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Veteran owned physical therapy center reaching patients virtually

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Veteran owned physical therapy center reaching patients virtually

Veteran owned physical therapy center reaching patients virtually

People who are hurting and aching still need to keep improving even though they may not be able to see their physical therapists.

ACHING STILL NEED TO KEEPIMPROVING EVEN THOUGH THEY MAYNOT BE ABLE TO SEE THEIRPHYSICAL THERAPISTS.

WE AREPROUD TO PARTNER, ONCE AGAINWITH ā”ā”C WEALTH MANAGEMENTIN BEING A VOICE FOR VETERANS.WMAR2 NEWSUS HOW AN AIR FORCE VETERANTURNED PHYSICAL THERAPISTCONTINUING THROUGH CORONA.ĆŗNAT OF WORKOUT Ray McFarlandis having knee problems. Thelocal business owner andfather needs to be able tokeep moving for his work alife.

Ray McFarland/// Patient18;1ā”18:37ā€œTelehealth andthis process is great.

I donthink unless I have to havehands laid on me.

Idoing this on a regular basis.Itbecause now all of the excusethat typically have not goingto the doctor is out thwindow with thisā€ Dr. CarlMartinez the founder of CamPhysical Therapy.

He says hegetting about 30 percentthe business he was beforeCoronavirus and he and otherphysical therapists had to getcreative to keep his businessalive.

Dr. Carlos Martinez CAMPhysical Therapy Founder2:5ā”3:21ā€œWe feel verystrongly that they are ablewhen they are doing thetelemedicine service from homethat we can give them the sameservice they would be doing inthe clinic.

Iguiding them giving them a lotof verbal cues.*Na*Iable to actually give them thehome excerpted and send it tothem right to the phone or thecomputerā€ Heveteran of the United StatesAir Force where he worked as aphysical therapist.

5:1ā”5:27ā€œMy practice also services anursing home called CharlotteHall Nursing home.

Itactually in Charlotte HallMaryland and thats allveterans that we work withover thereā€ Ithis way for a lot ofpatients.

A kit witheverything they will need issent to their house.

They justhave to click on a link Andmost insurances arencharging the $3ā”$40 persession anymore.

15:4ā”16:14ā€œTherebands, I have a ball, theyalso provided me with a kitthat had the electricstimulator in it as well as anice bag so the majority ofthingsIā€Keeping the body healthydespite the threat at all ofour front doorsteps.

5:3ā”5:51ā€œTherethat were coming into theclinic that were doing reallywell.

All of a sudden whenthis pandemic hit they juststopped coming.

When you arehear that all the gains thatyou made ilose themā€ For WMAR2 News IEddie Kadhim.AGAIā” IN GOOD TIMES AND BADWE ARE THE VOICE FOR VETERAIN MARYLAND... TO SEE MORESTORIES AND FIND RESOURCES TOHELP VETERANS LOG ON TO WMAR 2NEWS DOT COM SLASH VOICE FOVETERA




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