Gaylord Specialty Healthcare

Dec 20 2022
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The Gaylord Specialty Healthcare Podcast features patients, families, and medical professionals dealing with serious illnesses or injuries and is meant to inspire, bring hope and insight, and a message of belief that life after a traumatic illness or injury is POSSIBLE!

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Mike Kyrsiuk: Running with the Wrong Crowd Nearly Killed Me

Dec 20 2022 21 mins  
In this episode of the Gaylord Think Possible podcast, Megan Palmer, OT, and Gaylord's ThinkFirst Program coordinator, interviews Mike Kyrsuik. Mike talks about nearly life-ending injuries from a car accident when he was a 17-year-old varsity baseball pitcher ready to graduate from high school in 1974. Mike had always been a responsible student until earlier that year when he

Officer David Petersen: Teens and Impaired Driving

Nov 21 2022 23 mins  
Officer Dave Petersen, a police officer with the New Milford, Connecticut, Police Department for the past 12 years, has witnessed the results of traumatic accidents where every second matters in saving lives. He is on the crash scene reconstruction team and is a drug-recognition expert who shares some of the technical and intuitive skills used in detecting how an accident occurred

Meagan Ricci: Tenacity and Faith after a Spinal Cord Injury

Nov 02 2022 40 mins  
Gaylord's ThinkFirst Program is part of the National ThinkFirst Association, which is committed to educating youth about the devastating and life-altering consequences of poor decisions that can lead to a serious brain or spinal cord injury.In this episode of the Gaylord Specialty Healthcare "Think Possible" podcast, 32-year-old Meagan Ricci, shares her journey of be

Amy Beckwith: How my daughter's accident and traumatic brain injury changed our lives

Jun 07 2022 35 mins  
Gaylord's ThinkFirst Program is part of the National ThinkFirst Association, which is committed to educating youth about the devastating and life-altering consequences of poor decisions that can lead to a serious brain or spinal cord injury.In this episode, Megan Palmer, OT, and Gaylord's ThinkFirst Program coordinator, interviews Amy Beckwith. Amy's 19-year-old daug

Matt Solomon: Making Hard Choices after Multiple Sports-Related Concussions

Apr 10 2022 29 mins  
Gaylord's ThinkFirst Program is part of the National ThinkFirst Association, which is committed to educating youth about the devastating and life-altering consequences of poor decisions that can lead to a serious brain or spinal cord injury. In this episode, Megan Palmer, OT and Gaylord's ThinkFirst Program coordinator, interviews Matthew Solomon a high school student who

Caitlin Boland: A Physical Therapist's Experience Treating Patients with a Brain or Spinal Cord Injury

Apr 10 2022 23 mins  
Gaylord's ThinkFirst Program is part of the National ThinkFirst Association, which is committed to educating youth about the devastating and life-altering consequences of poor decisions that can lead to a serious brain or spinal cord injury. In this episode, Megan Palmer, OT and Gaylord's ThinkFirst Program coordinator, interviews Caitlin Boland, PT, DPT, about her role a

Dr. Alyse Sicklick: 30 Years of Caring for Patients with Brain Injury at Gaylord

Apr 10 2022 34 mins  
Gaylord's ThinkFirst Program is part of the National ThinkFirst Association, which is committed to educating youth about the devastating and life-altering consequences of poor decisions that can lead to a serious brain or spinal cord injury. Dr. Alyse Sicklick, Gaylord's Medical Director of Inpatient Rehabilitation and a physiatrist, speaks about her almost 30-year care

Ryan Tapp: Life after a Traumatic Brain Injury

Apr 10 2022 29 mins  
Gaylord's ThinkFirst Program is part of the National ThinkFirst Association, which is committed to educating youth about the devastating and life-altering consequences of poor decisions that can lead to a serious brain or spinal cord injury. In this first episode, Megan Palmer, OT and Gaylord's ThinkFirst Program coordinator, interviews Ryan Tapp, a former patient, who wa