guest speaking engagements

Saturday, Jan 17th 2009
10am - Guest Speaker at the MS Coffee group.
Springfield VA
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AMPUTEE NEWS Thursday, January 3, 2008
Physical Therapy – a little bit goes a loooong way!

PAST EVENTS
guest speaking engagements, and other activities

Friday, Apr 25th 2008
6pm - Guest Speaker at the Stoke Support in Fairfax
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Friday, Apr 25th 2008
12pm - Guest Speaker at the Rebuild TBI Fridays
 
Fairfax Apr 2008: Jessica To, a physical therapist who started her own physical therapy clinic in Annandale, called Body Kinetics Rehab, will be coming to speak to us about ongoing rehabilitation concerns related to traumatic brain injury.

Lunch is provided.

The group meets in the Physicians Conference Center , ED Physicians Conference Room on the second floor (please see/download attached map to get to the conf. rm).
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Wed, Mar 5, 2008 - 2 pm Guest speaker
at the Hollin Hall Senior Center for the Parkinson's Support Group

Friday Feb 22, 2008. 12pm to 1:15pm. Guest speaker at the Rebuild TBI Fridays Group

Wed, Feb 6, 2008 - 1pm to 2 pm Guest speaker
at the Hollin Hall Senior Center for the Stroke Support Group

Monday, January 14^th 2008 - 7pm - Guest speaker at
Fairfax PD (Parkinson's Disease) Support Group meeting

- the Green Acres Community Center in Fairfax City (Near George Mason U).

- BACK IN ROOM 116--below the stairs!
- 4401 Sideburn Rd, Room 116, Fairfax, VA 22030
  (703) 385-7858

Fairfax, Jan 14 2007: the Fairfax PD (Parkinson's Disease) Support Group is pleased this month, to have speaking to us in our first hour, Jessica To, PT, DPT.  She is a physical therapist specializing in neurological disorders.

She will be sharing with us how physical therapy can be beneficial to those with PD and also discussing local resources in our area.

Directions to Fairfax PD Support Group meeting

From 495 take I-66 West to Route 123 towards Fairfax.  Continue on Route 123 through Fairfax City, turn left on School Street, turn right on University, turn left on Forest Rd, turn right on Sideburn, road ends at school.

From Route 123 and Braddock Rd: go north on Route 123, turn right at University, go through stoplight and bear left, turn right on Forest, turn right on Sideburn, road ends at school.

For best access, park in the gravel lot at the end of the road/building.
Enter through the main entrance and we are in Room 116.

Refreshments will be provided.  Care-partners welcome.

We meet the 2nd Monday of each month at 7 PM

Friday January 11^th 2008 – 1:00pm - Guest speaker at
Fairfax Stroke Support Group

Spoke about spasticity and benefits of Physical Therapy.

Thursday, January 10^th, 2008 - 6:30pm - Guest speaker at
The Rebuild SCI group, INOVA Fairfax Hospital

Jessica To, physical therapist with Body Kinetics Rehab, informed group members about life-long rehab concerns related to spinal cord injury.

You will exit the garage go straight into the Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children’s entrance.
Take the first hallway to the right of the information desk.  Go to the end of the hall.
Go through the double doors on the left.  The gym is down the hall on the right.

To get to Inova Fairfax Hospital, take Exit 51 off the beltway/495 onto Gallows Road and go WEST. The hospital appears on your LEFT almost immediately.

Sunday, September 16, 2007
Race started at 8am 
We were participating in the Super H 5K Run, Walk & Wheel at Tyson’s Sports & Health in McLean Virginia.

The Super H 5K Run, Walk, Wheel proceeds go to Blaze Sports America, which is a sports program offering adapted sports activities, expert coaching and special equipment free of charge, to both children and adults with physical disabilities.

Blaze Sports DC: offers educational clinics in wheelchair sports & much-needed opportunities for children to test their physical limitations & gain confidence.

Sunday, October 7, 2007. 1pm - 4:30pm
We welcomed visitors at our table at the Kicking For Kids Who Can't kick-a-thon, which took place on the National Mall. (http://www.KickingForKidsWhoCant.org).

Kicking For Kids Who Can't is an event that will raise money to benefit the Limbs For Life Foundation a Non-Profit 501(c)(3), which provides prosthetic limbs for everyone who cannot afford them.

Anyone can kick, and they can kick in pretty much any way they want. They'll have kickball kickers, soccer kickers, and karate kickers, and if someone can think of another kick, they'll let them do that too.
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2006
Guest Speaker at Auspicious Cloud Temple, Leesburg, VA

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