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SANDWICH GENERATION: Senior discovers new freedom with "C-Brace"

PLYMOUTH, Minn — A new leg brace called the C-Brace is helping a 70 year old Polio survivor regain his independence. "My wife would always walk at my side or right behind me to ensure that if I begin ...
Post-Bulletin

First bionic leg brace fitted in Minnesota

Germán Bermúdez's steps Thursday in his new bionic leg brace were small at first, but marked a giant leap for the orthotics industry in Minnesota. The fitting of the C-Brace, a leg brace utilizing ...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Sarasota polio survivor swims a mile each day, roots for the Bucs and needs a new brace

SARASOTA – Left leg strapped snugly into an aging brace, spine curved by an exhausted scourge from another era, diminutive Kathi Coleman is among the last of her kind. She is hard to miss as she ...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Community rallies to buy a new leg brace for Sarasota polio survivor

SARASOTA – A 72-year-old, widowed polio survivor whose unorthodox swimming style rated a Jan. 31 story in the Herald-Tribune has been blown away by a community determined to keep her moving. “My mouth ...
Southeast Missourian

Polio survivors could be affected by disease decades later

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Sharon McKinney was only 6 years old when she began complaining about a fever and a headache. The diagnosis was polio. After spending several months in a hospital in 1948, she ...