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January 2007
Welcome!
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Welcome to the first installment of First Choice Rehabilitation Specialists’ electronic newsletter, One-on-One . Whether you are a past patient, partner in care, or a friend, we hope you will find the information we send to you useful.
One-on-One will be sent to you monthly and will contain updates about our practice, fitness tips and useful physical therapy topics for consumers. We will also be featuring monthly prize drawings, so be sure to read One-on-One each month!
One-on-One is born!
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When trying to come up with a name for our electronic newsletter, we considered many titles.
But we kept coming back to the fact that First Choice Rehab distinguishes itself by giving one-on-one care and personal service in a comfortable, friendly atmosphere. Our therapists all work in small offices where you will see the same PT each time you visit, not in a large gym where you may get lost in the crowd.
Profiles of Therapists
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Each month we will feature a member of our professional staff. To begin 2007, we will highlight a group of PTs, our partners. First Choice Rehabilitation Specialists is a private practice and our 5 partners offer over 25 years of physical therapy experience in South Central Pennsylvania. You may have had one of them treat you, as they are all involved in seeing patients. We will go into detail about each one in a later mailing.

Left to Right:

  • Gary Karkuff, PT (Hanover)
  • Dale Hilbolt, PT (Lebanon)
  • Ken Lennington, PT (Newport)
  • Mark McDonald, MPT, C-Ped (Linglestown)
  • Stuart Basom, PT (Lemoyne)

Therapists Share Game Plan
Gary Karkuff, PT   To Get Football Fans in Better Shape for Super Bowl couch chips pic
Physical Therapists at First Choice Rehab suggest a game plan for couch potatoes to get in better shape by Super Bowl Sunday.

"You don't have to exercise as extensively as a professional athlete to achieve physical fitness," Says Gary Karkuff, PT, partner and director of the Hanover office of First Choice.
Video Gamer Injuries
Karen Red, PT   APTA Offers Free Downloadable Tips video thumb image
Children who received this season's most popular holiday gifts, Sony's Playstation 3 or Microsoft's Xbox 360, may get something that they didn't desire -- sore hands and thumbs - say the physical therapists at First Choice Rehabilitation Specialists. "Video Gamer's Thumb" is the name that has been given to a condition that can affect the hands and upper arms of children", says Karen Red, PT...
Success Story!
Mable Magee - Newport Office   First in a series featuring patient feedback.
“I first became acquainted with First Choice Rehab in 2003 when I had my left knee replaced. I was in a lot of pain and quite apprehensive about this therapy thing. I found the staff quite friendly, very knowledgeable and right from the beginning, with their (continued>)
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