31 MDOS gets ‘physical’ with therapy

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alicia Hale, 31st Medical Operations Squadron physical therapy technician, shows a patient a back-strengthening exercise during a rehabilitation class April 7, 2015, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Physical therapy technicians guide patients through different exercises to better strengthen the patients’ injured or weak areas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Austin Harvill/Released)

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31 MDOS gets ‘physical’ with therapy

Published April 8, 2015
By Senior Airman Austin Harvill
31st Fighter Wing Public Affairs

AVIANO AIR BASE, ITALY -- From simple lunges to pretzel-like stretches, 31st Medical Operations Squadron physical therapy clinic personnel help Airmen recover from an injury or surgery. After a physical therapist evaluates an injury, physical therapy technicians help the patients bend, strain, stretch and flex their way toward a speedy recovery.