WHY WE EXIST

These are just a few stories of how we have helped in Kenya, Mexicali and Ecudor.

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CASE STUDIES

Read these amazing stories from Kenya

Meet Charles.

This is a case study sent from Loyd, our therapist that works in Kenya at the Eldoret Hospital location.

Charles is a 66 year old man who was involved in a road traffic accident 4 weeks ago, and sustained the right patella borne fracture. He underwent surgery and the bone was fixed with k wire. He was initiated on physiotherapy immediately. We're glad to have the knee immobilizer out and a new rehabilitation phase of knee ranges of motion and strengthening exercises began today.

Your kind support has enabled people like Charles to get the quality service of rehabilitation to enable him get back to normal life. Thank you so much and may God continue using you as a blessing into the lives of more people like Charles.

— Loyd, PT LRI

Meet Ian.

Did you know that wheelchairs are hard to come by in other countries and are critical to helping vulnerable patients who need this type of support. Ian, pictured here, is a paraplegic. He requires a wheelchair to be able to get around. Nancy and her team, along with the help of Compassion PT, helped Ian obtain this wheelchair. Your donations are helping patients like Ian be mobile!

Meet Sharon.

She is a 14 year old girl who first came to physical therapy in February for an evaluation. When we met her she was non verbal and was leaning completely forward over a walker. She had no mechanism of injury and after careful evaluation, there was no structural reason why she was unable to stand up straight on walk without an assistance device. It seemed that her symptoms were psychological and possibly stemmed from emotional trauma.

After a few sessions of therapy and encouraging her to walk straight, she began to make slow and steady progress. It was not until we returned home to the states when we received amazing news from our physical therapists that Sharon had begun to leave her room more and attend the art classes on site at the hospital. She eventually gained strength and confidence to stand up straight and now she is able to walk without an assistance device.

We are so proud of her and the courage it took to make this change for herself.

Meet Simon.

Simon suffered a spinal cord injury in a motor vehicle accident. Due to the accident, he had to undergo a spinal decompression surgery immediately. Simon had lost all function of his legs and was diagnosed a paraplegic after the surgery.

While treating him with physical therapy, we saw some return of motor function in his legs. After performing two sessions at his bedside, we decided to stand him up in the parallel bars to work on gait training. To our surprise, after a few sessions in the parallel bars, he began to initiate steps on his own with assistance.

The smile on his face was priceless. Pushing him to do what he believed he could not, empowered him.

CASE STUDIES

Read these amazing stories from Mexicali

Meet Thiago

Microcephaly + Muscular hypotonia
Treatment:
Physical agents, Rood's method, Preparatory massage on upper and lower extremities, Active assisted exercises, Sitting and crawling
Meet Bryan

Dorsal scoliosis + lumbar rectification
TREATMENT
Physical agents, Electrotherapy, Magnetotherapy, Pressotherapy, Therapeutic massage, Taipping + dry puncture in the lumbar area, Williams exercises
Meet Kenin

Bell's palsy on the right
TREATMENT
Physical agents, Electro stimulation, Therapeutic ultrasound, Therapeutic laser, Preparatory massage, Gestural re-education with objects in front of the mirror
Meet Erlinda

Grade I right knee sprain
TREATMENT
Physical agents, Electrotherapy, Pressotherapy, Magnetotherapy, Joint massage, Neuromuscular bandage, Re-education + phases of walking, Strengthening of lower limbs, Balance and proprioception exercises