About
FromTheClinic Education (FTCE) is the online arm of Life Rehabilitation International, Inc. (LRII), a 501(c)3 non-profit. LRII was formed to assist our neighbors around the globe in need of medical care and medical education. Care and education are currently centered within the specialty of Chronic Lymphatic System Failure. This disease is seen in tropical areas of the world with Lymphatic Filariasis, Elephantiasis and Podoconiosis. Other areas of the world see Chronic Lymphatic System Failure due to Vascular Insufficiency, Primary and Acquired Lymphedema and Chronic Wounds with catalysts ranging from disease to surgical complications to nutritional deficits to trauma.
Life Rehab organizes and leads teams of clinicians into areas where medical care is scarce and areas where our global neighbors are not getting the care they truly need and deserve. Although donations are appreciated, most clinicians self-fund their travel and lodging and by using vacation days at work. Suitcase-loads of supplies are brought along; some times the clinicians have purchased them with their own funds or gathered from local companies as donations. Trips range from 10 days to 3 weeks depending on the distance traveled and the depth of need in that country.
The model used when LRII comes into a country to treat patients has an equally important second arm, that of education. While many humanitarian groups kindly bring care and resources to an area, LRII brings an additional facet to humanitarian care. A large part of each journey is spent educating the local practitioners how to treat their patients AFTER the team has left. The structured model designed and used by LRII, plans for LRII being in an area for a period of 18 months to 2 years. A preliminary recon trip is taken to locate clinic space and to find 3-5 local individuals interested in learning how to treat these diseases. Once everything is set, the initial Master Team comes to the clinic and begins the process of treating and teaching generally for two to three weeks. As the two years progress, more and more of the acute care is passed to the local practitioners with the U.S. team moving into a mentoring/resource role. During this two year period, teams come 2-3 times per year from the U.S. and Canada to educate. It is also during this time sponsors for needed consumables and payroll are located and put into place as all care is provided on a donation only basis - patients are never charged for even their compression wraps. At the end of the time when the local clinicians are able to take over the clinic with sponsorships in place, the U.S Team remains available as a resource but at that time the LRII team moves on to planning/traveling for the next location to set up the next clinic. This is the backbone of Life Rehab International. For receive more information on LRII, click here
During our years of global travel it has also become evident that not only are our neighbors across the globe in need of educational resources, there is also a great need from our neighbors right across the hall from us for education on Lymphedema and Chronic Lymphatic system Failure within North America as well. This site is dedicated to that education.
Life Rehab organizes and leads teams of clinicians into areas where medical care is scarce and areas where our global neighbors are not getting the care they truly need and deserve. Although donations are appreciated, most clinicians self-fund their travel and lodging and by using vacation days at work. Suitcase-loads of supplies are brought along; some times the clinicians have purchased them with their own funds or gathered from local companies as donations. Trips range from 10 days to 3 weeks depending on the distance traveled and the depth of need in that country.
The model used when LRII comes into a country to treat patients has an equally important second arm, that of education. While many humanitarian groups kindly bring care and resources to an area, LRII brings an additional facet to humanitarian care. A large part of each journey is spent educating the local practitioners how to treat their patients AFTER the team has left. The structured model designed and used by LRII, plans for LRII being in an area for a period of 18 months to 2 years. A preliminary recon trip is taken to locate clinic space and to find 3-5 local individuals interested in learning how to treat these diseases. Once everything is set, the initial Master Team comes to the clinic and begins the process of treating and teaching generally for two to three weeks. As the two years progress, more and more of the acute care is passed to the local practitioners with the U.S. team moving into a mentoring/resource role. During this two year period, teams come 2-3 times per year from the U.S. and Canada to educate. It is also during this time sponsors for needed consumables and payroll are located and put into place as all care is provided on a donation only basis - patients are never charged for even their compression wraps. At the end of the time when the local clinicians are able to take over the clinic with sponsorships in place, the U.S Team remains available as a resource but at that time the LRII team moves on to planning/traveling for the next location to set up the next clinic. This is the backbone of Life Rehab International. For receive more information on LRII, click here
During our years of global travel it has also become evident that not only are our neighbors across the globe in need of educational resources, there is also a great need from our neighbors right across the hall from us for education on Lymphedema and Chronic Lymphatic system Failure within North America as well. This site is dedicated to that education.
ROBYN “REDD” SMITH, COTA/L, CLWT, CLT, LASH-FKT, is an Occupational Therapy practitioner, Lymphedema & Wound Therapist and owner of Allez Group, LC, a medical education company headquartered just outside of New Orleans, Louisiana Wherever she travels she is known to medical professionals and patients alike as “Redd Robyn”. As an educator teaching at University/College levels in Anatomy/Physiology, Pathophysiology, Medical Terminology and Occupational therapy, Redd brings over 40 years of teaching skill and experience to her students. She has also taught in Community Education, Continuing Education and Early College Entrance High Schools, and as a licensed educator developed the Occupational Therapy Pathway curriculum for the Utah State Office of Education to be taught in the Early College Entrance High Schools. Developing innovative corporate training programs in the health care and Health Informatics arena is another area of Redd’s expertise.
It was after an extended humanitarian trip to Ukraine treating patients and teaching Occupational Therapy (called Practical Therapy in Ukraine) at the University of Chernivtsi, that Redd treated her first patient with severe lymphedema with basic MLD she had only read an article about. She teamed up with a colleague who had watched a therapist do MLD once. After seeing amazing results in just 4 days, she vowed to return home to become certified in lymphedema therapy and make lymphedema her life’s focus. Continuing her life-long love of volunteering, Redd is the Executive Director of Life Rehabilitation International, Inc and is on the Executive Board of Daily Bread, Inc.; non-profits dedicated to bringing needed medical treatments to resource-poor areas around the world as well as educating practitioners around the globe in the skills and treatments needed to continue the work started by the humanitarian teams.
Redd has authored many articles in both national and international publications, has edited textbooks in Occupational Therapy and is currently co-authoring a series of practical training texts and videos on Venous/Lymphatic disease for both medical practitioners and their industry partners. She is a frequent speaker at regional, national and international medical conferences sharing her unique experiences in Lymphedema Care and education as well as a frequent webinar featured speaker. Redd is a proud member of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC), American Venous Forum (AVF), American Vein and Lymphatics Society (AVLS), Lymphatic Education & Research Network (LE&RN) and is an active member of the Lymphedema Advocacy Group speaking to Congress on the clinical aspects of the Lymphedema Treatment Act.
Redd shares her expertise utilizing her unique immersive, easy-to-understand, teaching style, that she calls "Full Spectrum Learning" finding real-world analogies to teach complex concepts via face-to-face and online classes, videos, webinars, blogs, and her website, www.FromTheClinic.com, where she shares practical concepts and skills on how to best treat patients with Chronic Lymphatic System Failure and Chronic Wounds.
Redd is a medical consultant to several corporations working in the health care sector, offering clinical direction and insight, and also spends time consulting on complex patients wherever she is needed. She assists in developing new products and spends as much time as possible with her true love, designing & teaching innovative classes for Health Care Professionals across the globe.
It was after an extended humanitarian trip to Ukraine treating patients and teaching Occupational Therapy (called Practical Therapy in Ukraine) at the University of Chernivtsi, that Redd treated her first patient with severe lymphedema with basic MLD she had only read an article about. She teamed up with a colleague who had watched a therapist do MLD once. After seeing amazing results in just 4 days, she vowed to return home to become certified in lymphedema therapy and make lymphedema her life’s focus. Continuing her life-long love of volunteering, Redd is the Executive Director of Life Rehabilitation International, Inc and is on the Executive Board of Daily Bread, Inc.; non-profits dedicated to bringing needed medical treatments to resource-poor areas around the world as well as educating practitioners around the globe in the skills and treatments needed to continue the work started by the humanitarian teams.
Redd has authored many articles in both national and international publications, has edited textbooks in Occupational Therapy and is currently co-authoring a series of practical training texts and videos on Venous/Lymphatic disease for both medical practitioners and their industry partners. She is a frequent speaker at regional, national and international medical conferences sharing her unique experiences in Lymphedema Care and education as well as a frequent webinar featured speaker. Redd is a proud member of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC), American Venous Forum (AVF), American Vein and Lymphatics Society (AVLS), Lymphatic Education & Research Network (LE&RN) and is an active member of the Lymphedema Advocacy Group speaking to Congress on the clinical aspects of the Lymphedema Treatment Act.
Redd shares her expertise utilizing her unique immersive, easy-to-understand, teaching style, that she calls "Full Spectrum Learning" finding real-world analogies to teach complex concepts via face-to-face and online classes, videos, webinars, blogs, and her website, www.FromTheClinic.com, where she shares practical concepts and skills on how to best treat patients with Chronic Lymphatic System Failure and Chronic Wounds.
Redd is a medical consultant to several corporations working in the health care sector, offering clinical direction and insight, and also spends time consulting on complex patients wherever she is needed. She assists in developing new products and spends as much time as possible with her true love, designing & teaching innovative classes for Health Care Professionals across the globe.