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CityViewNC.com | 63 910.425.6667 | 6775 Irongate Drive | Fayetteville, NC | www.gatesfour.com Less than 10 minutes from Raeford Road • Outdoor Pavilion • Seating for up to 300 People • • Weddings and Rehearsal Dinners • Anniversary Celebrations • Meetings • inflammatory breast cancer. Instead of asking why this was hap- pening, Schindler chose to ask another question: What am I supposed to get from this? As she moved through her treatment, her answer became clear. She was experiencing the view from the other side and she would take that ex- perience back to her business. rough being a patient, Schindler would better learn how to treat every person who walked through her doors. "It's very humbling to go from sitting on the stool and evaluating someone to sitting in the chair as the patient with someone else on the stool." Schindler said. None of her training had made her immune. Listening to her doctors and providers speak about her options, she experienced the same raw emotions and fears she'd watched her patients experience. Another life lesson came in the form of loosening her reigns on the company she'd built from the ground up. "It's challenging to say no and put yourself first," Schindler said. Stepping back was difficult, but Schindler knew she had built a business of like-minded individuals who knew her expectations and would step up in her absence. At Dana-Farber, while Schindler was receiving chemotherapy one evening, the seed for what would be the next step in her journey was planted when a fellow patient and physical therapist shared her story. "Most people have an impulse to tell their story in a way that helps them deal with what's happening," Schindler said. Some women journal or blog. Several take to the streets brandishing pink rib- bons. Others, like Schindler, put their heads down and just keep moving. Schindler recalls the details of her conversation during that unlikely meet- ing. ere was an element of the surreal in meeting a fellow physical therapist during chemotherapy in Boston. It was even more synchronous that this wom- an was telling Schindler about a posi- tive experience with a surgical oncolo- gist in North Carolina. Aer hearing this woman's story, Schindler decided to seek out Dr. Shelley Hwang at Duke Advanced Physical Therapy Solutions, LLC, opened in 2004. Their focus is to provide clients with the most up-to-date, evidenced-based treatments to help restore movement and function that was lost due to an injury, illness, surgery or chronic medical condition. In addition to physical therapy, they offer fitness and wellness services including a gym program, group and private classes, yoga, pilates and personal training.

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