Videos

Feb. 24, 2022

Run Without Pain

FORT RILEY, Kan. — Are you a heel striker when you run? How does heel striking affect the knees, hips, and trunk? Why should that even matter? A female Soldier demonstrates the difference between a heel two running patterns and how each impacts the rest of the body.

Feb. 9, 2022

Leg Tucks for Women -- Part 3 of 3

FORT RILEY, Kan. — This second workout will focus on exercises that have maximal carryover into the performance of a leg tuck: band-assisted pull-ups and leg tucks, jumping pull-ups, seated rows, and lat pull-downs.

Feb. 8, 2022

Leg Tuck for Women -- Part 2 of 3

FORT RILEY, Kan. — Synchronization and activation of the lats are instrumental for women to achieve a leg tuck. The workout presented here engages lats and points out the mechanics of each exercise to optimize the goal.

Feb. 8, 2022

How You Breathe Affects Behavior

FORT RILEY, Kan. — Pain, stress, or anxiety trigger your "fight or flight" response which affects your breathing patterns often without your awareness. CPT Sara Davis, an IACH occupational therapist, describes controlled breathing techniques to activate the vagus nerve and decrease the fight or flight response in our body.

Feb. 7, 2022

Leg Tuck for Women -- Part 1 of 3

FORT RILEY, Kan. — Women face specific challenges in the performance of the leg tuck due to the physiological characteristics of their bodies. A physical therapist and athletic trainer introduce some of those challenges in this video and outline a program to enhance women's training in achieving a leg tuck. Follow-up videos will provide specific workouts for women.

Jan. 11, 2022

The Mammogram Saved Me

FORT RILEY, Kan. — Toni Murphy thought she had nothing to worry about. She had done all the right things and, besides, cancer was not in her family. But further testing of an anomaly would eventually lead to a bilateral mastectomy.