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NHB Health Fair a summer showcase event

Getting a Health Fair grip…Capt. Samuel Espiritu, chief medical officer, tests his grip strength at the Occupational Therapy table during Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Health Fair, July 17, 2023. Ms. Teri Nyblom, NHB certified occupational therapist assistant was on hand to explain on such OT topics as flexibility exercises designed to reduce aches and pains associated with the daily stress associated with routine responsibilities and everyday activities, ergonomic workstation insight to help someone improve their posture, and how OTs are available to help patients deal with such common ailments as carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis and lateral epicondylitis and medial epicondylitis, both more commonly known to as tennis elbow and golfer elbow (official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).