1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:08,489 --> 00:00:10,489 Hello , I'm Kevin Larson , the Wynn 3 00:00:10,489 --> 00:00:12,656 Army Community Hospital public affairs 4 00:00:12,656 --> 00:00:14,600 officer coming at you with another 5 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:16,767 episode of the winning frontline , and 6 00:00:16,767 --> 00:00:19,045 I'm joined today by Major Daniel Brown . 7 00:00:19,045 --> 00:00:21,156 He is the only certified and physical 8 00:00:21,156 --> 00:00:23,489 therapist in the Army . Is that correct , 9 00:00:23,489 --> 00:00:25,656 sir ? That's correct . Can you briefly 10 00:00:25,656 --> 00:00:27,879 explain what a certified hand therapist 11 00:00:27,879 --> 00:00:30,280 does and the specialized skills 12 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:32,391 involved ? A certified hand therapist 13 00:00:32,391 --> 00:00:34,113 is an occupational or physical 14 00:00:34,113 --> 00:00:36,113 therapist . who has gone through an 15 00:00:36,113 --> 00:00:38,336 external validation process essentially 16 00:00:38,336 --> 00:00:40,502 through the hand therapy certification 17 00:00:40,502 --> 00:00:42,880 commission that validates your ability 18 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,599 and your proficiency in assessing a 19 00:00:45,599 --> 00:00:47,479 wide variety of upper extremity 20 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:49,646 conditions . So this is cervical spine 21 00:00:49,646 --> 00:00:51,669 to the fingers , trauma-based 22 00:00:51,669 --> 00:00:53,840 conditions , overuse conditions , 23 00:00:53,959 --> 00:00:56,759 congenital acquired deformities , burns , 24 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,360 wound care , it really covers a wide 25 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,250 spectrum there . How critical is hand 26 00:01:02,250 --> 00:01:04,139 and upper extremity function to a 27 00:01:04,139 --> 00:01:06,083 soldier's ability to perform their 28 00:01:06,083 --> 00:01:08,250 duties ? I mean , soldiers using their 29 00:01:08,250 --> 00:01:10,250 hands for so much , I mean , firing 30 00:01:10,250 --> 00:01:12,417 their weapons , maintaining vehicles . 31 00:01:12,870 --> 00:01:15,190 How does your specialized care directly 32 00:01:15,190 --> 00:01:17,709 contribute to readiness ? You already 33 00:01:17,709 --> 00:01:19,931 hit on it . It doesn't matter what what 34 00:01:19,931 --> 00:01:21,876 your MOS is , you're going to have 35 00:01:21,876 --> 00:01:24,153 those required tasks pulling a trigger , 36 00:01:24,153 --> 00:01:26,431 turning a wrench , playing in the band . 37 00:01:26,431 --> 00:01:28,709 All of those activities are going to be 38 00:01:28,709 --> 00:01:30,931 important . If they weren't important , 39 00:01:30,931 --> 00:01:33,042 that job wouldn't exist in the in the 40 00:01:33,042 --> 00:01:34,987 army there . The hand in the upper 41 00:01:34,987 --> 00:01:37,800 extremity , it also has a An oversized 42 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,669 impact in other aspects of life . The 43 00:01:40,669 --> 00:01:42,613 complaints might not be , well , I 44 00:01:42,613 --> 00:01:44,780 can't do my job . It's I can't help my 45 00:01:44,780 --> 00:01:46,891 family doing this task for my child . 46 00:01:47,349 --> 00:01:49,989 So it's those tasks that if they can't 47 00:01:49,989 --> 00:01:52,389 meet duties in that respect , that 48 00:01:52,389 --> 00:01:55,309 creates other challenges . So could you 49 00:01:55,309 --> 00:01:57,476 share an example of how your expertise 50 00:01:57,476 --> 00:01:59,587 has helped us so to recover from it ? 51 00:01:59,587 --> 00:02:01,642 Injury and returned to full duty . A 52 00:02:01,642 --> 00:02:03,809 couple coming to mind right now , kind 53 00:02:03,809 --> 00:02:05,809 of leapfrogging off of that one was 54 00:02:05,809 --> 00:02:07,920 actually in the band , so I had a lot 55 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:09,976 of thumb and wrist pain there . So I 56 00:02:09,976 --> 00:02:11,976 started working with the soldier on 57 00:02:11,976 --> 00:02:13,698 trigger point dry needling and 58 00:02:13,698 --> 00:02:15,809 treatment for their forearm , working 59 00:02:15,809 --> 00:02:17,920 closely with our occupational therapy 60 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:20,087 team . So the soldier was doing guided 61 00:02:20,087 --> 00:02:22,031 proprioceptive and strengthening . 62 00:02:22,031 --> 00:02:23,865 Sizes responded very well to the 63 00:02:23,865 --> 00:02:26,255 treatments there and was able to go 64 00:02:26,255 --> 00:02:28,656 back and perform their duty and that's 65 00:02:28,656 --> 00:02:30,600 it for this episode of The Winning 66 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:32,823 Frontline . And if you need to get some 67 00:02:32,823 --> 00:02:34,989 physical therapy because you've got an 68 00:02:34,989 --> 00:02:36,989 injury , don't wait . Check out our 69 00:02:36,989 --> 00:02:39,100 website , call the appointment line , 70 00:02:39,100 --> 00:02:41,156 and come see our physical therapists 71 00:02:41,156 --> 00:02:43,156 and occupational therapists and let 72 00:02:43,156 --> 00:02:43,095 them take care of you . And the truth .