3 Racers. Robert Thome. By courtesy of the Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists Worldwide (www.mfpausa.com).
In February, PTJ published its special issue on gait rehabilitation. The February cover and this cover feature the art of patients-artists from Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, where Dr Jacquelin Perry served as Chief of the Pathokinesiology Service for 30 years. (For more Rancho art, visit ptjournal.apta.org/cgi/content/full/90/2/142/DC2). A football accident resulted in a spinal cord injury for Thome: “When you have a catastrophic disabling injury, you search for a door or a window so that you can express yourself…. After they showed me at Rancho how to use the mouthstick to paint, it was like learning a different language. Once you get it, there’s no limit to what you can do.”
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