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Horry County Diabetes Coalition
Monthly meetings are currently being held on the 1st Thursdays, at Bethel AME Church, 1530 Race Path
Avenue, Conway at 6pm.
For more information call:
Larry A. White- 843-248-3655 or Martha Onley- 843-488-4771
February 20-23
AAOP
Orlando, FL
September 18-21
AOPA
Orlando, FL
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Coastal Carolina Adaptive Sports and Recreation is a 501-C3 non profit organization based out of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina who is dedicated to providing adaptive sport and recreational opportunities for persons living with disabilities and their families.
Our programs exist to increase the mental and physical well being of persons living with disabilties in our community and to provide awareness of adaptive sport and recreational opportunities and how they can benefit the lives of persons living with disabilties.
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Lyons Links: Issue 39
January 2013
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Greetings! ,
Happy New Year! Hope everyone's new year is starting off on the right foot! Speaking of feet... check out this!
From dothaneagle.com
Prosthetic supports improve rescue horse's mobility
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Lori Woodham, CEO of SEAL Animal Cares and Rescue, interacts with Lucky, a three-year-old Tennessee Walking horse Monday. Lucky was fitted with prosthetic braces Monday to improve her mobility.
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COTTONWOOD, AL -- The first three years of Lucky's life were anything but fortunate. The Tennessee Walking horse was born at an area horse breeder's facility with severely-bowed tendons at the fetlock, a condition causing pain and difficulty in walking.
Lucky's condition could have been helped if she had received surgery at an early age, but Lucky didn't have those kind of owners. Instead, she was kept in a stall for three years until she was rescued in the summer of 2012 by local law enforcement responding to reports of deplorable conditions...READ MORE
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Lyons P&O's mission is caring for all your prosthetic and orthotic needs! If there is anything we can do to make your O&P experience even better, don't hesitate to let us know! Please feel free to let us know your thoughts and opinions on our newsletter and please, feel free to forward it on to anyone you think might like to receive it.
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Special Operations Wounded Warriors
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Lyons Prosthetics & Orthotics is proud to announce that we will be a supporter of the 2013 Takin Bacon coming up next month. We are honored to support these Special Operation Forces members who have received wounds in combat.
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New Prosthetic Developments
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Researchers Explore Vibrations in Sense of Touch
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 From ScienceDaily.com Scientists at the University of Chicago are studying how the frequency of vibrations plays a role in our sense of touch.
"We're trying to build a theory of what makes things feel the way they feel," said Dr. Sliman Bensmaia, lead author of a new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience. One application for this work may be to simulate the sense of touch in artificial limbs by stimulating nerves at the appropriate timing and frequency. Learn more!
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| Ask the Prosthetist....Alex Lyons, CPO |
 Q: Alex, it's the new year and my resolution is to lose weight. Can you give me any reasons or advice that might help me stay motivated. I'm an above knee amputee. Thank you.
A: Take a look at "The Implications of Amputees Being Overweight" by Jason T. Kahle, CPO, LPO and M. Jason Highsmith, DPT, CP, FAAOP. You'll find a lot of useful information...click here.
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The mission of Lyons Prosthetics & Orthotics is to promote the well-being of individuals with amputations, orthopedic injuries, and disabilities in the Horry County Community. We provide accessible, quality O&P care, utilizing state of the art designed artificial limbs and braces. We are committed to quality and emphasize trust, respect, confidentiality, and compassion in a collaborative effort with the overall greater health care community.If there is anything I can do, please don't hesitate to contact me at 843-347-5800.
Sincerely,
Alexander Lyons, CPO
Lyons Prosthetics & Orthotics
(843) 347-5800
PS - Your Healthy Eating recipe of the month! |
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