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Q: Tell us about EA Therapeutic Health. What does your company offer to the Rochester region? A: EA Therapeutic Health, formerly known as ExercisAbilities, is a physical rehabilitation and
Q: How did it start for EA Therapeutic Health? A : In 2008, Melanie Brennan, PT, conceptualized ExercisAbilities as her final Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy Program project. After years of working in the acute rehabilitation inpatient and outpatient neurologic programs at Mayo Clinic Rochester, she saw a constant cycle of deterioration in her patients once they were dismissed often forcefully from insurance-based therapy programs. She dreamed of having a place in Rochester where her patients could go to continue their therapy safely and effectively. A place where the staff understood neurologic recovery and adaptive fitness and wellness interventions. And above all, a place that they could easily access all interventions, feel welcome, and afford to attend lifelong as needed to achieve recommended levels of exercise and adequate amounts of interventions to maintain the independence, health, and quality of life they deserve. In 2011, she decided to no longer wait for someone else to build this place she dreamed of. She left her job at Mayo Clinic and founded ExercisAbilities, initially mobile from her car, and later from the Rochester YMCA. In 2013 she began to hire staff and opened her first 2500 sq foot facility. In 2015, she converted EA to a Nonprofit 501c3 organization to match her mission of affordable and equitable care for all. In 2017 EA moved to our current location at 2530 Broadway Ave N. And in 2018, we added the pediatric rehabilitation program, EA Pediatrics. In 2021, we began to build a robust Volunteer Program to meet the needs of the underinsured. Today, in 2022, Dr. Brennan and her staff of 28 provide therapeutic health improvement and rehabilitation programming to nearly 1000 unique individuals per year in 20,000 visits. A rebranding initiative reimagined therapy and fitness, to come to our new name, EA Therapeutic Health. Our goals are big, our great work still under recognized in our community. By 2026, we hope to grow our breadth to serve more than 6000 people each year!
adaptive health and wellness program located in Rochester, MN with a mission to provide the best rehabilitation and adaptive health and fitness solutions to children and adults in our community! They bring physical, occupational, and speech therapy along with specialized adaptive fitness and health coaching services to everyone in need of ongoing care in and beyond the traditional health care model. They believe everyone should have the best resources available to meet their unique health improvement goals including community access to highly skilled support personnel, innovative rehabilitation equipment otherwise only available in medical institutions, and the best in accessible facility design. EA Therapeutic Health is a nonprofit, 501c3 organization that strives to ensure that all children, teens, adults, and seniors living with physical disability have access to our programs and services without financial barriers to achieve healthy, happy, and independent.
Advantage Magazine | 11
January 2023
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