Local wheelchair tennis players paid a visit to Mount Sinai Hospital and visited with patients in the rehab unit before putting on a special tennis lesson.
"Being that the U.S. Open is this week, I thought it was important to do the wheelchair demonstration for newly injured inpatients to give them options as they transition," said Garrison Redd, Mount Sinai's Spinal Cord Injury Outreach Coordinator.
Redd, a former Team USA Paralympic powerlifter, uses his connections to help those living with physical disabilities. Tuesday's demonstration was hosted by the Wheelchair Sports Federation, to give hope and new options to those in rehabilitation.that I have read and agree
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