DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan (RIM)

Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan (RIM), a member of the Detroit Medical Center (DMC), is one of the nation’s largest providers of physical medicine and rehabilitation services. Whether a patient has low back pain, a sports injury or a more complex condition such as a stroke or brain injury, our experienced team of physicians and therapists will customize a treatment program to meet the patient’s needs and goals.

History
In the 1940s, everyone feared the polio epidemic. This deadly and crippling virus attacked without discrimination, and there was no cure. Thousands died.

Thousands who survived were left paralyzed. At the same time, many soldiers returned from battle in World War II bearing severe injuries.

Detroit was hit as hard as any major city, and desperately needed a way to treat this unusually large population of newly disabled patients. A single facility dedicated to getting these patients to return to their communities at the highest level of independence was needed. It had to treat them, not only physically, but psychologically, socially and vocationally as well.