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Claudication - a patient story

This is a patient story about claudication. Exercise therapy has been shown to be an effective means of increasing the distance you can walk. This gentleman talks about how exercising regularly by walking through the pain barrier and being on the right medications for peripheral vascular disease improved him symptoms.

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