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Being problem-solvers is part of the job description for physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. In each edition of Success Story, APTA members share their insights into an issue facing them at work and the creative solution for how they addressed it. This installment features Harpreet Singh PT, DPT, MSHA, the regional rehabilitation clinical lead for Northern California at Select Rehabilitation. Singh recounts a patient whose complex medical needs made physical therapy challenging — though not impossible.

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