Sentara Therapy Centers in Gloucester and Mathews recently added new staff and services.
Bri Sadler, team leader for Sentara Therapy offices in Gloucester, Mathews and Middlesex, said that Nicole Hartley is the new physical therapist at the Gloucester office, located at the Sentara Medical Arts building at the Gloucester Business Park, White Marsh. Meanwhile, David Kunz is the new physical therapist at Sentara’s office at Mathews Town Center.
Both provide new services to the local offices. Hartley and Kunz both have started the S.A.F.E. Program at their offices. This program is designed to improve flexibility, strength, balance and walking endurance with periodic follow-up visits over 12 months to monitor progress.
This is important, a Sentara brochure said, since more than 30 percent of people 65 and older fall each year, a figure that increase to 50 percent for those over 80. Falls are the leading cause of injury, deaths and hospital admissions for traumatic injuries, the br...
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