The Mayo Clinic experience and patient stories Our patients tell us that the quality of their interactions, our attention to detail and the efficiency of their visits mean health care like they've never experienced. See the stories of satisfied Mayo Clinic patients. Orthopedic expertise powers Tom Brown's epic trekWhen people retire, they often plan to spend more time with their grandkids, or on activities like volunteering, gardening, traveling and hobbies. Christine Brown came up with something far more epic. After thinking about what she and her husband, Tom, enjoyed doing together, she proposed that they spend the next five years hiking the 2,190 miles of the Appalachian Trail (AT). Stretching from Springer Mountain, Georgia, to Katahdin, Maine, it's the longest hiking-only trail in… Dad walks daughter down the aisle despite ALSPaul Wennmacher and his daughter Tabetha Paul Wennmacher calls his daughter Tabetha "my backbone." So it was tricky to keep a secret from her. His plan: Walk Tabetha down the aisle at her wedding. It wasn't an easy task. Paul, of Belvidere, Illinois, has a slowly progressive form of Lou Gehrig's disease, a progressive nervous system disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, causing loss of muscle control. But with the… Request an appointment ResearchCosts & insurance Dec. 20, 2024 Share on: FacebookTwitter Physical Medicine and RehabilitationSectionsOverviewTests & proceduresConditions treatedDoctorsSpecialty groupsClinical trialsResearchPatient storiesCosts & insuranceNews from Mayo ClinicReferrals SectionsRequest an AppointmentOverviewTests & proceduresConditions treatedDoctorsSpecialty groupsClinical trialsResearchPatient storiesCosts & insuranceNews from Mayo ClinicReferrals ORG-20467033 Medical Departments & Centers Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation