 Nico Brown is with the Howard Head Sports Medicine Center and when I think of Howard head what I think of and I've been through it Myself after some injuries is physical therapy after I've had a problem This conference is about injury prevention. How does that work for you? Absolutely Physical therapy classically is a reactionary Mechanism we're looking to transform what we do in a number of different ways One way we do that is with large employers with our safe fit musculoskeletal wellness program where we've decreased the barriers of entry so people can get the care they need before it becomes a more chronic or expensive Concern for the employers another way that we really focus on prevention is working with the US ski team as well as the US Climbing team to really say okay. What sort of injury trends are we seeing? How do we put that into a practice where we can Take care of these proactively instead of being so reactionary in medicine Let's talk about what is often a specific problem for ski racing and general skiing and that's knee injuries So what might you do or tell me to do to prepare myself better to? Potentially avoid that besides having my bindings adjusted right and skiing sensibly Certainly, I mean the first thing that I highly recommend is an annual musculoskeletal exam So you can see how you're doing year after year is your flexibility improving or is it not? Is your muscle strength improving or is it not? Do we have different asymmetries that are affecting our performance and then with that information you can take and Individualize a prevention program that will really not only improve performance, but decrease and mitigate your risk of injury How does this all tie in with a Stedman-Philipon Research Institute and the Stedman Clinic? We think of the Stedman Clinic. That's where you go after you've had the injury Well, I think it's really aligns with the mission of Sprye the Stedman Clinic the Vale Valley Medical Center in Howard head And this collaboration is really looking to not only take care of people But transform the way in which we deliver medicine Is this going to be more and more common our other physical therapy centers going to be looking at things this way Or is this just a brand new idea? You know, I do believe that there's a trend in the market But you know we like to be the tip of the arrow and we got to see what happens in the future Nico Brown, thank you very much and definitely the tip of the arrow