NORWAY — Stephens Memorial Hospital’s Physical Rehabilitation Department Manager, Lissa Merrill, PT, announces that physical therapists Marion Sandstrom and Jodie Wilson, and occupational therapist Jennifer Bennett have recently advanced their professional education.

The three attended Manual Skills for the Upper Quarter, a 6.0 contact hour board-certified program held in Portland on Jan. 19.

Bennett, Wilson and Sandstrom are all Bethel residents and have worked at SMH for 14, 25, and 32 years, respectively.

The seminar emphasized new evidence based, hands-on training in the treatment of neck and shoulder problems. Up-to-date information of rehab following shoulder and neck surgeries was received. Medical research was examined and treatment skills were practiced in hands-on labs.

Physical therapists Marion Sandstrom, left, and Jodie Wilson, right,  and occupational therapist Jennifer Bennett, center, recently completed a professional seminar that emphasized new evidence-based, hands-on training in the treatment of neck and shoulder problems.