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Salt Lake City, UT– June 16, 2006 – By Alex Koritz
Article available online at: http://www.therapytimes.com/091206REHAB
http://www.nraf-rehabnet.org/nracmain01.html
The 2006 National Rehabilitation Awareness Week, September 17 - 23, is an observance to recognize the determination of more than 50 million Americans with disabilities. In observance of this special week, Therapy Times is featuring four inspirational case studies of creative therapy professionals improving rehabilitation techniques to help their patients overcome injuries or illnesses and live life to the fullest.
Physical Therapy - Overcoming Obstacles with a Dual Product Approach
Ten years, two children and half a dozen life-changing events later, Lisa Barkel is closer than ever to achieving her goal of walking again. Barkel was injured in a motor vehicle collision that left her a C-8 tetraplegic, ASIA A.
Barkel currently attends physical therapy three times a week, each session a lengthy three hours in which therapists help her regain strength below the level of injury utilizing the most current equipment and technology. Read more >
Salt Lake City, UT– August 2006 – By Theresa Flaherty
Petersen Medical employees hit the pavement alongside asthma sufferers in June as part of the Salt Lake Asthma Walk and 5K.
It was a good way to get out and meet asthma patients and their families, as well as referral sources, said Petersen CEO Tom Bradley. Read more >
Press Releases
Salt Lake City, UT– June 16, 2006 – By Alex Koritz
Petersen Medical, a leading provider of home medical equipment and dedicated in-home professional service, today announced its financial support of this year's Salt Lake Asthma Walk and 5K, With this sponsorship, Petersen Medical joins with the Utah chapter of the American Lung Association in support of this year's event-beginning June 17, 2006 in Sugarhouse Park at 9:00 am-to help more than 60,000 Utah residents who suffer from Asthma. Read more >
St George, UT– May 16, 2006 – By Rachel Tueller
Until recently, a simple trip to Colorado was a complicated event for John Clark and his wife, Janice. Living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease required John to carry numerous bottles of oxygen when traveling while relying on a large stationary concentrator for in-home use.
But a new lightweight, portable oxygen concentrator system, Inogen One, changed things for Clark.
Read the entire article at The Spectrum.
Salt Lake City, UT– May 8, 2006 - Ed Yeates Reporting
Oxygen on the go, no matter where you go. For people with congestive heart failure or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, a new small portable machine is about all they need anymore to help them breathe.
Read the full article and see the video at KSL.com.
Salt Lake City, UT– April. 26, 2006 – Petersen Medical Introduces Next-Generation Oxygen Concentrator
Petersen Medical, a leading provider of home medical equipment and dedicated in-home professional service, today announced that the company will be the first provider of the Inogen One system for the state of Utah. The new lightweight product is the industry’s leading tank-free portable oxygen concentrator system. The Inogen One is designed to specifically help patients with limiting respiratory conditions breathe easier while enhancing their mobility and quality of life. Read more >
