Like Nowhere Else: Austin's Story – Essentia Health Video Transcript
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Hockey player hits the puck. A woman stands outside an outdoor ice hockey rink.
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Christina Berglund: My name is Christina Berglund, and I'm Austin's mother.
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Two hockey players, Player 9 and Player 39, glide across the ice wearing blue, yellow, and white outfits. Christina is currently sitting in the bleachers indoors, wearing a hat that says Esco and a round pin with Austin's photo on it.
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Austin is 9 years old. This is his first year playing hockey. He loves all sports.
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Player 9 dribbles the puck.
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And it was a fun and exciting winter. Austin Berglund: Teammate, we need to get back to the net. Christina Berglund: Austin was born without the lower half of his right arm.
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Austin is sitting on a bench wearing hockey gear, and his mother has attached a prosthetic hockey attachment to his arm.
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When we started this season, Austin had a full-body powered prosthetic leg with a hockey attachment on the end of it. But it was too tight on the stick. And for his age and ability, he couldn't move the stick in and out, move it, or really control it.
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Player 9 hits the puck and Player 39 is sitting on the ice.
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So we switched to just his regular attachments, but that didn't give him any power or control with the stick. This led him to tuck his hockey stick under his armpit. And we were worried that if he fell or fell, the stick would hit his armpit and hurt him.
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Player 9 hits the puck into the net.
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A couple of hockey dads were talking one night as they were icing at the rink. And one of the fathers happened to say, “That's what I actually do for a living.” That's how we met Joe.
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Text, Joseph Vanderbosch. Orthotics and prosthetics operations manager. Joseph is sitting in the infirmary.
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Joseph Vanderbosch: We realized he needed more range of motion in his elbow than he currently has. So I tried changing the socket design a bit to get different areas. That is, the old socket he had is self-terminating. So he went in there and held it tight and tight right above the condyle. However, this severely limits the range of motion of the elbow and prevents it from pronating or supinating.
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He twists his wrist from side to side.
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So we threw him a liner that had a little locking mechanism with a little pin on the liner so he could lock it and hang it like that.
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Austin quickly twists his new prosthetic leg and hockey stick back and forth.
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So we can have some freedom in the range of motion of the elbow, and he can further increase the range of motion of the elbow. And I was able to grab him firmly enough as I captured pronation and supination. So he rides his top hand, well, when you handle the stick, you have to use your shoulders, internal rotation, external rotation, and also pronation and supination. So I think that helped as well.
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In the sped-up video, they are assembling a prosthetic limb in a workshop.
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I wanted to change things up for his hockey practice at Carlton two evenings later. I think it was the next day, but I couldn't sleep. I was awake at about 4 o'clock. I'm like, “I've got to come in and start working on this.” Christina Berglund: I think one of the things that I like about Joe is that he seems just as excited as we are about making this prosthetic leg for Austin. . Before I knew it, he actually met us at the rink one night by his arm, tried it on, made it fit right there, and we went out on the ice together. The whole process was very fast and exciting, and it definitely had a huge impact on Austin's first season of hockey.
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Austin dribbles the puck.
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On his first day on the ice, it was so cute to watch him swing his prosthetic arm behind his back, raise his stick above his head, and do things he'd never been able to do before. Austin Berglund: Mom, we're going to play cops and robbers. Christina Berglund: He's amazing. I learned quickly that he shouldn't think that Austin couldn't do anything. I can't say no to that boy.
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Austin dribbles the puck and player 39 approaches.
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In collaboration with Essentia, we've created amazing tools to help Austin explore what the future holds for us and other things in his life to help him achieve, achieve, and chase his future dreams. I'm looking forward to seeing what you can create. have.
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The two hockey players leave the building and walk down a snowy path marked by tall orange cones. Text, SM-like care you won't find anywhere else. Essentia Health. You will see the Essentia Health logo consisting of his three leaves inside a circle.
