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Howard Head physical therapist headed to Milano Cortina with U.S. Snowboard Cross Team

When Vail Health Howard Head Sports Medicine physical therapist Helen Bradley learned she was headed to the Winter Olympics, the news arrived quietly via her supervisor in January 2025. U.S. Ski & Snowboard had formally requested Bradley to serve as the physical therapist for the U.S. Snowboard Cross team at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, continuing a long tradition of Howard Head clinicians supporting athletes on the world’s biggest stage.

“I was very excited, stoked, and grateful for the opportunity,” Bradley said. “This has been a goal of mine since I attended my first Olympics in South Korea in 2018.”

That first Olympic experience was deeply emotional. Bradley stepped into the role after a close colleague, Eric Dube, who had originally been selected as team physical therapist, passed away unexpectedly just months before the Games. At the time, Bradley was postpartum and had not planned to travel that season.

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