The Power of Community: How Rehabilitation Professionals Create Change Together
The Volyn Regional Rehabilitation Professionals Forum, “Building Opportunities for Community Recovery,” brought together over 130 participants. The event marked an important step in strengthening the professional community, as the quality of rehabilitation services directly depends on the level of specialist training. During wartime, when the number of patients with amputations, neurological impairments, or traumatic injuries […]
“I See the Results of My Work — and That Inspires Me”: How Rehabilitation Professionals Continue to Learn
Bohdan Fasolko works as a physical therapist at Rivne Central City Hospital. He first became familiar with the profession during his student years, when he volunteered in the vascular neurology department. There, he helped stroke patients regain movement, learn to walk, and become more independent. That experience showed him how this profession can truly change […]
Specialists Completed Training on Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
In September 2025, Ukrainian professionals took part in a three-day training course titled “Rehabilitation After Spinal Cord Injury: Basic Principles of a Multidisciplinary Approach.” The event brought together physicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and healthcare workers from across Ukraine who work with patients recovering from spinal cord injuries. The program combined theoretical sessions with practical […]
SU-CARE: a faculty development program in rehabilitation
Here’s a look at another great initiative advancing pediatric rehabilitation — a complementary effort to the ongoing work carried out by the War Trauma Rehabilitation in Ukraine Initiative. Together with Protez Hub, which leads the capacity-building efforts for prosthetists and orthotists, we’ve launched a faculty training project under the SU-CARE program. SU-CARE is an international […]
Playing to live: rehabilitation of children after amputation
After Russia launched a full-scale invasion, the issue of child rehabilitation in Ukraine became critically important. The enemy is not only targeting military facilities — residential areas, schools, hospitals, maternity wards, and even playgrounds are also under attack. Children are among the victims. These injuries often have serious consequences: amputations, multiple traumas, burns. So today, […]
Rehabilitation aids: training for specialists was held
“Many people think that rehabilitation aids are simple devices. In reality, they are a process: choosing the right one, teaching how to use it, and adapting it to a person’s life. These details affect the patient’s mobility and independence,” says Petro Smaglyi, a physical therapist at Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Clinical Hospital. Since basic medical education does […]
Prohibition of mobilization to non-core positions
Important news for rehabilitation specialists: from now on, such professionals cannot be appointed to non-specialized military positions without their voluntary consent. On June 12, a Presidential Decree came into force, introducing changes to the procedures for military service for healthcare professionals. The document is available at the following link. The changes apply to specialists who […]
New enrollment in the School of Physical Therapist of the Future
Educational opportunities for rehabilitation experts! From May 5 to 11, Truskavets will host the third School of the Physical Therapist of the Future, a training course designed to help specialists not only expand their knowledge but also better adapt to the realities of working in wartime and postwar. The School will also promote the development […]
