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Tearjerker alert: How one local is positively impacting NC lives through physical therapy

Meet Preston Ellington, a first-year student in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program in Western Carolina University’s College of Health and Human Sciences.

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Woman with walking support cane and Physical Therapist walking together past Western Carolina University's College of Health and Human Sciences building.

Ellington and a patient walk together around Western Carolina University’s College of Health and Human Sciences building.

Photo by Western Carolina University

Greensboro native Preston Ellington’s journey to being a physical therapist started back in high school.

Now a first-year student in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program in Western Carolina University’s College of Health and Human Sciences, Ellington has real, hands-on impact on his community:

“We had a 10-year-old child who had never walked... Fast forward a few months later and this child is kicking a soccer ball and their whole outlook on life and their future has completely changed.”

Watch the rest of Ellington’s story in this 3-minute video

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