AKRON, OH - Healing Innovations, a leader in advanced rehabilitation technology, announces a new partnership with Summa Rehabilitation Hospital, a premier inpatient rehabilitation facility serving patients with complex medical and recovery needs throughout northeast Ohio. This collaboration represents a meaningful step forward in Healing Innovations’ mission to bring transformative rehabilitation solutions to healthcare teams and the patients who depend on them.

Through this partnership, Summa Rehabilitation Hospital has integrated Healing Innovations’ state-of-the-art rehabilitation platform, the Rise&Walk® InClinic, directly into its clinical care model. Summa’s therapists and staff are now equipped with the skills and tools needed to deliver next-level rehabilitation therapy to their most vulnerable patients, many of whom face significant neurological, cardiopulmonary, and musculoskeletal challenges.

“Partnering with Summa Rehabilitation Hospital is an exciting milestone for us,” said Luke Benda, CEO of Healing Innovations. “Summa has a long-standing reputation for clinical excellence and a deep commitment to their patients. Together, we’re bringing the best rehabilitation technology that opens new possibilities for recovery, especially for patients who have faced significant limitations in their mobility and independence.”

For patients at Summa Rehabilitation Hospital, the road to recovery demands both clinical precision and innovative technology. The Rise&Walk, purposely built for inpatient rehabilitation settings, meets that challenge directly. A single clinician can deliver high-intensity, high-repetition therapy sessions generating between 1,500 and 2,000 steps per session. This level of repetition is essential for promoting neuroplasticity and accelerating functional recovery. For patients facing a long road back, the Rise&Walk provides a structured, safe, and motivating pathway toward greater mobility and independence. 

“At Summa Rehabilitation Hospital, we are committed to providing evidence-based, patient-centered innovations that can make a real difference in recovery outcomes,” said Meghan MacLean PT, DPT, NCS and Outpatient Therapy Lead from Summa Rehabilitation Hospital. “Regardless of diagnosis, age, mobility status, or stage of recovery, the Rise&Walk has proven a consistent method to improve capacity for and quality of mobility. It has helped many patients reach their milestone of standing and walking for the first time. For one patient, it has been a critical tool to help facilitate his return to overground walking for the first time since his spinal cord injury over 2 years ago. Our partnership with Healing Innovations allows us to offer our patients a powerful new dimension of rehabilitation therapy and we are excited about the impact it will continue to have for those in our care.”

The addition of Summa Rehabilitation Hospital reflects continued growth in Healing Innovations’ partnership with Ernest Health, which now spans more than 30 facilities nationwide. As the network expands, both organizations remain focused on increasing access to advanced rehabilitation technology and supporting measurable improvements in patient outcomes.

About Summa Rehabilitation Hospital
Summa Rehabilitation Hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility located in Akron, Ohio, providing specialized care for patients recovering from strokes, brain injuries, orthopedic conditions, neurological disorders, and other complex medical events. As part of the Summa Health and Ernest Health systems, the hospital is committed to delivering compassionate, high-quality rehabilitation care that restores function and improves quality of life for every patient it serves.

About Healing Innovations: 
Healing Innovations is an industry leader in lower extremity rehabilitation technology, focused on advancing how clinicians support mobility, independence, and functional recovery for individuals with neurological injury. With U.S.-based engineering and manufacturing, Healing Innovations designs and builds robotic rehabilitation technology informed by the science of neuroplasticity, supporting high-repetition, high-intensity, activity-based therapy aligned with evidence-based rehabilitation principles.

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