Isbn: 9781583335390 - run, don't walk: the curious and chaotic life of a physical therapist inside walter reed army medical center (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. M*A*S*H meets Scrubs in a sharply observant, darkly funny, and totally unique debut memoir from physical therapist Adele Levine. In her six years at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Adele Levine rehabilitated soldiers admitted in worse and worse shape. As body armor and advanced trauma care helped save the lives--if not the limbs--of American soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, Walter Reed quickly became the world leader in amputee rehabilitation. But no matter the injury, physical therapy began the moment the soldiers emerged from surgery. Days at Walter Reed were intense, chaotic, consuming, and heartbreaking, but they were also filled with camaraderie and humor. Working in a glassed-in fishbowl gymnasium, Levine, her colleagues, and their combat-injured patients were on display at every moment to tour groups, politicians, and celebrities. Some would shudder openly at the sight--but inside the glass and out of earshot, the PTs and the patients cracked jokes, played pranks, and compared stumps. With dazzling storytelling, Run, Don't Walk introduces a motley array of oddball characters including: Jim, a retired lieutenant-colonel who stays up late at night baking cake after cake, and the militant dietitian who is always after him; a surgeon who only speaks in farm analogies; a therapy dog gone rogue; --and Levine's toughest patient, the wild, defiant Cosmo, who comes in with one leg amputated and his other leg shattered. Entertaining, engrossing, and ultimately inspiring, Run, Don't Walk is a fascinating look into a hidden world.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. First Printing [Stated]. [10], 278 pages. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Adele Levine, P.T., worked as a physical therapist in the hospital's rehabilitation department from 2005 to 2011. Dr. Adele Levine is a Washington, District Of Columbia based female physical therapist. Dr. Adele Levine evaluates and treats people with health problems resulting from injury or disease. She assess joint motion, muscle strength and endurance, function of heart and lungs, and performance of activities required in daily living, among other responsibilities. Treatment includes therapeutic exercises, cardiovascular endurance training, and training in activities of daily living. Physical therapists treat disease, injury, or loss of a bodily part by physical means, such as the application of light, heat, cold, water, electricity, massage and exercise. They develop treatment plans based upon each patient's strengths, weaknesses, range of motion and ability to function. She had enrolled in physical therapy school mostly out of hopes it would lead to a reliable job, and had applied to Walter Reed because it was across the street from her apartment. Adele found herself on the front lines of the mostly unseen struggle to rehabilitate some of the most devastating battle injuries from the War on Terror. From outside the glass walls of the hospital's physical therapy clinic, nicknamed the Fishbowl by Adele the physical therapists cracked jokes and helped sneak in cookies and cheerleaders, while the patients compared stumps. It is here that Adele, Jim, Darcy, and all the other physical therapists used exuberant cheers, playful teasing, and exercises pulled from Men's Health magazine to battle apathy and desolation and get patients back on their feet. Outlandish, honest, and ultimately uplifting, RUN, DON'T WALK chronicles Adele's work rehabilitating soldiers for their lives outside the historic walls of Walter Reed, and how her work helped Adele find her place within them. Kyla Dunlavey (photograph of the author) (illustrator). …