Run, Don't Walk

Run, Don't Walk: The Curious and Chaotic Life of a Physical Therapist InsideWalter Reed Army Medical Center [Kindle Edition]

Author: Adele Levine - ISBN: B00DMCPI0A - Language: English - Format: PDF, EPUB

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M*A*S*H meets Scrubs in a sharply observant, darkly funny, and totally unique debut memoir from physical therapist Adele Levine.



In her six years at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Adele Levine rehabilitated soldiers admitted in worse and worse shape. As body armor and advanced trauma care helped save the lives—if not the limbs—of American soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, Walter Reed quickly became the world leader in amputee rehabilitation. But no matter the injury, physical therapy began the moment the soldiers emerged from surgery.



Days at Walter Reed were intense, chaotic, consuming, and heartbreaking, but they were also filled with camaraderie and humor. Working in a glassed-in fishbowl gymnasium, Levine, her colleagues, and their combat-injured patients were on display at every moment to tour groups, politicians, and celebrities. Some would shudder openly at the sight—but inside the glass and out of earshot, the PTs and the patients cracked jokes, played pranks, and compared stumps.



With dazzling storytelling, Run, Don’t Walk introduces a motley array of oddball characters including: Jim, a retired lieutenant-colonel who stays up late at night baking cake after cake, and the militant dietitian who is always after him; a surgeon who only speaks in farm analogies; a therapy dog gone rogue; —and Levine’s toughest patient, the wild, defiant Cosmo, who comes in with one leg amputated and his other leg shattered.



Entertaining, engrossing, and ultimately inspiring, Run, Don’t Walk is a fascinating look into a hidden world.


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• File Size: 857 KB
• Print Length: 281 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1583335390
• Publisher: Avery; 1 edition (April 10, 2014)
• Sold by: Penguin Group (USA) LLC
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00DMCPI0A
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• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,152 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #6 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Professional & Technical > Medical eBooks > Specialties > Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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  • #64 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Mental Health > Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

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Exceptionally gifted storyteller author/physical therapist Adele Levine, though seldom asked about her job, presents this colorful outstanding book: "Walk Don't Run", recalling her work rehabilitating poly-traumatic combat amputees. These young, (mostly enlisted) Army soldiers and Marines arrived at Walter Reed Army Medical Center within 72 hours of severe traumatic combat injury from the war in Iraq or Afghanistan. Highly skilled trained medics/surgeons were recognized for saving lives which in the past would have been lost.

The top floor of the Military Advanced Training Center (MATC), with the glass observatory walls, (to accommodate tour groups) was open for physical therapy from 0700-1600 hours daily, and began immediately. Military and civilian staff worked as a cordinated MATC team to deal with the large influx of patients walking around on stiff metal legs or pushing wheelchairs with stumps. Walter the therapy service dog, (with his proper service vest) was often called to nuzzle or lay his head on comforting an injured vet. On occasion, he would sneak past the Colonel, leaving his physical therapy duty station, to dine in the nearest cafeteria garbage can. There were also social workers, chaplains, Red Cross and other volunteers, who donated their time and energy to assist.

Especially with the challenging patients as double amputee Cosmo, who typically expressed himself with expletive F***, with an attitude to match; Levine used her unique gifts of humor, cheer, and positivity where in the MATC "everything was celebrated", to aid in patient recovery. Levine holds a doctorate degree in Physical Therapy graduating from the University of Maryland in 2005.

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