Lower Extremity Paresis Patients Regain Mobility Using Advanced Foot Drop Treatment System

WellStar Kennestone Outpatient Rehabilitation Services recently acquired the Bioness L300 Foot Drop System, which is designed to aid patients who have lower extremity paresis following a stroke, brain or spinal cord injury improve their ability to walk more normally.

Using an advanced functional electrical stimulation (FES) system that sends low-level stimulation to the common peroneal nerve in the patient’s leg, the L300 system actually stimulates muscles to lift the foot during walking.  It also senses the patient’s foot positions, terrain changes and walking speed, allowing them to walk faster and farther.

WellStar Cobb Hospital's New Vision Program

New Vision is a voluntary service that WellStar Cobb Hospital offers adults who are experiencing withdrawal symptoms from using alcohol and drugs. Since July 2009, this service, which is the first of its kind in Georgia, has treated about 300 patients.

WellStar Kennestone Hospital Awarded Three-Year CARF Accreditation

CARF International announced that WellStar Kennestone Hospital has been accredited for a period of three years for its Inpatient Rehabilitation Program: Hospital, Adults; and its Inpatient Rehabilitation Program: Hospital, Stroke Specialty Program. This is the sixth consecutive, three-year accreditation that the international accrediting body has awarded to Kennestone.

WellStar Cobb Hospital Builds Rehabilitation Team

Recent recruiting efforts have resulted in the hiring of three new physical therapists for WellStar Cobb Hospital’s Rehab Department. With the addition of two Physical Therapists (PTs) in acute care, the department will now be staffed with six full-time PTs.