Videos

March 4, 2022

Standing Power Throw for Women

FORT RILEY, Kan. — You have about two seconds to explode a complex feat of synchronization between certain muscles and motor units. Stafford Gosser, IACH's H2F deputy director, guides you through some exercises to optimize your standing power throw.

March 2, 2022

Mental Blocks Experienced by Women

FORT RILEY, Kan. — Mental blocks are powerful because you aren't aware of them. Before 1LT Kelcie Beck was able to overcome irrational beliefs about herself as a woman she first had to recognize them. In this video the occupational therapist tells her story of how mental blocks affected her ability to achieve a leg tuck.

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. 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.

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.