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Shilo Now you can shop at home with CANEX.ca WE WILL MATCH... Stag ADVERTISED PRICES ON ELECTRONICS, CAMERAS, Magasinez maintenant COMPUTERS & MAJOR APPLIANCES. DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE INSTORE OR ONLINE AT WWW.CANEX.CA Your source for Army News in Manitoba à partir de la maison Volume 55 Issue 4 Serving Shilo, Sprucewoods & Douglas since 1947 February 25, 2016 INSIDE This Issue Physiotherapy team works with injured soldiers. Page 2 Farewell Great War project wants your help. Page 4 Joyce It was Joyce Smid’s day at 2PPCLI Feb. 19, as she was surprised with a going away party. After 12 years the friendly smile greeting visitors to the command suite has retired. She dropped the puck (above) be- tween 2PPCLI RSM CWO James Smith and 2PPCLI CO LCol Wayne Niven at Gunner Arena in early De- cember. She was also hugged by then CDS LGen Tom Lawson (left) in 2013. For more on Joyce Smith Blood donor clinic back on and “her boys”, see page 10. Base March 4. Page 9 Photos by Jules Xavier Shilo Country Club We oer a fully stocked pro shop with friendly and helpful sta to assist you. Shilo’s club selection is expansive and specializes in Titleist, Cobra and Mizuno products. With tting carts from these companies, the SCC’s PGA of Canada golf professionals are fully qualied to custom-t golf clubs suited specically for your game. contact the pro shop at 204-765-3623 2 Shilo Stag February 25, 2016 Physiotherapy team work with injured soldiers Sarah Francis many years in the military — disk-related inju- Shilo Stag ries, [and] joint-related injuries. “Then you have here on an Army base with 2VP and 1Horse, there is a lot of sport-related The physiotherapy team at CFB Shilo’s MIR are injuries and also that of trauma. Just bad luck working with soldiers in order to return them back someone tackles you [playing] Broomaloo, and to fi ghting fi t condition. you get injured. That’s considered trauma.” Each day brings in a range of injuries, both sports He did see a few sports-related injuries in Ot- and service-related. tawa, but not as many. While working on an Air One of the individuals helping soldiers mend Force base he saw a number of repetitive stress from their injuries is Capt Victor Pak, a Base phys- injuries. He said these can happen from work- iotherapist, who entered the Canadian military in ing on fuel tanks and being bent backwards fre- 1998. He was inspired by a sense of adventure. quently. Prior to studying physiotherapy, Capt Pak was As he described it, he contorted himself into a with the Royal Canadian Dragoons at Garrison Pet- very uncomfortable position with his arms over awawa as an armoured offi cer. Sustaining a sports his head and head arched backward. Something injury, and seeing post-deployment injuries encour- that defi nitely seems as though it could cause aged his decision to remuster and take on a his cur- some pain in the long run. No one body is the rent trade. same, meaning there are a number of ways to “I myself was injured, not in operations, but in treat an injury. With the exception of a few ail- a sports-related event, that being running. I had to ments, the physic team at CFB Shilo is able to undergo rehab,” he recalled. “I saw the power of re- handle all cases. They will externally refer cases habilitation, not only in helping me get back on my for pelvic fl oor (after giving birth) cases as well feet but, more so in soldiers who received traumatic as some specifi c foot cases such as podiatris. The injuries. Blast injuries, amputations as a result and staff are able to do physical therapy, acupunc- so forth. Restoring their function and [getting] back ture as well as spinal manipulations and adjust- on their feet.” ments. As an avid athlete, including running, mixed “It just so happens that we have a very good martial arts, cycling and downhill skiing, he fi gured Capt Victor Pak discusses a knee brace with a client. team. We have an advanced manipulative why not combine his passion for sport with work. Photo by Sarah Francis therapist, who does spinal manipulation. Very He completed his physiotherapy training in 2011. much like a chiropractor — that’s Leo Laroque. With three major branches, these injuries can af- “They will say, ‘We’re forming a running team in We have Brianna Coulter, who does traumatic fect your joints, bones, muscles and even your brain. the spring and we want a presentation on new trends brain injury and concussions. And myself, with my Musculo/skeleto, which is your muscles and bones, in the prevention of running injuries.’ We give that. background in Mckenzie, it’s an approach to physi- cardio/respiratory, which is heart and lungs, and fi - There is a lot of questions — I’ll give you an example, cal therapy and also, functional movement screening nally neural, which is post-stroke or spinal injury or since were on the topic of running — a lot of questions and selective functional movement analysis. That’s a neurological disorder to name a few examples. on minimalist running shoes. Either fi ve-fi ngered sports-based approach to rehabilitation.” Now with a better knowledge of how the body shoes or soles that are very thin.” If you need help with an injury, Capt Pak said one works, he has been able to reduce his own personal Another popular topic based on questions from sol- great thing about their offi ce is you can now self-refer. injuries. diers is proper lifting techniques. Every day is a little This mean you no longer need to go to a doctor or sick “I know for a fact that before I did physical therapy, bit different. However, there is sometimes a pattern of parade to get an appointment with them. This could with my limited knowledge of anatomy and physiol- injuries when it comes to soldiers. take up to a few weeks. He said the self-referral has ogy, I was probably — not probably, [I was] doing cer- “Not that a back is a back and a knee is a knee, helped soldiers receive treatment faster. tain exercises wrong from a strength and conditioning but because of the patient population and what they “People were waiting and waiting to come into re- perspective.” do, the injuries they come in with are the same,” he hab and in that time they’re running on injuries — in- Reducing your risk of injury through patient educa- said. “At broomaloo you can expect to see traumatic juring themselves more,” he explained. “They can lit- tion is also part of the physio team’s day. injuries, traumatic brain injuries, concussions and erally come through the door and say, ‘Hey, my back “If we can empower the patient to know what to so forth. Brianna [Coulter] is ready to respond. [Ex] hurts. Can I have it assessed?’ We book you in based look out for or how to prevent injury then we’ve al- HEAVY LOADER, we can expect back injuries. [For] on priority.” ready done half the battle,” he offered. Mountain Man, we can expect foot, knee, hip and If do you come in without an appointment, and they He added that patient education is a corner stone back-related injuries” have an opening that afternoon, they can book you in. of what they do in the Base physiotherapy area of the Capt Pak also said injury patterns can vary by Base. “If I could get one message out to the entire CFB Base hospital. Units will also ask them to give brief- “I served in Ottawa, where the population is varied. Shilo population is that they can directly refer them- ings on how to prevent injuries doing certain activi- So you have the very old people, who present with selves to physical therapy by walking through the ties. a multitude of degenerative pathologies. Obviously door,” offered Capt Pak. 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