Rehab - RVNAhealth for Lifelong Care and Wellness

Leave Falling to the Leaves

In the U.S., more than 1 of 4 people aged 65 and older will experience a fall each year and, sadly, an older adult dies from a fall every 20 minutes. But falling is not an inevitability. There are tools and exercises available to reduce risk and increase safety. Continue reading

To Know Them is To Love Them

Bill Bagley and RVNAhealth's Casey Sarmiere following a therapy session. On favorable days, and when appropriate, therapy sessions may include a trip around the RVNAhealth building.

October is National Physical Therapy (PT) month but at RVNAhealth our physical therapists are celebrated every day of the year by the patients they treat.Continue reading

Have You Trained Your Brain Lately?

A hand with a pencil works on a sudoko puzzle.

Keeping your brain fit is as important as keeping your body fit. From RVNAhealth Rehab team members Cheryl Rafferty and Theresa Swift, here are some ways to keep your brain “in the game.”Continue reading

Hop on the Posture BAND-Wagon — with RVNAhealth

A woman slouches over a laptop; and a male RVNAhealth physical therapist demonstrates how to use an exercise band

October is Physical Therapy Month, so we asked our RVNAhealth PT team for easy stretches to help us right our posture and work out the kinks of our daily toil. Continue reading

When to Say When: Am I Ready for Joint Replacement Surgery?

Dr. John Dunleavy, M.D, Total Joint Specialist, Hip & Knee Surgeon, OrthoConnecticut, and Gigi Weiss, MSPT, RVNAhealth Director of Rehabilitative Services, recently led this virtual panel discussion co-hosted by the Ridgefield Library.Continue reading

RVNAhealth and OrthoConnecticut present a panel discussion on joint replacement surgeries

A smiling woman wearing a red windbreaker and a smiling man with a red windbreaker walk with their bicycles

In 'When to Say When,' a virtual presentation, John Dunleavy, M.D., Total Joint Specialist, and Hip and Knee surgeon with OrthoConnecticut, and Gigi Weiss, MSPT, Director of Rehabilitation Services at RVNAhealth, highlight the decision-making process and what to expect from joint replacement surgeries.Continue reading

What’s the “Big” Deal? Physical Therapist Kris Greco Shares.

Kris Greco guides an RVNAhealth female patient through balance exercises at a barre

In this interview, Kris explains what brought her to RVNAhealth; why she finds it gratifying to share the LSVT Big therapy program with patients living with Parkinson’s disease; and why you might not want to get in a rhyming contest with her.Continue reading

5 Things You Need to Know about …

Learn all about the RVNAhealth Rehabilitation & Wellness Center, located at 27 Governor Street in Ridgefield, CT . Continue reading

Hip Hip …. delay … Hooray!

Terri Alexander (prior to surgery) discussing the stairs at her Home Safety Evaluation with RVNAhhealth's Joe Naber, OT.

Terri Alexander was among those who were in need of surgery just as COVID-19 started to impact Connecticut. Learn how she got back in action!Continue reading

Speech Therapy: More Than Just Words

A speech therapist helps a senior woman pronounce words

Our speech therapists help patients with medical conditions including ALS, stroke and Parkinson’s disease improve their speech, language and swallowing. A look at this rehabilitation specialty, in the words of two of our talented and thoughtful speech therapists.Continue reading

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