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Physical Therapy Defined

An individualized exercise program – usually designed, supervised and implemented by a trained professional – intended to improve or restore joint strength and mobility. It is a "must" following arthroplasty.

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Judge declares mistrial in church case : Jury was deadlocked on verdict after three days

Published August 28, 2008, 12:11 am, Rutland Herald

BURLINGTON -- A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after a Chittenden Superior Court jury remained deadlocked on whether Vermont's Catholic Church was negligent in hiring and supervising a pedophile priest. ... - By KEVIN O'CONNOR Herald Staff

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Suit helps paralysed people walk

Published August 28, 2008, 12:00 am, TVNZ

Paralysed for the past 20 years, former Israeli paratrooper Radi Kaiof now walks down the street with a dim mechanical hum. That is the sound of an electronic exoskeleton moving the 41-year-old's legs and propelling him forward - with a proud expression on his face - as passersby stare in surprise.

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Bittersweet Homecoming For Brave Burn Victim

Published August 27, 2008, 11:48 pm, Queens Chronicle

Six-year-old Duaa Al Ghaithi, left severely scarred by a gas explosion in East Harlem last year, finally returned to her family — three sisters, her father and grandmother — on Monday, to start a new life in South Ozone Park.

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Women in their 30s confront eating disorders

Published August 27, 2008, 10:26 pm, The Times of Northwest Indiana

Kelly had an epiphany in her car two years ago on a lunch break.

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Experts advise therapy, medication for back problems

Published August 27, 2008, 10:19 pm, The Advocate

Exercise can be the best thing for a healthy back. Exercise tapes can be the best thing for a healthy physical therapy business.

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Barker earns physical therapist assistant degree

Published August 27, 2008, 10:07 pm, Asheville Citizen-Times

CLYDE – April Barker began working at Haywood Regional Medical Center eight years ago as a receptionist in the hospital’s rehabilitation department. Using a scholarship granted by the hospital, she now has a degree as a physical therapist assistant.

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FIXIT Waggin"™ fights high cost of prevention

Published August 27, 2008, 9:55 pm, The Auburn Plainsman

FIXIT Waggin’: provides low-cost spay and neuter services. The service is offered every other Tuesday. CONTRIBUTED The Alabama Animal Alliance Spay/Neuter Clinic visited Lee County Aug. 19 to provide pet owners with “low-cost” spay and neuter surgeries. The clinic’s transport vehicle, dubbed the FIXIT Waggin’, picked up local cats and dogs at Surfside Water Park on South College ...

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Only 12 and a victim of a stroke, she"™s vowing to return to the rink

Published August 27, 2008, 7:45 pm, The Providence Journal

Jamie Coyle has the support of her family, teammates and doctors as she battles to resume her passion of playing ice hockey.

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Car rams Raddock, 'by-sitter' hurt

Published August 27, 2008, 7:38 pm, The Troy Record

TROY - One woman was taken to the hospital Wednesday after a car smashed through the back wall of the Raddock Building, located at 1801 Sixth Ave., into an office where she was sitting, according to Rensselaer County officials.

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Nursing home fined $100,000

Published August 27, 2008, 7:19 pm, The Press-Enterprise

PATIENT'S DEATH: It's the state's most severe citation. It comes after workers failed to follow up on a woman's injury.

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