Massage therapy an essential tool at local plant - Times-Journal

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One local industry is working to prevent injuries with a rather unconventional method: massage therapy.
Nucor-Vulcraft brings in licensed massage therapist Gaybrielle Pitchford several times a week to work out the aches and pains of its teammates.
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