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Show Thursday, September 6, 2007 Page 4 WE W 1 1 o WHO AND WHAT 'iS HAPPENING Physical therapist seeks to improve quality of life Stacy Johnson When Mike liartholumcw heir l that his .r0-year-old client ol Ins overcame her shoulder surli ly and finally washed her hair without help for the first time, he knew why he went into Ins profession. lor Bartholomew, the best part of his day is to hear that Ins clients have noticed an improvement in their quality of life. "I love physical therapy for the little triumphs throughout the pnxess," Bartholomew said. "When I see someone who couldn't sleep through the night lx' ause of their lower hark pain finally get a full night's sleep, it is so rewarding." Bartholomew owns the newly opened Agility Physical Physi-cal Therapy, located off State Street in lindon. An outpatient physical therapy office, it specializes spe-cializes in orthopedic problems. "We really can help anyone with any type of orthopedic injury, whether it is an elderly person has just had a complete knee replacement, clear down to someone experiencing lower back pain," Bartholomew said. Bartholemew and his partner, part-ner, Michael Wood, provide; physical therapy and sports training for the surrounding area, but they run their business busi-ness with a different concept in mind than most other physical therapy programs. "At most places you go into a doctor's office and sign in, and wait for 45 minutes to an hour before you are taken care of," Bartholomew said. "Here our clients don't usually wait for more than two or three minutes to be helped." Customers at Agility Physical Physi-cal Therapy come into the office, and during their short wait they sit in what Bartholomew Bar-tholomew called the perfect chair. The chair helps patients relax with no pressure on their spine. When in the physical therapy thera-py sessions, Bartholomew also implements a unique concept for running his sessions. "t)ther places use support staff to help patients in their training, who are usually high school or early college students with no formal training." Bartholomew Bar-tholomew said. "Here all of our staff is highly trained and have completed the graduate work and had upper level training to work with patients." The staff at Agility Physical Physi-cal Therapy also offers sports training to local athletes. Some of this training includes verti- If you go Hours: Monday-Friday 7 a.m. -6 p.m., anytime by appointment, ap-pointment, Saturday by appointment ap-pointment Phone: 796-1031 Address: 643 W. 200 N. Suite C, Lindon, (In the Wal-Mart Parking Lot) cal training for basketball players, play-ers, as well as speed and agility training for football players. They are currently working work-ing with Pleasant Grove High School's athletes to help them stay injury free through the sports training program. Bartholomew began working work-ing toward opening his business busi-ness nearly two years ago. "I really looked at different concepts and decided that I thought this was the best for our patients," Bartholomew said. "Really, though, we don't even think of them as patients, they are more like customers." In the future, Bartholomew wants his business to appeal to anyone in the area who can gain from their services. "I hope that anyone even if it is an ankle sprain will come to us," he said. V f . f X :v O ' ft' wX) ... v.- - -:: , i STACY JOHNSONNorth County Michael Wood, co-owner of Agility Physical Therapy in Lindon, helps a client work on strengthening his leg strength. 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