by Kent Kever | Aug 14, 2012 | Health Tips, News & Resources
February 7, 1994 Boston With the opening ceremonies of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games just around the comer, world famous figure skater Nancy Kerrigan has a lot of work to do to get ready. As if regular Olympic preparation weren’t enough. Kerrigan is also...
by Kent Kever | Aug 14, 2012 | Health Tips, News & Resources
ALBANY – Bonita Claytor was pushing a cart bearing a 500-pound liquid nitrogen cylinder when the small steel wheels got caught on the leading edge of a carpet. She tried to tilt the cart and landed in the hospital. “I lost the feeling in my foot and my...
by Kent Kever | Aug 14, 2012 | Health Tips, News & Resources
By Dawn Frasieur El Cerrito physical therapist Alan Ling believes that swimming is an exceptional therapy tool. “Little babies swim before they n can walk,” he said. “It’s such a natural thing. You eliminate gravity and move freely without...
by Kent Kever | Aug 14, 2012 | Health Tips
By Dawn Frasieur ALBANY – The new stairs at Albany Pool make entering and exiting more convenient for any swimmer who uses the facility. But for someone with a limiting physical handicap, they’re almost a necessity. It was that type of person that Dr. Alan...
by Kent Kever | Aug 14, 2012 | Health Tips
By Gerri Kobren The Baltimore Sun Faced with a choice, Pat Butz decided 21 months ago not to take life sitting down. “It was extraordinarily difficult for me to walk,” says the 47year-old Monkton, Md., resident, whose multiple sclerosis had progressed to...
