family did not know if he would walk ever again. With a team effort from St. Catherine Hospital's Acute Rehabilitation (Rehab) Center staff, the 24-year-old Whiting resident has recovered from an automobile accident 'just like a champion.'
"It was a very scary time for our family," says Anita Champion-Brown, Robert's mother. "We are truly grateful to St. Catherine Hospital for the care he received."
In July of 2010, Champion suffered a brain injury from a serious automobile accident. Champion's four week hospital stay included intense physical therapy and use of a new state-the-art rehab tool recently acquired by the hospital, LiteGait®. LiteGait® helps patients learn to walk again after injury.
Neurologist David Rozenfeld, M.D., medical director of the Rehab Center, supports the use of the LiteGait® for patients undergoing therapy at St. Catherine Hospital and worked with administration to bring the new tool to the unit. "This new therapy can assist both patients and clinicians in providing the best possible outcomes," says Rozenfeld. "During rehab, assisting a patient with restricted movement in walking can be labor-intensive and often limiting."
"This new therapy works with a variety of patients including orthopedic, neurologic, older adults, stroke, spinal cord, and head injury patients," says Lisa Sheenan, physical therapist. "(LiteGait) also is used to promote normal walking patterns; assist in balance and coordination; improve the strength and range of motion, and provide quantified, documented progress."
"I am so thankful for the care I received at St. Catherine Hospital," says Champion. "The nurses, therapists, doctors - everyone was great. I am happy to be walking again."
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