A pastor and volunteer firefighter with a mission to get back home after a car accident. I came here after having hip replacement surgery due to a car accident. I knew that I couldn’t recover at home, but I didn’t truly understand how important rehabilitation care is at the time. As it turns out, this …
LifeWorks Rehab helped her regain her independence. I’ve always worked hard and enjoyed the work I do. I retired from my first career in 1987, but soon went back to work as the receptionist at Berkshire Health & Rehabilitation Center. I loved everyone I worked with there so much and truly enjoyed all the patients …
He needed a hip replacement and chose to pre-register for his spot to recover at a LifeWorks Rehab Center. I knew I needed to find a place to recover after my hip surgery and there were lots of things to think about. It was important to me to chose the right location that provided me …
He was determined to get back to his active lifestyle and we are happy to see him now walking more than four miles a day. I first came to the Center after a spinal infection left me completely immobilized. It was something that I had never experienced before, and something I was totally unprepared for …
LifeWorks Rehab helped get her back home — strong, healthy, and independent. After spending 26 days in the hospital being treated for a very rare condition called Paget’s Disease, I was very, very weak. I had lost more than 20 pounds while I was in the hospital and there was no way that I could …
Couple who goes through rehab together is again doing the things they love together. 2017 has been a tough year for me and my wife Debbie to say the least. As a result of shoveling snow in January, I suffered a tear in the muscles around my hip and was left completely incapacitated. Then in …
From routine surgery gone wrong to amazing recovery. I went in to the hospital for a routine hernia operation that turned out to be anything but routine. There were complications and I became septic and almost didn’t make it. After spending 42 days in the hospital I couldn’t walk. I could barely move. I really …
From hip replacement to back on the job in less than three weeks When I found out that I needed hip replacement surgery, there were two things that were most important to me: getting back to home to my family quickly and getting back to work. I work full-time for Appalachian Power and at the …
After a stroke, LifeWorks Rehab helped her get back home and back to the work she loves. I suffered a cerebral stroke while attending church which left me with a number of problems. It affected the left side of my body, and my left leg was just like jelly – I couldn’t hold any weight …
