Rehabilitationships

Here's a teaser for our first episode of “Rehabilitationships," when we will talk with Bryce Burnette. Bryce, a young man from Kalamazoo, Michigan, loves music. He also loves his job, working at a cricket farm. That’s right – a cricket farm!
This new podcast from Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation shares stories about the intersection of rehabilitation and relationships.
Stay tuned to your podcast feed for the full episode of “Rehabilitationships,” to find out what made this recovery sing!
Read more about this story here: https://www.maryfreebed.com/rehabilitationships-podcast-launches-with-inspiring-story-of-cricket-farmers-recovery/

What are “rehabilitationships”? Simply put, it’s where rehabilitation and relationships meet.
We set out to discover and share what it really takes to make an extraordinary recovery from an injury or illness, and that’s where the “Rehabilitationships” podcast got its start.
At Mary Free Bed, we know a thing or two about rehabilitation. For over 130 years, we’ve been changing lives and restoring hope and freedom through rehabilitation.
But if you ask our patients, it’s the relationships that set us apart – the connections they’ve made with their therapists, nurses, doctors and everyone who makes a recovery possible. You could say rehabilitation is in our DNA, but relationships are at our heart.
In this new podcast, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation brings you real stories of recovery from real patients and real clinicians. Join us each month, when we have conversations with real people, who will share their extraordinary experiences of hope and recovery through rehabilitation.
In each episode, released monthly, patients are joined by their clinicians as they chronicle their shared journey. You’ll hear about the challenges they faced and the breakthroughs they made together.
In this trailer you'll hear just a sample of the stories we'll dive into for future episodes. We are so excited to share this with you!

Hear the conclusion of Liz Fanco and Todd Buckingham’s story in the latest episode of ‘Rehabilitationships.’

If you haven’t listened to the first episode, jump back in your feed to check it out. We going to pick up where that story left off.

Liz Fanco is a mother of eight kids, who has been overweight her whole adult life. She was inspired to start running when two of her kids asked her to join them in half marathon. The motivation for this, was that the race was raising funds for World Vision and to help solve the global water crisis.

In our previous episode, Liz shared how she ran for years with no progress, until she met Todd Buckingham, Ph.D., exercise physiologist at Mary Free Bed’s Sports Performance Lab.

Liz started use the AlterG treadmill, a high-tech device that allows Liz to lower her body weight when running. During that process, Todd discovered that Liz was running wrong for years!

So now we pick up with the story as Liz and Todd share more about the services Liz received at Mary Free Bed, how she ran the New York City Marathon and what’s next for her.

For more info on the Sports Performance Lab: https://www.maryfreebed.com/services/sports-rehabilitation/sports-performance-lab/

Learn more about Liz and see her interview on the Today Show: https://www.maryfreebed.com/stories/mom-interviewed-on-today-show-after-losing-115-pounds-with-mary-free-bed-sports-performance-assistance/

For more information on ‘Rehabilitationships’: https://www.maryfreebed.com/podcast/

Have you ever wondered how speech-language pathologists help patients improve their communication?
Welcome back to Rehabilitationships, a podcast from Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation. This is the podcast where we talk about the intersection of rehabilitation and relationships.

For this next episode, we are doing another in our meet the team series. We are featuring a recent conversation I had for National Speech Language Hearing Month. I talked with three speech-language pathologists at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation about their field of speech-language pathology and their great work with patients.

In this discussion you’ll hear from Kate Armstrong, MA, CCC-SLP, Kristen Smith, MS, CCC-SLP and Danielle Vander Horst, MS, CCC-SLP.

Enjoy the conversation!

We’re back with another episode of Rehabilitationships, a podcast from Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation. We are usually digging into the intersection of rehabilitation and relationships by pairing up a patient with their clinician for a great conversation.
For the next couple episodes, we are going to break from that format to get to know some of the team at Mary Free Bed. We will be talking with health care professionals across our rehabilitation system.
In these discussions, we’ll learn about the different types of clinicians we have helping patients in their recovery. They’ll also share what makes them tick and why they keep coming back day after day to serve others.
In this episode, we feature three of the team from Grand Rapids. They are:
Andrew Young, PT, DPT, physical therapist at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital - (1:40)
Andrew works as an inpatient physical therapist and has seven years’ experience in outpatient therapy. He talks about his work as part of Mary Free Bed’s medically complex team and how he got into rehabilitation.
Rebecca Brower, RRT, respiratory therapist at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital - (14:28)
Next, we shine the spotlight on respiratory therapy and how it’s included in rehabilitation. We talk with Rebecca who works in the Intensive Medical Rehabilitation Unit at Mary Free Bed, and how she’s seen her team grow at the hospital.
Adam Lamm, MD, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital - (27:59)
Teaching the future of rehabilitation is vital to Adam Lamm, MD, at Mary Free Bed. When Dr. Lamm isn’t seeing patients on the outpatient side, he’s leading the hospital’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency program. Learn more about his work as a physiatrist and why it’s important to the hospital to host its residency program.
We’ll be back in our next episode with conversations from the team at Mary Free Bed at Covenant HealthCare. Keep an eye on your feed for that, and in the meantime, make sure to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
We’d love to hear your feedback and any story ideas you might have for future episodes. Send us a note at [email protected].
If you, a family member or friend are looking to make a move and make an impact in your career, come join our team. Visit MaryFreeBed.com/careers to find our job postings.