September 3, 2015 | Video

Maintenance Care

Maintenance care is care given to people with chronic illnesses to keep them from getting worse. For example, exercise and physical therapy can minimize abnormal or painful positioning of the joints and may prevent or delay curvature of the spine in a person with Muscular Dystrophy.

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