Items Tagged ‘Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation’
October 10, 2019
Two Years After Stroke, Justin Lanners Wins Age Group in Half-Marathon Walk
By In the Loop 
Justin Lanners remembers the exact day of his stroke. “April 18, 2017,” he says. “It was a Tuesday.” That day, Justin awoke at 5 a.m. with what he describes as a “weird buzzing noise” in his right ear. Still half-awake, Justin tuned out the buzzing as he made his way to an upstairs bathroom. “I […]
Tags: Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Saint Marys Hospital, stroke
April 26, 2018
Chris Norton Defies the Odds and Walks With His Bride Down the Aisle
By In the Loop
After Chris Norton was injured during a college football game in 2010, doctors gave him just a 3 percent chance of regaining any movement below his neck. In the years since, he’s devoted himself to that 3 percent. Last weekend, he got married – and walked his bride, Emily Summers, down the aisle after saying […]
Tags: Chris Norton, Emily Summers, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Mayo Clinic Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
March 29, 2018
After Surviving 100-Foot Fall, Nurse is Moving Forward and Looking Up
By In the Loop
It’s been nearly two years since Amber Kohnhorst fell down a cliff while hiking alone in Arizona. The Mayo Clinic nurse has returned to work with a new perspective on being the patient.
Tags: Amber Kohnhorst, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
February 12, 2015
Celebrating a Little Valentine’s Day Hoop-la
By In the Loop
Valentine’s Day will mark a special anniversary for Hannah (Garry) Lechner. But it’s not the kind you might expect. This anniversary is about perseverance, determination, trust and coming back from an injury that looked like it would sideline her hopes of playing college basketball. In January 2000, Hannah, then a high school sophomore, was playing […]
Tags: ACL Tear, Hannah Lechner, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation