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Sponsored content Comprehensive concussion treatment is world class in Summit County Avalanche Physical Therapy's Melissa Volkert has uncussiom in Sammit County hunve acess helped revolutionize local, collaborative care since 2011 raticen between Avalanche and kocal health- care provikers, peple who have sustained a to specialized care. REDUCING MISSED DIAGNOSES Quicker revery feom cuncussion in- volves early assesoment and education in the hospital, primary care, orthopadie or Brought to you by Val Summit Orthopaedics Nero therapy office and eommunity s By Lauren Glendenning settings i spearheoded a research prject at Sammit Medical Center, which con during Kethe k herah A uN tiicatin. ysical Vlker tracted Aoalanche losical its Witheut proper diagnosis and treatment. the life-diorupting symptoms from a CCussion, or traumatie brain injary (THU, can linger cen for weeks, months or even years In Summit Coonty, wurkd-class concussion care helps putients onereume these chalenging obstacks and pet their lives bock. Trauma lidntify onhopardie-traama inpatients who had delayed or undigsed traumatic beain injuries. From 20i-2019. the rate of delayedor undiagnosed TBIS in those patients at Sunmmit Medical Center drvppesl from 13% to 2%, COURTESY MAGES Occupotional Therapist Melissa Volkert, who wrks with both concussion inpatients and outpatients at Awalanche Pnsikal Ther On behalf of Awalanhe, Volkert has alo y. has helped revoluticnine concussion care in Summit County since arriving here in 2011. educated the comminity about concusion awareness and preventike, sueh as to the Frisco summer camp stalf and campes on a weekly hasis in 2019. As an occupational therapist, Volkert assesses the potential causes of the patient's symptoms. By improving the awareness of the person's symptoms, treating the deficits, and strategizing how the task is executed, she can help the patient better manage those symptoms. injury survivors and their familes or kved ones medical laation and support throggh restorative and social activities Such as yoga, meditation, nd healing, therapentic art and masie, group hikes to plan, adapt, regulate emotions and to be self-arare that are contled in the frontal Nolkert carned her Doctorate in Oepa tional Therapy from Washington Unher sity in St. Lanis in 2007. Afterwands, she wirked in intensive inpatient at Pense "Aalanche Plysical Therapy's edatin and cutreach in both the healtheare and lobe of the brain. Treatment is focued on remediating or strengthening those areas. foundation for ecussion care and aware ness shesaid An occupatieal thenpist has specialized training in undentanding hrw a singde ac- tivity or a day's routine can be madle casier or mere difficult. Nest, Volkert assesses if the sequence or strategy for whih the patient completes the activity is contribut- ing to the symptoms and difficulty. Vilkert peulikem-slves with the potient on how the difficult activities ean be more effickent, kess time cotsuming or kess efkertful. Nonlie lessons and gandening There, she N SAX AF IS kalcommunity have prvided a solid m with "Surviors talking to other survivoes and 4 bein in ti COLLABORATION AS CENTRAL TO SUCCESSFUL BRAIN INJURY RECOVERY Drmalizing their experiences is so ponIT ful." Volkert said. "It's also a unique oppor deord injuries. She hedped develop rinpatient visim elinie when a neu- m-optumetrist assesed patients in the hngital and therapists eoikl implement treatments immediateh tunity for me to karn, and it helps inorm Most concussikes will resolve on their own within 1-2 weeks. However, when a person's prnctice symptons and ditliculies persist, the person is recommended to get a thurogh asessment and appeopriate treatment. Concusion care is not a siko tpe of care OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY'S CRUCIAL ROLE FOR CONCUSSION RECOVERY "Tat experience gave me the expertise to devekp a comprehensve brain injury re- habilitatikn pegram at Avalanche Hoskal - many different specialties may need to Therapy," she sakl. When a patient presents to Vilkert ke Concussion nehabilitation, symptoms range frm physical to engnitive to emotional difficulties, such as headache, diziness, By impnaing the patient's awarenew of his or her symptonms, treating the deticits and strategizing how the activity or nutine is eecuted, Volkert ean help the patient better manuge thse ymptoms I also diecuss with the patient about coping skills, adaptalility and resilience, and then contribute expertise," Vilkert sakt. "Aecncusion is cnsidend an invisitde injury, not like a beoken bone where you can see the injary, have surgery and heal. People with concussion midht appear unirjared and walk nemally, but ally suffering inside"she said, eye work with inpotients and outpatients, I that unique perpeetiheof peple who have been neuly injured and what happens after they've been discharged from the husgital" Trainer for 'Team Summit, Team Breek Vail-Summit Orthopoodies & Neurosargeny nausea, balance isses. light sensitivity, (VSON) and walanche PT employ Athktie sleep disturtunces, dithiculty with memory, Trainers to wrve as the freet-line service in the initial silline identification and Kening for yuth and student-athktes who sustained concusions. The feeling short-fased and more. The patient will abo eport difficulty doing everyday activities, such as hasie self-care, managing re the gnery store, parenting or working The l upon thoe strengths, Sympteens can VSON Community Outreach Coonliatr, nke of an occupational therpist comes into Rachel Freeman, also serves as the Athleta pliy with two intereonnected appaches First, Volkert asewes the potential caes of the patient's symptoms. The symptoms of headache, dizienes or therased con- Hich centration may be caused by specific areas of the brain not working priperly after the injury, such as eye mascle weakness, de- mased vestibular funetioning or impained evecutive functioning (the cognitive skills be temporary if we make the smart deci sions." Volkert says. "The strategy is about getting patients back into their normal li in a progrese, thnghaful and inten- tional way, finding the just-right chulknge. Occuputional thergy has this unigue nike of integrating the big picture and details alout the person. For me, the passicen is belping pegle restore their life, lifestyle and livelihood." Laveland Ski Chib and Sammit Youth Concusses look dlifferent in every percn iHockey, Rob Courtney heads up Summit that's why they are complex to diagnese High School, and Cory F the athktic trainingar School. Freeman, Coartney, help manage the athlete's return to sport under the supenvision of sports medicine trained, orthopaedic surgeons at VSON. and treat. Thanks to reseanh and collale- and Ilester If an athkete is having a prolonged wewery ir complicated peesentation, the Mhletie Trainers will refer the athete to Volkert for concussion rehabilitation AVALANCHE PHYSICAL THERAPY Vail-Summit Orthopaedics acquired Avalanche Physical Therapy in 2018 to expand its continuum of care to include personalized physical therapy and sports rehabilitation, while lowering overall costs and improving efficiencies. Avalanche Physical Therapy operates clinics in Frisco, Silverthorme and Breckenridge. Services include physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy. Avalanche PT is also skilled in functional dry needling, instrumented manual tooling, therapeutic cupping, aquatic therapy, post- concussion rehabilitation and blood flow restriction therapy, as well as in a variety of orthopaedic injuries and neurological rehabilitation. For more information, call 970-668-0888 or visit www.avalanchetherapy.com. BEYOND THERAPY:BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT GROUP The crux of the TBI program at the hospital is the Brain Injury Support Group, pictured here during a Nordic skiing excursion, which Volkert hosts as part of a partnership between Avalanche Summit Medical Center, and the Brain Physical Therapy, Summit Medical Center Injury Alliance of Colorada and the Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado. This frer, monthly group peosides beain Volkert also facilitates the Summit County Brain Injury Support Gr, whiklh is backed fy Awalanhe Plysical Thera ORTHOPAEDIC URGENT CARE WALK-INS WELCOME ACCIDENTS DON'T WAIT FOR APPOINTMENTS at Edwards & Vail Locations During Hours of Operation S VAIL-SUMMIT Vail | 970.476.7220 Edwards | 970.569.3240 vsortho.com | veourgentcare.com ORTHOPAEDICS A NEUROSURGERY 13 al therapists at Avalante Sponsored content Comprehensive concussion treatment is world class in Summit County Avalanche Physical Therapy's Melissa Volkert has uncussiom in Sammit County hunve acess helped revolutionize local, collaborative care since 2011 raticen between Avalanche and kocal health- care provikers, peple who have sustained a to specialized care. REDUCING MISSED DIAGNOSES Quicker revery feom cuncussion in- volves early assesoment and education in the hospital, primary care, orthopadie or Brought to you by Val Summit Orthopaedics Nero therapy office and eommunity s By Lauren Glendenning settings i spearheoded a research prject at Sammit Medical Center, which con during Kethe k herah A uN tiicatin. ysical Vlker tracted Aoalanche losical its Witheut proper diagnosis and treatment. the life-diorupting symptoms from a CCussion, or traumatie brain injary (THU, can linger cen for weeks, months or even years In Summit Coonty, wurkd-class concussion care helps putients onereume these chalenging obstacks and pet their lives bock. Trauma lidntify onhopardie-traama inpatients who had delayed or undigsed traumatic beain injuries. From 20i-2019. the rate of delayedor undiagnosed TBIS in those patients at Sunmmit Medical Center drvppesl from 13% to 2%, COURTESY MAGES Occupotional Therapist Melissa Volkert, who wrks with both concussion inpatients and outpatients at Awalanche Pnsikal Ther On behalf of Awalanhe, Volkert has alo y. has helped revoluticnine concussion care in Summit County since arriving here in 2011. educated the comminity about concusion awareness and preventike, sueh as to the Frisco summer camp stalf and campes on a weekly hasis in 2019. As an occupational therapist, Volkert assesses the potential causes of the patient's symptoms. By improving the awareness of the person's symptoms, treating the deficits, and strategizing how the task is executed, she can help the patient better manage those symptoms. injury survivors and their familes or kved ones medical laation and support throggh restorative and social activities Such as yoga, meditation, nd healing, therapentic art and masie, group hikes to plan, adapt, regulate emotions and to be self-arare that are contled in the frontal Nolkert carned her Doctorate in Oepa tional Therapy from Washington Unher sity in St. Lanis in 2007. Afterwands, she wirked in intensive inpatient at Pense "Aalanche Plysical Therapy's edatin and cutreach in both the healtheare and lobe of the brain. Treatment is focued on remediating or strengthening those areas. foundation for ecussion care and aware ness shesaid An occupatieal thenpist has specialized training in undentanding hrw a singde ac- tivity or a day's routine can be madle casier or mere difficult. Nest, Volkert assesses if the sequence or strategy for whih the patient completes the activity is contribut- ing to the symptoms and difficulty. Vilkert peulikem-slves with the potient on how the difficult activities ean be more effickent, kess time cotsuming or kess efkertful. Nonlie lessons and gandening There, she N SAX AF IS kalcommunity have prvided a solid m with "Surviors talking to other survivoes and 4 bein in ti COLLABORATION AS CENTRAL TO SUCCESSFUL BRAIN INJURY RECOVERY Drmalizing their experiences is so ponIT ful." Volkert said. "It's also a unique oppor deord injuries. She hedped develop rinpatient visim elinie when a neu- m-optumetrist assesed patients in the hngital and therapists eoikl implement treatments immediateh tunity for me to karn, and it helps inorm Most concussikes will resolve on their own within 1-2 weeks. However, when a person's prnctice symptons and ditliculies persist, the person is recommended to get a thurogh asessment and appeopriate treatment. Concusion care is not a siko tpe of care OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY'S CRUCIAL ROLE FOR CONCUSSION RECOVERY "Tat experience gave me the expertise to devekp a comprehensve brain injury re- habilitatikn pegram at Avalanche Hoskal - many different specialties may need to Therapy," she sakl. When a patient presents to Vilkert ke Concussion nehabilitation, symptoms range frm physical to engnitive to emotional difficulties, such as headache, diziness, By impnaing the patient's awarenew of his or her symptonms, treating the deticits and strategizing how the activity or nutine is eecuted, Volkert ean help the patient better manuge thse ymptoms I also diecuss with the patient about coping skills, adaptalility and resilience, and then contribute expertise," Vilkert sakt. "Aecncusion is cnsidend an invisitde injury, not like a beoken bone where you can see the injary, have surgery and heal. People with concussion midht appear unirjared and walk nemally, but ally suffering inside"she said, eye work with inpotients and outpatients, I that unique perpeetiheof peple who have been neuly injured and what happens after they've been discharged from the husgital" Trainer for 'Team Summit, Team Breek Vail-Summit Orthopoodies & Neurosargeny nausea, balance isses. light sensitivity, (VSON) and walanche PT employ Athktie sleep disturtunces, dithiculty with memory, Trainers to wrve as the freet-line service in the initial silline identification and Kening for yuth and student-athktes who sustained concusions. The feeling short-fased and more. The patient will abo eport difficulty doing everyday activities, such as hasie self-care, managing re the gnery store, parenting or working The l upon thoe strengths, Sympteens can VSON Community Outreach Coonliatr, nke of an occupational therpist comes into Rachel Freeman, also serves as the Athleta pliy with two intereonnected appaches First, Volkert asewes the potential caes of the patient's symptoms. The symptoms of headache, dizienes or therased con- Hich centration may be caused by specific areas of the brain not working priperly after the injury, such as eye mascle weakness, de- mased vestibular funetioning or impained evecutive functioning (the cognitive skills be temporary if we make the smart deci sions." Volkert says. "The strategy is about getting patients back into their normal li in a progrese, thnghaful and inten- tional way, finding the just-right chulknge. Occuputional thergy has this unigue nike of integrating the big picture and details alout the person. For me, the passicen is belping pegle restore their life, lifestyle and livelihood." Laveland Ski Chib and Sammit Youth Concusses look dlifferent in every percn iHockey, Rob Courtney heads up Summit that's why they are complex to diagnese High School, and Cory F the athktic trainingar School. Freeman, Coartney, help manage the athlete's return to sport under the supenvision of sports medicine trained, orthopaedic surgeons at VSON. and treat. Thanks to reseanh and collale- and Ilester If an athkete is having a prolonged wewery ir complicated peesentation, the Mhletie Trainers will refer the athete to Volkert for concussion rehabilitation AVALANCHE PHYSICAL THERAPY Vail-Summit Orthopaedics acquired Avalanche Physical Therapy in 2018 to expand its continuum of care to include personalized physical therapy and sports rehabilitation, while lowering overall costs and improving efficiencies. Avalanche Physical Therapy operates clinics in Frisco, Silverthorme and Breckenridge. Services include physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy. Avalanche PT is also skilled in functional dry needling, instrumented manual tooling, therapeutic cupping, aquatic therapy, post- concussion rehabilitation and blood flow restriction therapy, as well as in a variety of orthopaedic injuries and neurological rehabilitation. For more information, call 970-668-0888 or visit www.avalanchetherapy.com. BEYOND THERAPY:BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT GROUP The crux of the TBI program at the hospital is the Brain Injury Support Group, pictured here during a Nordic skiing excursion, which Volkert hosts as part of a partnership between Avalanche Summit Medical Center, and the Brain Physical Therapy, Summit Medical Center Injury Alliance of Colorada and the Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado. This frer, monthly group peosides beain Volkert also facilitates the Summit County Brain Injury Support Gr, whiklh is backed fy Awalanhe Plysical Thera ORTHOPAEDIC URGENT CARE WALK-INS WELCOME ACCIDENTS DON'T WAIT FOR APPOINTMENTS at Edwards & Vail Locations During Hours of Operation S VAIL-SUMMIT Vail | 970.476.7220 Edwards | 970.569.3240 vsortho.com | veourgentcare.com ORTHOPAEDICS A NEUROSURGERY 13 al therapists at Avalante