Encore Rehab.

The Cullman Times – Best Therapy Award Winner

One of our PTA’S, Sharon Edens, holding our @TheCullmanTimes best therapy award! Thanks city of Cullman — We are proud to be your physical therapy provider!

5 Stars for Encore!

We have received a lot of love from our patients over the past couple of months and wanted to share their experiences with you! If you are about to have surgery, are an injured athlete, a workers comp patient, or occupational therapy patient, we would like to share with you a few of our 5 star ratings from Facebook to show you why you should choose Encore for your physical therapy provider. You are our priority!

At age 58, I had PT for the first time in my life on my left knee. I also worked in the insurance industry for over 25 years and had little faith in PT in general. It certainly was a positive experience that I would now recommend to anyone!! I’m not much of a believer in non traditional methods, but Laura started me on Kinesio Tape and oh my god… I just purchased the 2nd roll!!! It’s absolutely amazing to me how this stuff works but I love it!! Thanks for everything Encore PT you guys were great!! – Linda

For once, I truly enjoy going for physical therapy. – Rhonda

I can not even begin to express and say how much I appreciate y’all and what y’all have done for Payten! Marna, you have been a blessing to me every step of the way and you know I was a basket case in the beginning! LoL I could not even think of Payten being in anyone else’s hands but yours! Gordo is very lucky to have such a wonderful staff of people, Marna, Kodi, & Sammye working with our kids!!! Thank you!! – Sharon

The staff makes rehab fun!! My daughter loved it! She cried when she was done!! She loved her therapists!! – Remona

If you ever need a wonderful, fun, and caring place for physical therapy please give Encore Rehabilitation-Columbiana a try. You will be welcomed as though you are family and treated with the upmost respect. – Kathy

Awesome place. Been going there since March and they do a great job. Also, thanks to Mr. Scott for sending me to the hospital when he did. Saved my life. Being very serous bout that… Had a blood clot in my lung and they were very aware of everything. – Gary

These people are great they do good work and they act like they care I been to several places for rehalp but this place beats them all they always ask how you doing like they care thanks to all of you – Benny

Hope goes BEYOND the standard treatment with her knowledge and her genuine care for her patients. I am blessed that God put her in my life! – Jennifer

I wouldn’t choose any other place to go to for rehab. All staff welcome you with a smile, treats you with respect, and shows they care and want you to get better no matter what your injury. I love Encore, and if I could give 10 stars I would!! – Blake

We are blessed to have a Physical Therapist like Adam Powell in our community. I have never met some one with so much compassion for his patients and their recovery!! – Autumn

Greatest place for service. The therapists are all very kind, friendly, knowledgable and genuinely care for their patients. I have been under their care for an ACL tear and each one of the staff has been outstanding. Marc and Brian are definitely top notch professionals as is the rest of the staff. – Jerry

Best ever. If you have to have rehab, do it here!!!! – Barbara

They are the best!!! Over the past 3 years, they have helped Miss McKenzie Matheson with all of her goals and everything. I wouldn’t want her to be getting her therapies anywhere else!! – Casey

The people at Encore are very nice and helped me recover from multiple pulled muscles etc. I looked forward to Physical Therapy every day when i was injured and I would definitely recommend them to anyone who needs physical therapy! – Logan

Hamilton Clinic Athlete of the Month, Kennedy Emerson.

Congratulations to Kennedy Emerson who was chosen as the first Hamilton Clinic Athlete of the Month! Kennedy is a Junior at Hamilton High School and loves to dance. She has been a “Key Dancer” in the Aggies band for three years now and is excited about the upcoming football season. With a 4.0 GPA, Kennedy plans to attend a 4 year college and pursue a degree in the medical field. Kennedy is the daughter of Ronnie and Jane Emerson.

Keep up the good work, Kennedy! Good Luck this season!

Hayden Clinic and SportsFit helping in a local athlete’s battle against cancer.

Hayden High School’s multi-sport athlete, Jadon Neely, is only 15 years old and is in a serious battle with cancer. His prognosis at this time is not that great, and he has already lost an arm to the cancer.

So what is Encore going to do about it? For the month of August we will donate $5 from every new membership sold. Our SportsFit members, will be able to run on the decorated cardio equipment and for every mile logged on those machines we will donate $0.25 to helping Jadon! We are also taking donations for the family as well~ We want you to get to know Jadon too, so here is his story:

“Jadon Neely is fifteen years old and attends Hayden High School in Hayden, Alabama where he plays football and basketball, his two favorite sports. Late February of 2015, he began complaining about his arm pain. In March, his pediatrician thought the pain was due to an overuse injury and sent him to physical therapy. After attending therapy nearly six weeks, Jadon broke his right arm and was taken to the local urgent care where the images showed an abnormal break in his humerus. They casted his arm and sent him to do an MRI the next morning that confirmed the suspicion of a tumor in his bone that was replacing his bone marrow. He was referred to an orthopedic specialist who began a series of testing including biopsy. On May 29th, he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma and was then was referred to an oncologist to begin chemotherapy. In spite of the best chemo that is offered for this disease, Jadon’s tumor continued to grow. When first diagnosed, it was roughly the size of a quarter- within eight weeks it was the size of a softball. He was given three options, the very best wasamputating his right arm in order to save his life. On July 29th, Jadon’s arm was removed from his shoulder. He was able to keep his clavicle and scapula and his shoulder muscles. He still has five more months of second line defense chemo, as well as, lung surgery to remove a spot. Jadon begins occupational therapy right away, then proceeds with physical and recreational therapy. Jadon’s prognosis for survival is low in the medical world, due to his response to front line defense chemo; however, he isn’t moved by a prognosis, but is moved by the promises of A Great Big God.”

Decatur Encore Athlete of the Month, Macary Humphrey.

Congratulations to Macary Humphrey who was chosen as August’s Athlete of the Month for our Decatur Clinic. Macary will be a senior at Austin High School and has played basketball for 4 years. She also helped lead the Lady Bears to the Final Four last year. Macary was recently elected attorney general at Girls State and is a volunteer tutor and mentor to young children. She plans on attending the University of Alabama where she has received an academic scholarship. Keep up the hard work, Macary! We are proud of you!

2015 Encore Symposium

We would like to thank everyone who registered and participated in the Symposium this year. With 215 participants and multiple CEUs earned, it was truly a great success! We would like to give a huge thank you to all of the guest speakers, sponsors (pictured below), Tony Kennon, the City of Orange Beach, and the Wharf employees for making the symposium simply outstanding. A special thank you to Paul Henderson, Bo Shirey, Jason and Bridgette Henderson, Jordan King, Darlene Morris, Katy Chauvin, John Hurt, Trina Garmon, and Dewayne Fortenberry who directed and organized the symposium. We are so thankful for all of our awesome ATCs, PTs, OTs, directors, and staff members who make our company the best!

We enjoy helping people get back in the game as quickly as possible. That’s why we do everything we can to keep our staff prepared to serve patients, schools, and athletes. “We love to see you Move.”

– Sponsors –

Theraband

Matrix

Quest Orthotics and Prosthetics

Ossur American

Electro Medical

Alert Services

Encore Symposium at Orange Beach

As many of you know, our annual Encore Symposium in Orange Beach, AL started today. We had a great start to the the symposium this morning thanks to Dr. Emblom from Andrews Sports Medicine Group. We are excited for what the rest of the weekend holds!

Cullman Clinic Athlete of the Month, Rilee White.

Congratulations to Rilee White who was chosen as the Cullman Clinic Athlete of the Month! Rilee is a 17 year old, Junior at Cold Springs high school and is an outstanding multi-sport athlete as well. She is a member of the Lady Eagles softball and basketball teams, and wears the jersey number 18. During her sports career at Cold Springs, she has racked up quite a lot of accomplishments and awards. A few of her top awards consist of Cullman County All-County Player, All-Area Player, Cullman County “Pitcher of the Year”, Elite 8 Tourney, WKUL All Performance Team, but there are many more. Her batting average this year is .531 with 4 home runs, 14 RBIs, 16 runs scored and a 1.40 ERA with 43 strikeouts! WOW!

Apart from her sports career, Rilee excels in her classes with a 3.9 GPA and is attending Snead State after graduation. She is the daughter of Jason and Shannon White. Keep up the good work, Rilee! Good luck your senior year!

Citronelle Clinic Athlete of the Month, Jeffery Snow.

Congratulations to Jeffery Snow who was chosen as the Citronelle Clinic Athlete of the Month! Jeffery is a Senior and multi-sport athlete at Citronelle High School. He is a member of the Wildcats Baseball and Basketball teams that just finished up a great season. After graduation, he plans to attend Alabama A&M in the fall and major in Dentistry. Jeffery is the son of Tonya and Lawerence Byrd. Keep up the good work, Jeffery, good luck in college!

Tuscaloosa’s Weekend Warrior, Langford Sims.

Congratulations to Langford Sims who was chosen as the Weekend Warrior for the Tuscaloosa Clinic! Mr. Langford is retired from Uniroyal Goodrich and enjoys hunting, fishing, and working in his yard. He has one daughter, three grandchidren, one great grandchild, and another on the way. His daughter, who is in the medical field, recommended he come to Encore for therapy. A piece of advice from Mr. Langford, “Follow your therapist’s directions, work diligently, and stay active.”

Keep up the good work, Mr. Langford!