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Doctor learns how to walk again after biking accident

Today, Joseph Kolars rides as far as 40 miles now
teenage boy in wheelchair with severe injuries on left and then leaving hospital on right smiling with his dad in wheelchair
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Teenage ski racer walks again, eyeing slopes after traumatic car crash

His “toughest finish line yet” involves work with rehabilitation physicians, orthopedists and neurosurgery specialists.
forearm wrist bone fracture with arrow pointing to it on xray
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Personalized medicine, not X-rays, should guide common forearm fracture treatments in older adults

The new findings will guide future treatments of distal radius fracture.
Provider doing leg stretching exercises on athlete
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Changing the Sports Medicine Game for Female Athletes

MedSport female providers tailor sports injury care to their female patients, and educate athletes, parents and colleagues in sports medicine.
Aikens in atrium with plants
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“They Put Him Back Together Again”

How Michigan Medicine helped one patient get back to mobility and life after a seven-story fall left him critically injured and paralyzed.
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Getting Injured, and Getting Care, During a Pandemic

Tripping on an uneven sidewalk did more than hurt Sharon Kinnunen’s knee. It brought worry as she feared seeking care at the height of the COVID-19 outbreak
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Why You Shouldn’t Delay Emergency Care During COVID-19

Emergencies still occur during a pandemic. Providers in emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology and other specialties explain why you shouldn’t delay emergency care if you need it.
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Explore the Inside of an Ambulance with This 360-Degree Video

What happens inside an ambulance? A paramedic explains how young patients are transported to the hospital.