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While traditionally\u00a0rehabilitation care has meant taking drugs or even additional surgeries, the availability of medical massage care through the VA Community Care Network, provided by Zeel, can provide a very effective, non-invasive, and non-medical alternative, enabled through cutting-edge technology.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meet retired Colonel Thomas O\u2019Malley from the United States Marine Corps, and learn about how massage has changed the course of his recovery from injuries incurred during the Vietnam War over 50 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen vimeo\" data-plyr-embed-id=\"806091845\" data-plyr-provider=\"vimeo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Highlighting Our Heroes: Thomas O&#039;Malley\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/806091845?h=a58c63ce2a&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. military veterans continue to come home facing many of the same challenges that Colonel O\u2019Malley has faced. 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