Occupational Therapy Helps Improve Function to Regain Independence

Capt. Luke Schiele , Blanchfield Army Community Hospital’s Chief of Occupational Therapy, shows Brig. Gen. Deydre Teyhen, Director of Defense Health Network National Capital Region, one of many locally designed prototypes which attach to a strength-training machine to simulate real-life tasks for Soldiers recovering from traumatic hand and upper extremity injuries.