RIC Women`s Health Rehabilitation

RIC Women’s Health Rehabilitation
W
hen it comes to healthcare, you make sure those you love are well cared for. You make
appointments for regular checkups for your kids and maybe even for your parents.
You’re the one who makes sure your husband has his blood pressure checked and sees
a doctor when he is sick. But when YOU have a problem or are in pain, who makes sure someone
helps you? Some may tell you that pelvic pain or incontinence can be expected after having a
baby or as we get older. This is simply not true, and the physicians and therapists in the Women’s
Health Rehabilitation program at RIC can help.
RIC Care is a Collaborative Effort
The physicians and therapists in RIC’s Women’s Health
Rehabilitation program work with you to determine
the cause of your pain or difficulty with movement and
to develop a treatment program to address your needs.
We then work to empower you to take back your life
through manual physical therapy techniques, stretches,
strengthening exercises and a range of other approaches
available depending on your need.
Building Your Inner Strength
In order to be your best for everyone in your world, you
have to be the strongest version of yourself. Pain or other
problems with your pelvis or pelvic floor can lead to
weakness throughout your body—and extend to your
spirit if the problems affect your daily activities. Does
low-back or pelvic pain prevent you from lifting your
children or grandchildren or getting down on the floor
to play with them? Does incontinence make you nervous
to laugh or cough? Does swelling or lymphedema brought
on by breast cancer treatments make it impossible to
wear your favorite blouse? Do your hips hurt when you
go up and down stairs while pregnant or postpartum?
If so, you may be suffering from a musculoskeletal
issue—an injury or condition that affects the body’s
mechanical structure. Treatments with professionals
trained in addressing musculoskeletal concerns specific
to women can help you get you back to the life you
want to live.
You take care of everyone else.
Let us help you get “you” on
your priority list.
Women who have come for treatment at RIC have been
stunned by the differences they see in their quality of
life. Sometimes these women have raised their families
through the pain after their doctors or family members
told them for years that there was nothing they could
do for it.
Don’t wait another day to make solving your own
discomfort a priority. We stand ready to help you be
your best for those who rely on you.
RIC Women’s Health Rehabilitation
Put Yourself on Your Calendar—Making an Appointment
We work with patients and their physicians to quickly and easily take referrals
and schedule patients for treatment.
Have your physician write a referral for physical therapy or occupational
evaluation and treatment, or for a physician consult.
Then contact RIC to schedule an initial evaluation at the location of your
choice. (See locations at right.)
For therapy appointments, please call our scheduling number, 800-883-3931.
For physician appointment, please call 312-238-6100.
To learn more about the RIC Women’s Health Rehabilitation program,
please visit the RIC Web site at www.ric.org/womenshealth.
Meet the Women’s Health Rehabilitation Physicians
Think of us as your source for inner strength.
RIC Women’s Health
Rehabilitation Locations
The Rehabilitation Institute of
Chicago offers physical medicine
and rehabilitation consultation
services at many locations
throughout the Chicago area.
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
345 E. Superior Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Physical/Occupational
Therapy Appointments
312-238-1212 fax
Physician Appointments
312-238-2512 fax
RIC Spine & Sports
Rehabilitation Center
1030 N. Clark Street
Chicago, Illinois 60610
312-238-7709 fax
RIC Outpatient Center –
Hyde Park
5548 S. Hyde Park Boulevard
Chicago, Illinois 60637
773-256-5060 fax
Colleen M. Fitzgerald, M.D.,
Medical Director
Christina Hynes, M.D.
Andrea L. Fraley, M.D.
RIC DayRehabCenter &
Outpatient Center – Homewood
1055 W. 175th Street, Suite 101
Homewood, Illinois
708-957-8353 fax
RIC DayRehabCenter &
Outpatient Center – Northshore
755 Skokie Boulevard
Northbrook, Illinois 60062
847-412-6440 fax
Julie K. Whittington, M.D.
Nicole Wysocki, M.D.
Kristi L. Kirschner, M.D.
Please call the RIC
Outpatient Services Center at
RIC DayRehab Center &
Outpatient Center – Willowbrook
6705 S. Kingery Highway
Willowbrook, Illinois 60527
630-388-6777 fax
800.883.3931
to schedule an appointment or
visit www.ric.org and click on
“Appointment & Referral Request”
RIC Spine & Sports Rehabilitation
Center – River Forest
420 Thatcher Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
708-427-3651 fax
Joanne Smith, M.D.