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Keeping Calm Amidst Chaos
Keeping Calm Amidst Chaos – Tips to Promote a Calm Mindset By: Brie Darcy, PT, DPTWe all worry, feel upset and get nervous from time to time. Challenging situations arise in all of our lives. It’s part of the human experience. Some situations are individualized, while...
Moterum User Spotlight – James and Laura Kinney!
This month’s success story features a truly remarkable couple. Allow me to introduce - James and Laura Kinney! I was very fortunate to get to know James and Laura during a recent clinical trial for the iStride device™. When I think of people who inspire me, James is...
Moterum Research Events 2020
Moterum Research Presented at APTA’s Combined Sections Meeting and the International Stroke Conference The Moterum research team was busy this month! February hosts two of the medical field’s most significant rehabilitation-related events – The American...
When “New Year, New You” Doesn’t Go Quite As Planned…
When “New Year, New You” Doesn’t Go Quite As Planned… By: Brie Darcy, PT, DPTAs we approach the end of the January, you might find yourself reflecting on the well-intended goals that many of us made at the beginning of the month. New Year’s Resolutions. Maybe you...
Moterum – A Digital Dynamo
Moterum Chosen As A Digital Dynamo at the 2020 DOCSF conference before JP Morgan HealthCare Conference According to their website, “The Digital Orthopedics Conference San Francisco (DOCSF) is a high impact experience focused on the implementation of digital...
Moterum User Spotlight – Lee Surridge!
This month on our blog, we will be discussing a topic that has gotten a lot of positive press in the medical community recently – optimism. Optimism can be simply thought of as ‘looking on the bright side’ of any given situation. With this topic in mind, it is only...
CEO’s Corner – December 2019
Hello, from David. This is the second edition of the CEO’s Corner in the Moterum Newsletter. My goal is to each month touch base on the myriad of changes happening within reimbursement, regulation, and delivery of healthcare. One area where change is happening at...
Moterum iStride Device™ User Spotlight – Tony Thornton!
This month our Success Story highlights a stroke fighter who was part of one of our clinical trials with the Moterum iStride Device™ - Tony Thornton!Tony was coaching his child’s soccer team when he experienced a stroke at the age of 41. “The stroke caused me to fall...
The Digital Health Revolution
There is a revolution happening within medicine, the revolution of “Digital Health.” The term Digital Health was coined by 2000 by Seth Frank(1). According to Nature Digital Health, it included , “internet-focused applications and media to improve medical content,...
What I’m Thankful For …
What I’m Thankful For … Last week, I forwarded our Moterum newsletter to my mother. Being the supportive mother and grandmother that she is, she likes to stay updated on both my personal and professional lives. After reading it, she replied “It must feel good to work...
CEO’s Corner – November 2019
Hello, from David. This is the first edition of a new feature in our monthly Newsletter. We are calling it the CEO’s Corner. My hope for this section is that it will provide at least one place, each month, where I can update you on what is happening inside of Moterum,...
Moterum iStride Device™ Caregiver Spotlight and Success Stories – Sue and Louise Rakoczy!
Did you know that November is National Family Caregivers Month? This month especially, but every month, we try to express gratitude and encouragement to the special, selfless individuals who provide support and care to those that need it. Navigating life after stroke...
Moterum Chosen As Winner of the 2019 ACRM Stroke ISIG Outstanding Scientific Poster Award
Last week the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) chose Moterum’s poster “Active Limb Orthosis for Home Use - Stroke Gait Rehabilitation,” as the winner of the 2019 Stroke ISIG Outstanding Scientific Poster Award (poster # 1025728). The poster was...
National Family Caregivers Month
On October 31, 2019, the President proclaimed November 2019 as “National Family Caregivers Month.” (https://caregiveraction.org/presidential-proclamation-2019). Families experiencing the challenges of neural disorders or trauma know the challenges on the primary...
Moterum Researchers Presenting at 2019 ACRM!!
Moterum is proud that its Director of Clinical Operations, Lauren Rashford, DPT, and Clinical Research Manager, Brie Darcy, DPT, will each be presenting ground-breaking research posters at this year's (November 5, 2019 - November 8, 2019) annual American Congress of...
Walking Speed – Is It REALLY That Important?
Spoiler Alert: We Think So! By: Brie Darcy, PT, DPT There has been a lot of buzz in the medical community recently about walking speed. It’s even earned itself a nickname as “the 6th vital sign,” including claims that it may provide as much medical value as more...
iStride™ Gait Solution Featured in Cox Communications Smart Home Events
By Lauren Rashford, DPT Wow! What an amazing opportunity Moterum Technologies had last week being a part of the Cox Communications Smart Home Event in Louisiana. This was our second appearance at a Cox Communications “Smart Home” event, where Cox features technologies...
Moterum to Be Featured at HIMSS19 in the Healthcare of the Future Pavilion
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. HIMSS. It might not roll off the tongue, but their annual conference is the leading conference on health information and technology. More than 45,000 health professionals from over 90 countries gather each...
Counting Steps Matters!
Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Through Step Tracking—Why Step Count Can Make a Difference One of the most important aspects of stroke recovery and rehabilitation is, quite simply, continuing to work the program. Especially once you get home. But it’s a frustrating...
Don’t Stop Walking!
By Lauren Rashford, DPT, Director of Clinical Operations and Customer Development of Moterum Technologies. Walking really may be the best medicine yet… Did you know that there have been more and more studies showing that walking can truly improve your overall health?...
Video of CEO David Huizenga presenting at Cavendish Global Forum
As you may recall, Moterum was chosen as an innovation partner of Cavendish Global and invited to speak at their event in July. The Cavendish producers provided this video of our CEO, David Huizenga, speaking about the impact of stroke gait problems around the world,...
How important are 10,000 steps?
The benefits of walking for overall health, longevity, and the quality of life are well accepted. As long as one's physician has not curtailed walking for some reason, generally all scientists and clinicians agree that the more steps one can take the more...
Importance of Staying Active After a Stroke and Getting the Right Rehabilitation Assistance As Soon As Possible
If your loved one has recently survived a stroke do not feel helpless. You can help them regain their quality of life and you can also help them to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Having a stoke is life-altering in several ways and a person needs support from loved ones...