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MidMichigan Healthy Living: Physical Therapy

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The goal of physical therapy is to get a patient as close to their normal as possible.

But when that person can't hardly walk, where do they begin? The pool.

Heavy patients who've had bariatric surgery can also benefit from exercise in the pool.

MidMichigan Medical Center has therapy pools in its Midland, Gratiot, Clare, Gladwin and Mt. Pleasant facilities.

Michelle Dunaway shows us how this pool physical therapy works in today's Healthy Living.

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