82 year old female, came to us with #Cellulitis and weakness | Figure 1
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82-year-old female, came to us with #Cellulitis and weakness to lower limbs after having some sort of therapy?? Not sure what the proper term for what she was having done but from her description her legs were placed in tubes of air?!? Any ideas what the therapy could be?
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