No More “Fear of Falling” with the ZeroG Gait and Balance System

Source: Spokesman-Review After a July 23 rollover accident, Cameron Tweedy received a grim outlook on ever walking again. Along with lower body numbness, he had suffered five fractures in his spine and a crushed ankle. “They told me I had less than 1% chance of minimal function in my legs,” said Tweedy, 21, a Spokane […]

Learning to Walk again at Methodist Outpatient Rehab

Source: Meridianstar Accustomed to running around on the softball field, Northeast Lauderdale alumna Alixus Hearn decided she wasn’t going to be sitting down for the rest of her life. On Oct. 2, 2017, Hearn was involved in a car wreck that ejected her from her vehicle and left her paralyzed from the waist down due […]

Community Hospital in Munster offers ZeroG

Source: Times Staff Amy Peters and Julie Gaski are taking steps to heal and recover after illness left them unable to walk by themselves. With the help of new technology at Community Hospital in Munster, they have new motivation and hope. The ZeroG Gait and Balance System, the first of its kind in Northwest Indiana, […]

TRiP Released for ZeroG

Source: PRWeb Aretech, LLC, an advanced rehabilitation technology leader, announced the release of TRiP for the ZeroG Gait and Balance System, which allows therapists to apply unexpected external perturbations to their patients in order to teach them how to recover from a loss of balance. TRiP (Training Responses in Postural Rehabilitation) was developed in collaboration with Drs. […]

Gaylord Hospital Demonstrates ZeroG

Source:  Gaylord Specialty Healthcare / Gaylord Hospital Physical Therapists Erica Cadavid, PT, DPT and Kaitlyn Rudolph PT, DPT at Gaylord Specialty Healthcare highlight their ZeroG Gait and Balance System. View Gaylord Hospital Video of ZeroG ZeroG creates a safe environment so therapists can perform high level balance training and functional mobility without the risk of […]

Aretech Unveils Ovation. A Rehabilitation Technology for Adults up to 700 lbs

Source:  PRWeb Aretech announced the release of Ovation at the American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Sections Meeting (APTA-CSM) in Washington, DC.  Ovation is the first technology in the world to offer dynamic body-weight support and fall protection for patients training on a treadmill who weigh up to 700 pounds. See Ovation at APTA-CSM “Ovation builds upon […]