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AMPUTEE ATHLETICS
PHOTOS: OPAF First Swim Training and Clinic
Therapists and Amputees Take Part in Adaptive Swim Event in Ohio OPAF First Swim Training and Clinic returned to Dayton, Ohio, for an adaptive swim event, sponsored by Hanger Clinic, Bulldog Tools, and Endolite. Hanger Clinic’s Jim Scharf, PTA, led a CE-eligible morning session featuring clinical education for therapists and swim coaches. In the afternoon, Mabio
Costa led the First Swim Clinic, assisted by Rob Hendry and Emma Durante as well as the therapists and swim coaches from the morning session. Clinic attendees came away with real and practical tips, techniques, and opportunities to improve in the pool, according to OPAF.
THE LIGHTER SIDE
FAST FACT
Most Americans Support Coverage of Pre-Existing Conditions
If the Affordable Care Act’s protections for people with pre-existing conditions are ruled unconstitutional, more than two thirds of Americans (70 percent) say they would want their home state to establish protections for people with pre-existing conditions—even if this means some healthy people may pay more for coverage. SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll, November 2018.
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