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- Morning, how's it going?

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- Good, how are you doing, ma'am?

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- I'm doing good. How's your neck?

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- It could use some work.

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- Okay.

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I'm Lieutenant Colonel Tisha Sutton,

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a physical therapist currently deployed

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at the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing.

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... side to side.

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And then I want you to hold here and turn from side to side.

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I'm here to be the muscular skeletal expert

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as the physical therapist.

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I'm here to keep the spines mobile,

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the people injury-free,

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and the aircrew flying.

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The common issue that the aircrew have

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is the inability to turn their heads.

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So, their spinal mobility just really gets

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decreased while they're out here

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flying these planes and wearing all the gear

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for the long sorties.

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- First name's Bryant

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and we're here with Lt. Colonel Sutton.

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She's done a great job working on our necks and our backs

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for this AEF that

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the 336 Fighter Squadron is going through.

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So, helps mobility in the jet,

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as well as when we have to carry

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extra weight for the survival vests

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and MVG's we're wearing at night.

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It's been a blessing for the squadron

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as we've been here for almost six months

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and guys are starting to break down.

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- I'm gonna turn it a little bit.

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Turn, turn, turn, you doing okay?

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- Yep.

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- I'm currently embedded in their squadron,

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so that helps me see them several times a week.

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With seeing them several times a week,

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I can continue to do the joint mobilizations

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and give them new exercises to do

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to help keep them flying regularly.