<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/magazine/spring-2013/joy-watching-people-walk-again.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>The Joy of Watching People Walk Again</title><excerpt>Summer Loughman San Lucas ’01 cried as she watched the young man limp across the room in a leg brace and walker. Since suffering a spinal cord injury months earlier, he hadn’t left his wheelchair. With physical therapy, Summer helped him strengthen his muscles so he could return to school and activities like hiking. She witnesses small miracles like this daily as she works with patients recovering from strokes or traumatic brain injuries or learning to live with Parkinson’s disease or multiple sclerosis.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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