The Recovery Project all started because of a spark of hope—a shared belief among its co-founders, physical therapist Polly Swingle and spinal cord client Charlie
For persons who have sustained a spinal cord injury, a growing body of research suggests that exercise may be — quite literally — the best
The Recovery Project is an industry-leading, nationally recognized provider of innovative and high-intensity physical and occupational therapy for people with spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain
On Sunday, May 29, our Co-CEO and Lead Physical Therapist Polly Swingle was featured on WXYZ Detroit to share swimming and boating safety tips for
In her role as an occupational therapist, Jordyn Funk will provide intensive evaluation and treatment to The Recovery Project’s clients and will create customized programs that utilize the latest research-proven best practices and state-of-the-art equipment for clients, including those with neurological disorders. Funk will also leverage her certifications in VitalStim and Neuro-Developmental Treatment (C/NDT).
Danielle Poole has joined the team as the medical scheduler for the company’s two full-service clinics in Livonia and Clinton Township. As medical scheduler, Poole will lead and manage all coordination of client appointments and medical records.
On Monday, April 18, The Recovery Project Co-CEO and Lead Physical Therapist Polly Swingle and Yoga Teacher Steve Styes were invited in-studio to WXYZ/MyTV20 to
The Recovery Project is excited to announce that Megan Reid has joined our Livonia clinic as a physical therapist. In her role, Reid will design and
We’ve launched adaptive yoga classes that are open to the public at our Livonia clinic every Monday and Wednesday at 1 p.m. The adaptive yoga classes
The Recovery Project, a leading provider of high-intensity physical and occupational therapy, announced today that Marie Miller has joined the team as an occupational therapist at the company’s Livonia clinic.
A transformative relationship, in many ways. When I first saw Charlie Parkhill, I had no idea he would become such an important figure in my life. I just thought I could help him. It was 1998 and I was working as a physical therapist (PT) at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan in the town of Novi. Charlie, a certified public accountant with a successful business, had sustained a severe neck injury while on vacation with his wife in Mexico. The wave that knocked him down had bruised and partially severed his spinal cord. Physicians had told him he’d never walk again.
Polly Swingle wondered nearly 20 years ago if cutting-edge physical therapy conducted on cats with spinal injuries that allowed them use of their hind legs would work on humans. It did. Working with her patient Charlie Parkhill, a businessman who had injured his spinal cord in a freak swimming accident in 1998, Swingle began to test her ideas in Detroit using high-intensity workouts.
