TWIN FALLS -- The Marine has found some pain relief through an
alternative form of medicine.

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By Sandy Miller
Times-News writer


Acupuncture.

Marine Cpl. Travis Greene had an acupuncture treatment Monday
morning.

"He saw an immediate decrease in his pain on the right stump," wrote
his parents, Terry and Sue Greene, on the family's CaringBridge Web
site. "The physician asked him what his pain level was before the
treatment. He said between 5 and 6, and then after the treatment, it
was down to 3 or 4. That is very good news!"

Greene, 24, a 1999 Twin Falls High School graduate and a star on the
Bruin track and field team, lost both of his legs in an explosion Dec. 7 in
Ar Ramadi, Iraq, just west of Baghdad. One Marine was killed and three
other Marines and one Navy corpsman were injured, all of them losing
one or both of their legs. All are now patients at Walter Reed Army
Medical Center in Washington, D.C., where they are undergoing
intensive physical therapy and learning to walk again on prostheses.

Greene has been working hard in the hospital's physical therapy room.
He's working on stretching and strengthening his muscles and had his
right socket fitted on Monday. He was expected to stand up for the first
time on Wednesday.

Terry and Sue Greene are staying in a room at the Mologne House on
the campus of Walter Reed. Once their son is well enough, he'll become
an outpatient and will move to the Mologne House and will share a
room with another recovering Marine. His parents will take turns staying
with their son.

Greene was on his third tour of Iraq when he was injured. He was
awarded the Purple Heart and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement
Medal.

Times-News writer Sandy Miller can be reached at 735-3264 or by e-
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