Maryland's Health Matters - UM Shore Regional Health - Spring 2014 - (Page 4)
A HEALTHY START
Exciting
Therapies for
Parkinson's
Patients
For people who have Parkinson's disease, lowered speaking volume,
mumbled speech and difficulty walking are common effects.
"Other people can't understand what they're saying," explains
Diane Lorsong, MS, CCC/SLP, a rehabilitation therapist for University
of Maryland Shore Regional Health's Comprehensive Rehabilitation
Services. "But the person with Parkinson's thinks he or she is talking
loudly enough-Parkinson's tricks the brain." Similarly, Parkinson's patients might think they are walking normally, but their gait is altered,
which can compromise their mobility and balance.
UM Shore Regional Health has rehabilitation therapists certified in
,
LSVT BIG© and LSVT LOUD© which are innovative treatments for Parkinson's patients. "LOUD, the speech component, is designed to teach
patients not to listen to what their voice sounds like, but to know
what it feels like to speak audibly," Lorsong says. "In BIG, the physical
part of the program, patients are taught to walk 'big'-to take larger
steps and swing their arms, improving their balance and mobility."
In each therapy, 16 sessions take
place over four weeks; custom
schedules also can be arranged.
Research has shown that the benefits of LSVT therapies can last for
as long as two years. Patients are
expected to complete exercises at
home and are asked to return one
Cordia Reilly, DPT, left, and
year later to evaluate whether a
Diane Lorsong, MS, CCC/SLP
refresher course is needed.
SIGN UP TODAY FOR OUR FREE EVENT
UM Shore Regional Health rehabilitation therapists Cordia Reilly, DPT,
and Diane Lorsong, MS, CCC/SLP, will discuss LSVT BIG and LOUD
from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 12, in Room 320 of University of
Maryland Shore Medical Pavilion at Queenstown. To register for the
free event, email dlorsong@shorehealth.org or call 410-827-3818.
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MARYLAND'S HEALTH MATTERS
RAPPEL FOR
HEALTH
FIGHTS KIDNEY
DISEASE
Adventure seekers
can get an adrenaline
rush and support a
good cause at the
annual Rappel for
Kidney Health on
June 6-7. Participants
at the National Kidney
Trish Rosenberry,
Foundation of MaryBSN, RN
land's annual event
will rappel down 32
stories of the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel, the tallest hotel in the city.
"An event like this gives us an opportunity to educate the public about kidney
disease," says Trish Rosenberry, BSN, RN,
manager of outpatient services for University of Maryland Shore Regional Health.
Rosenberry, who is captain of the UM
Shore Regional Health rappelling team,
also chairs the Kidney Foundation's event
planning committee.
David Leeser, MD,
chief of kidney and
pancreas transplantation at University
of Maryland Medical
Center and associate professor of
To support or join the
surgery at University
UM Shore Regional
Health rappelling team,
of Maryland School
or to learn more about
of Medicine, is the
Rappel for Kidney
foundation's corpoHealth, go to kidneymd.
rate revenue chairkintera.org/rappel2014.
man for the event.
Transplant donors
and recipients will be among the participants, but everyone is invited to take part.
JOIN THE
EFFORT
TODAY!
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