We’re shining a spotlight on the amazing team of speech-language pathologists at Mary Free Bed.

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.

Whether it’s learning to navigate speech difficulties like aphasia, managing communication challenges, building cognition skills, or strengthening muscles to swallow safely, this is our go-to team of experts! Speech-language pathologists work hard to help restore hope, freedom and independence.

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 two 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 Trisha Martinez, MS, CCC-SLP, who works on spinal cord injury team, and Cara Ramirez, MA, CCC-SLP, who works on our medically complex team.

Enjoy the conversation!

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. Every episode we are highlighting the intersection of rehabilitation and relationships.

In this episode, we meet Jill and Sam Smalldon, a mother and son whose lives were forever changed by a devastating car accident. Sam suffered a traumatic brain injury and spent 100 days at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation.

This episode is a story of resilience, perseverance, and the incredible power of family. Hear Jill describe her move from grieving to advocacy, and how she found the strength to help push Sam forward in his recovery.

Riley Frens, Sam's speech-language pathologist, shares her experience working with Sam and the moment she knew he could overcome the challenges ahead. Sam reflects on his journey back to health and what the future holds for him.

This episode is a testament of the power of family, rehabilitation, and a never-give-up attitude. Within the conversation, you'll also hear tips for navigating the difficult path of recovery and how to find hope even in the darkest moments.

Learn more about Rehabilitationships and make sure to rate, review and subscribe for more stories like this.

If you or your family member is in need of rehabilitation, find out how you can Ask for Mary.

In our next episode of Rehabilitationships, a podcast from Mary Free Bed, we keep up with the “Meet the Team” series. For this podcast, we talked with clinicians from the Great Lakes Bay Region who work at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation at Covenant HealthCare.

Our discussions include a nurse, a therapist, and a prosthetist, all who share their motivation for working in rehabilitation and the special connections they form with patients. Those interviews include:

Tracy Brettrager, RN, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation at Covenant HealthCare – (1:16)

Tracy is a registered nurse who works on the inpatient rehabilitation team at Mary Free Bed at Covenant. She started her nursing career in long-term care and recently moved into rehabilitation. Tracy shares a story about one of her patients taking their first steps after a brain injury.

Jacqueline Kareus, PT, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation at Covenant HealthCare – (8:49)

Jacqueline works in the outpatient team as a physical therapist. She has 12 years’ experience in orthopedic therapy. Jacqueline tells how she saw therapists help her grandmother regain mobility after a broken hip, and how that inspired her to work in health care.

Ben Hogan, CPO, Mary Free Bed at Covenant Orthotics & Prosthetics + Bionics – (19:18)

Ben is a Certified Prosthetist and Orthotist at Mary Free Bed at Covenant. Before getting into prosthetics, Ben worked as a bicycle mechanic. During our conversation he shares some similarities between the two.

We’ll be back with more conversations from the team at Mary Free Bed in our next episode. Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

We’d love to hear your feedback. Send us a note at podcast@maryfreebed.com.

If you, a family member, or friend are looking to make an impact in your career, come join our team. Visit Mary Free Bed.com/careers to find our job postings.

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 podcast@maryfreebed.com.

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.

Here’s the conclusion to our story with Spencer Cobb. Spencer was in his senior year of high school when a diving accident changed his life. He spent four months at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital going through inpatient rehabilitation.

For the podcast we sat down with him, his mom Allison, and his occupational therapist Sydney Krol, on the day before Spencer returned home from the hospital.

In the first episode, we talked about Spencer’s life before the accident, how the injury happened and what the initial recovery was like. If you missed that episode, jump back in your podcast feed and give it a listen.

In this second episode, we’ll hear about the relationships Spencer made during his rehabilitation, a few fun and unique experiences he had at Mary Free Bed and what he learned through it all.

After that, I called Spencer up and touched base with him on how he’s been since leaving the hospital. We hear about his progress in outpatient therapy and what’s next for him.

It’s a great story, so enjoy this episode of Rehabilitationships!

Learn more about Rehabilitationships, a podcast from Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation. Every episode we are highlighting the intersection of rehabilitation and relationships. Make sure to rate, review and subscribe for more stories like this.

If you or your family member is in need of rehabilitation, find out how you can Ask for Mary.

We are back with a new season of Rehabilitationships, a podcast from Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation. Every episode we are highlighting the intersection of rehabilitation and relationships.

To start off our second season, we are meeting an all-state high school athlete from Spring Lake, Michigan.

Spencer Cobb was just starting his senior year and really coming into his own on the swim team. His life was changed forever when he sustained a spinal cord injury, taking away his ability to walk and swim.

In the next two podcast episodes, we recorded on Spencer’s last day of inpatient rehabilitation at Mary Free Bed. Spencer was joined by his mother, Allison Cobb, and his occupational therapist, Sydney Krol.

Despite it being a tough journey, our conversation was filled with smiles and laughs.

In this first episode, we learn more about Spencer. We hear about the injury, his initial recovery and the beginning of his rehabilitation.

Next week, we’ll be back in your podcast feeds for the rest of the story. We also include a recent update with Spencer, to see how he’s doing after leaving the hospital.

It’s a great start to our new season, I hope you enjoy!

Learn more about Rehabilitationships and make sure to rate, review and subscribe for more stories like this.

If you or your family member is in need of rehabilitation, find out how you can Ask for Mary.

We are excited to start a new season of Rehabilitationships, a podcast from Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation.

This is the show where we pair real patients with their real clinicians to hear real stories of recovery.

We are just finishing our first year of the podcast, so we wanted to take the opportunity to celebrate and look back at the past stories we’ve shared. Then, we wanted to look forward to all the great upcoming stories we have on the horizon!

Stay tuned for our next full episode as we start season two!