POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all men by these presents that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints John P. Whittington the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in the capacity as an officer and/or director of
HealthSouth Corporation,a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5, Schedule 13D
and Schedule 13G and amendments thereto in
accordance with Sections 13(d) and 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder, and any other forms or reports the
undersigned may be required to file in connection
with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition,
or disposition of securities of the Company;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and
on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary
or desirable to complete the execution of any such
Form 3, 4 or 5, Schedule 13D, Schedule 13G, or other
form or report, and timely file such form, schedule
or report with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any other authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever
in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion
 of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned,
it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in his or her discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform all and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to
be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or their
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at
the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Sections 13(d)
and 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4, and 5, Schedule 13D, Schedule 13G, or other form
or report with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorney-in fact.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as
of this 6th day of May, 2010.
/S/ DOUGLAS E. COLTHARP
Douglas E. Coltharp